Thiên Thủ Thiên Nhãn Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát [Lạo, Mỗ] Đà La Ni Thân Kinh

At that time, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva reverently joined his palms and said: “World-Honored One, Worthy One, Perfectly and Completely Enlightened One! Through inconceivable causes and conditions of merit from my former lives, I now beseech the World-Honored One to bestow a prediction upon me. I wish to cause my body to arise and, by means of the Greatly Compassionate Mind of Deliverance, benefit all sentient beings, sever every bond, and eliminate the eight fears. I now wish to proclaim the Mother Dharani, so that sentient beings in future generations, relying upon its awesome spiritual power, may all depart far from the causes of suffering and attain the fruit of peace and happiness.

World-Honored One! During the five hundred years to come, throughout the various lands, cities, towns, villages, mountains, forests, and beneath trees, there will be bhikshus, bhikshunis, good men, and good women who, throughout the six periods of day and night, constantly recite, receive, and uphold according to the Dharma this supreme Dharma gateway of the Mother Dharani. Mindful of repaying the Tathagata’s kindness, I shall always accompany and protect such people, never abandoning them.

I shall not allow any spirits or demons, whether hostile or well-disposed, to contend with, violate, disturb, or harm them. I shall also cause all their grave karmic obstructions from previous lives to be eradicated at once, and enable them to attain and accomplish every dharani, mantra, mandala seal, and every kind of Dharma gateway.”

He again addressed the Buddha: “World-Honored One! After five hundred years, sentient beings will possess many defilements and little merit, and most will be unable to maintain single-minded mindfulness. Even if some uphold it, they will still be assailed by spirits and demons.

I shall now safeguard them and, by the Buddha’s awesome spiritual power and sovereign supernormal powers, extensively bring many benefits to all sentient beings and grant peace and happiness to devas, asuras, and others. Therefore, I should proclaim the Samaya Gateway of the Mother Dharani.

Throughout immeasurable kalpas in past lives, I drew near to it, personally made offerings to it, and received and upheld this Dharma of the Dharani. I also beheld the Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones of the past, future, and present, who likewise all attained Anuttara Samyaksambodhi—unsurpassed perfect enlightenment—through this Samaya Gateway of the Mother Dharani. If good men or good women can constantly maintain single-minded mindfulness, recite, receive, and uphold this supreme Mother Dharani and this Dharma gateway, then in their present lives their speech will be eloquent, fluent, and unobstructed, and they will penetrate wisdom and understanding.

Among the great assemblies of all devas and humans, they will be foremost. All who hear them will rejoice and bow their heads. Wherever they are born, they will always be respectfully attended upon and will behold the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

Whatever they say will be trusted and accepted by the people of the world. Know that this is the power of the sovereign spiritual might of all Buddhas and not my own power.”

The World-Honored One then praised Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva, saying: “Excellent! Excellent! In this way, you are able to benefit and bring peace and happiness to all devas, humans, asuras, and others through the Path of Purifying Karma. I now seal you with the Wisdom Seal (Jnõàna Mudra), causing you never again to regress from any of the skillful means of the mind of great loving-kindness and great compassion.”

At that time, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva again addressed the Buddha: “World-Honored One! I recall that, immeasurable kalpas ago in a past life, when I first upheld this Dharma gateway of the Mother Dharani on Mount Potala, I encountered the Demon King (Màra Ràya), who led his demonic hosts in disrupting my Dharma practice and preventing the mantra phrases from being accomplished. I then used this Mother Dharani to subdue them, causing all the demons to retreat and disperse. Therefore, know that the power of this Dharani is inconceivable.”

At that time, out of great loving-kindness and compassion and for the benefit, peace, and happiness of the devas and the people of the world, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva proclaimed before the Buddha the Great Body Mantra of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Mother Dharani as follows (use the All-Embracing Body Mudra described later):

1. Ná ma Tát-bà nhạ gia

2. Ná mô Hát-la đát-na đá-la gia dã

3. Ná mạc A nhĩ đà bà gia, đát tha yết đa gia

4. A la ha đề, tam miệu tam bột đà gia

5. Ná mạc A lợi-gia phộc lộ chỉ đế

6. Thấp-phộc la già

7. Bồ đề tát đỏa gia

8. Ma ha tát đỏa gia

9. Ma ha ca lỗ ni ca gia

10. Ná ma ma ha tát tha-ma bả-la bát-đá gia

11. Bồ đề tát đỏa gia

12. Ma ha tát đỏa gia

13. Ma ha ca lỗ ni ca gia

14. Ná mô Tỳ Bổ la Tỳ ma na

15. Tố bát-lị để sắt nhĩ đá

16. Tăng khí gia, Tố lị-gia xả đá bà ha tát-la A đề lị ca

17. Bát-la bà, A phộc bà tất đá một lật-đát duệ

18. Ma ha mạt ni ma củ tra quân trà la đà lật nê

19. Bạc già phiệt để bát đầu-ma ba noa duệ

20. Tát bà lộ ca, a bá gia

21. Xa ma na gia

22. Tỳ tỳ đà tố khư Tam ma bệ xá phệ sắt tra

23. Tát bà tát đỏa bả lị một giả na gia

24. Đát điệt tha

25. ÁN

26. Bột bộ phộc

27. Ma ha lộ ca yết la nản

28. Đá ma

29. Tất để nhĩ la

30. Bát tra la

31. Tỳ na xá ná già la gia

32. La già-trụy phát sái, ma ha mộ A xà la

33. Xa ma ca

34. Xa sa ca

35. La-xoa ca

36. Tát bà bả gia đột lợi-yết để

37. Bát-la xa ma na, yết la gia

38. Tát bà đát tha yết đá

39. Tam ma phộc đà na yết la

40. Hê hê

41. Ma ha bồ đề tát đỏa phộc la đà

42. Bát đầu-ma lộ ca, Tam bộ đà

43. Ma ha ca lô ni ca

44. Chiết tra ma củ tra lăng ngật-lật đa

45. Xá lị lan ma ni yết na ca la xà đa bát chiết-la phệ trụ lị gia

46. Lặng ngật-lật đa xá lị da

47. A nhĩ đa bà thị na

48. Ca ma la lăng ngật-lật đa

49. Bát-la bá la ma la lị giả na, ma ha độ na ná la ná lị

50. Xá đá sa ha tát-la A tỳ la sử đa ca gia

51. Ma ha bồ đề tát đỏa

52. Tỳ đà ma, Tỳ đà ma

53. Tỳ na xá gia, Tỳ ná xá gia

54. Ma ha diễn đát-la ngật-lê xa ca bả tra bả tra bạn đà Tăng bà la già la ca

55. Bát la ma tha na

56. Bố lô sái bát đầu-ma

57. Bố lỗ sái na già

58. bố lỗ sái sa già la

59. Tỳ la Tỳ la xà gia

60. Tố đản đá, Tố đản đá

61. Bát lị phiệt-lị đá

62. Đà ma, đà ma

63. Ta ma, Ta ma

64. Độ lỗ, độ lỗ

65. Bát-la xa tát gia

66. Bát-la xa tát gia

67. Kỳ lỵ, Kỳ lỵ

68. Tỳ lệ, Tỳ lệ

69. Chỉ ly, Chỉ ly

70. Mẫu lỗ, Mẫu lỗ

71. Mẫu dữu, Mẫu dữu

72. Muộn già, Muộn già

73. Độ ma, Độ ma

74. Tỳ đổ na, Tỳ đổ na

75. Độ lỗ, Độ lỗ

76. Già gia, Già gia

77. Già đà gia, Già đà gia

78. Hát sa, Hát sa

79. Bát-la ha sa, Bát-la ha sa

80. Tỳ đà gia đà

81. Yết-lệ xa

82. Phộc la na

83. Ma ma tả

84. Hà la, Hà la

85. Tăng hà la, tăng hà la

86. Đổ lỗ vi, Đổ lỗ vi

87. Ma ha mạn noa la

88. Ca la noa

89. Xá đá bát-la tế ca

90. Bả bà sa

91. Tỳ sái na xá maca

92. Ma ha bồ đề tát đỏa

93. Bả la đà

94. Sa phộc ha

At that time, when Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva spoke this Bhagavan Great Lotus-Hand Adorned Jeweled Staff Mother Dharani, the three-thousandfold great-thousand world-system, extending even to the Heaven of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception, quaked in six ways. The heavens rained down fragrant jeweled flowers, intertwined as they fell. The gods of the Akanistha Heaven and the god Mahesvara trembled without rest and were all greatly afraid.

All the evil yakshas, rakshasas, and hostile ghost-spirits suffered great pain and affliction; crying out for their lives, they scattered in the four directions, not knowing where to go. At that time, the transformation body of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva addressed the assembly and all the ghost-spirits: “If any refuse to submit and instead oppose my mantra, I shall cause all their joints to burn and ache and the parts of their bodies to be crushed and torn apart.

You ghost-spirits should know that this mantra possesses the power to destroy all mountains and dry up the great oceans. It can also crush the armies of the asuras, protect kingdoms and settlements, and destroy all diseases caused by ghosts, diseases caused by spirits, poisons, venomous creatures, wicked persons, and so forth. Moreover, it can subdue the gods of the Thirty-Three Heavens and cause them all to obey.”

At that time, the Blessed One dwelt at the Great Vajra Joyous Supreme Wonder together with Vijaya Bodhisattva and immeasurable assemblies of gods, nagas, yakshas, rakshasas, and kinnaras who abided in the Buddha-Dharma. Together, they praised Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva with every kind of song and hymn.

Then the Bodhisattva again addressed the Buddha, saying: “World-Honored One! This mantra can also destroy the vast mountain of darkness that obstructs all sentient beings. If a sentient being has sincere faith, reads and recites it, receives and upholds it according to the Dharma, contemplates it, and listens to it, all that person’s dark obstructions of affliction will be completely extinguished.

“If, moreover, each morning a person gives rise to a reverent mind and either reads or recites this Mother Dharani twenty-one times, that person will always be gathered in, supported, and protected by Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva.

“If a person recollects all the Great Vows and the Gates of Great Samadhi and wishes swiftly to attain them, that person should always sit alone in a quiet and pure place, recollect Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva without attending to anything else, and recite this Dharani 108 times on each occasion. There will then be no vow whose fruit is not attained. Moreover, that person will be loved by all sentient beings and, after death, will not fall into any defiled or evil realm.

“Whether sitting, walking, or standing, if a person constantly visualizes the Buddha abiding upon the crown of that person’s head, all the evil karmic offenses accumulated throughout immeasurable hundreds of thousands of koti nayuta kalpas will be extinguished. That person will attain a full lifespan and a vast aggregate of merit equal to that of thousands of Wheel-Turning Kings. Moreover, life after life that person will always be together with Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and will be born into a noble family in every lifetime.

“If one constantly upholds it, takes a full handful of incense and flowers, first scatters them before an image of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, and recites this Dharani twenty-one times, one will immediately attain the great celestial merit and the Dharma-nature of great compassion; that person will gradually and swiftly attain great power in the world.

“If, at the three periods of each day, one gazes upon the Bodhisattva’s countenance and recites this Dharani 1,008 times, one will swiftly behold Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva manifesting a smiling countenance. Having seen this, one will immediately realize the Stainless Lion-Ground Samadhi of Recollection of the Buddha, Whose Light Illuminates the World. When life ends, one will pass away as though entering meditative concentration; wherever one is reborn, one will attain knowledge of former lives, and all karmic obstructions will be entirely eliminated.

“If one wishes to receive and uphold this Dharani, during the first, fifth, or ninth month, from the first through the fifteenth day, one should observe the fasting precepts, wear clean white garments, and eat the three white foods—the three pure white foods of milk, curds, and soft-cooked porridge. Before a stupa containing relics or before an image of the relics, use white sandalwood paste to coat a square altar measuring four cubits across.

Then scatter various kinds of incense and flowers before the Buddha image within the altar, burn incense, light lamps, and give rise to a reverent mind before the Buddha and Bodhisattva. Each time, recite this Dharani 1,008 times. By the night of the fifteenth day, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva will come into the altar.

When that person beholds the Bodhisattva, all karmic obstructions, including the grave offenses of the five heinous deeds, will consequently be completely extinguished. The karma of body, speech, and mind will all be purified. Moreover, that person will accordingly realize the power of the Buddha’s samadhi, the power of the Ground of Consecration, the power of the Ground of the Paramitas, and the power of supreme wisdom.

“World-Honored One! If one seeks rain, one should go to a high vantage point, look upward toward the sky, and recite this Dharani 1,008 times; the heavens will then rain down sweet rain, fully watering everything everywhere.

“If one gazes upon the ground and recites this Dharani 1,008 times, one can cause the hundred kinds of grain to ripen fully.

“If one is beside a dried-up pond, river, or stream and recites this Dharani 1,008 times, the water will immediately fill it to overflowing.

“If one empowers the palm of one’s hand with this Dharani seven times and then rubs and massages the body of any sick person, that sick person will immediately recover.

“If one wishes to draw someone back, first recollect that person’s body and face and recite this Dharani 108 times; that person will return to right mindfulness.

“If one looks upon the face of a person suffering from hunger and thirst and recites this Dharani 108 times, all the wretched signs of hunger and thirst will be completely eliminated.

“If one wishes to establish a boundary, one should enter the water of a pond, write or draw this Dharani according to the Dharma, and then tie it to the top of a banner pole. This will ensure that within one hundred yojanas there are no calamities or misfortunes; the boundary will immediately be established and protected.

“Moreover, if a good man or good woman constantly recites this Dharani 108 times every day, that person will accumulate merit beyond description, rise in rank, gradually attain wealth and independence, and be loved, remembered, and revered by all people. Whatever that person seeks will be fulfilled according to the wish.

“If one wishes to subdue all demonic enemies, one should empower benzoin incense with this Dharani twenty-one times. With each recitation of the mantra, burn the incense once; when 108 recitations have been completed, the demonic enemies will certainly be eliminated.

“If one wishes to prevent all people from mocking or despising oneself, each day empower a willow twig twenty-one times and then chew it in one’s mouth; one will immediately gain respect.

“If one wishes to attain great eloquence and wisdom, take twelve liang of sweet-flag rhizome, pound it into fine granules, and knead it together with ghee and honey. Empower it with the Mother Dharani until three signs appear: warmth, smoke, and light. After obtaining these signs, take seven pills each day, each the size of a medicinal pill, while also applying the preparation over the heart. After taking it for a full one hundred days, one will immediately attain discerning wisdom and unobstructed eloquence. Each day, recite the Mother Dharani 108 times and form the twelve mudras in succession to protect the body.

Mudra 1: Mudra for Universally Gathering in the Body

First stand with the body erect and both feet parallel, with the right leg slightly bent. Extend the left hand downward. Bend both the ring finger and middle finger into the palm. Extend and spread apart the little finger, index finger, and thumb, then turn the palm upward. Next, form the right hand in the same way, bending the elbow so that the forearm is level with the navel and the palm faces outward.

If one wishes to subdue demonic enemies and the various groups of non-Buddhists and to lead the dense forest of wrong views onto the Right Path, one should form this mudra and recite the Mother Dharani twenty-one times; one’s wishes will certainly be fulfilled. The mantra is:

“Na mô Hạt-la đát-na đá-la dạa gia ⁽¹⁾ Na mô A lợi-gia ⁽²⁾ bà lộ chỉ đế nhiếp-phạt la gia ⁽³⁾ Bồ đề tát đỏa gia ⁽⁴⁾ Ma ha tát đỏa gia 95) Ma ha ca lô ni ca gia ⁽⁶⁾ Đát điệt tha 97) A bạt đà, A bạt đà 98) bạt lị bạt đế ⁽⁹⁾ yên hê di hê ⁽¹⁰⁾ sa ha ⁽¹¹⁾”

NAMO RATNATRAYÀYA

NAMAHÏ ÀRỲYA AVALOKITE’SVARÀYA BODDHISATVÀYA MAHÀ SATVÀYA – MAHÀ KÀRUNÏI KÀYA

TADYATHÀ: OMÏ ABÀDHA ABÀDHA PARIPATI EHYEHI - SVÀHÀ

Mudra 2: All-Retaining Dharani Mudra

Proceed according to the preceding Body Mudra. Join the palms at the level of the heart. Interlace the middle, ring, and little fingers, with the left crossing over the right. Extend the two index fingers upright so that their tips touch. Extend the two thumbs upright, pressing them against the first joints of the index fingers, and open the palms slightly.

If a good man or virtuous woman forms this mudra, the karmic obstructions and evil karma accumulated throughout immeasurable kalpas of birth and death, including those yet to come, will accordingly be eliminated—all extinguished in a single moment. Thereafter, that person will be reborn in the Pure Lands of the ten directions.

In former times, when Shakyamuni Buddha first sat beneath the Bodhi tree and was troubled and disturbed by the Māra kings, he also formed this mudra and attained peace and bliss.

Mudra 3: Liberation Dhyana-Samadhi Mudra

First bare the right shoulder, kneel with the right knee touching the ground, and join the palms above the crown of the head. Bend the two index fingers so that their tips touch, and press the two thumbs upon the second joints of the index fingers.

All Buddhas of the past likewise cultivated this Dharma gate through this mudra and attained the samadhi of liberation through dhyana.

If one constantly forms this Samadhi Mudra and makes offerings, one will swiftly behold the dhyana-samadhi of all Buddhas throughout the ten directions. The mantra is:

“Đát điệt tha: tát bà Đà La Ni ⁽¹⁾ Mạn trà la gia ⁽²⁾ yên hê di hê ⁽³⁾ Bát-la ma thâu đà ⁽⁴⁾ tát đá bả gia ⁽⁵⁾ Sa-phộc ha ⁽⁶⁾”

TADYATHÀ: SARVA DHÀRANÏÌ MANÏDÏALÀYA – EHYEHI – PARAMA ‘SUDDHASATVÀYA – SVÀHÀ

Mudra 4: Thousand-Eyed Mudra and Mantra

Stand upright with both feet parallel. First press the backs of the middle, ring, and little fingers against one another. Extend the two index fingers upright so that their tips touch. Incline the two thumbs and press them against the upper sides of the second joints of the index fingers. Separate the wrists by five cun and place the mudra at the space between the eyebrows, at the Three Stars point.

If one constantly performs this mudra and mantra Dharma gate, one will gradually behold one million forty thousand bodhisattvas, who will become companions of the practitioner. Those who have not yet passed through the Dharma gates of the Three Mandalas must not be shown this Mudra Dharma gate. The mantra is:

“ÁN ⁽¹⁾ Tát bà chước sô già la gia ⁽²⁾ Đà La Ni ⁽³⁾ Nhân địa lị gia ⁽⁴⁾ Sa ha ⁽⁵⁾”

OMÏ – SARVA CAKSÏU GARJA – DHÀRANÏÌ INDRÌYA - SVÀHÀ

Mudra 5: All-Gathering Mudra

Stand upright with both feet parallel. First turn the right palm upward, keeping all five fingers together. Then turn the left palm upward and place it over the right palm, holding them together horizontally at the level of the heart.

This mudra possesses the power to subdue all māras within the three-thousandfold great-thousand world system. The mantra is:

“Đát điệt tha ⁽¹⁾ Bà lô chỉ đế ⁽²⁾ nhiếp phạt la gia ⁽³⁾ tát bà nột sắt-đa ⁽⁴⁾ Ô ha gia di ⁽⁵⁾ Sa ha ⁽⁶⁾”

TADYATHÀ: AVALOKITE’SVARÀYA SARVA DUSÏTÏA UHAYA ME - SVÀHÀ

Mudra 6: Penetrating Samadhi Mudra

Stand upright with the heels touching. First, with the left hand, hold the five fingers upright and together; bend the elbow forward and then extend it outward. Next, do the same with the right hand, bending the elbow inward and then extending it outward.

This mudra enables one to penetrate all Samadhi Wisdom Mudras and adorn the 84,000 Dharma gates. Through this Dharma illumination, all those Dharma gates reveal Samyak-sambodhi—Perfect, Complete Enlightenment. Use the Great Body Mantra.

Mudra 7: Mudra for Summoning the Devas, Nagas, Eight Classes of Beings, Spirits, and Ghosts to Assemble

Stand upright with both feet together and parallel. Join the palms at the level of the heart. Bend both thumbs into the palms. Then bend the two ring fingers, each resting upon the nail of its respective thumb. Extend the two little fingers and the two middle fingers upright so that their tips touch; join the wrists together and move the index fingers back and forth. The mantra is:

“ÁN ⁽¹⁾ Tát bà đề bà ma già ⁽²⁾ A na lị 93) Sa ha ⁽⁴⁾”

OMÏ SARVA DEVA NÀGA ANALE SVÀHÀ

Mudra 8: Mudra for Summoning the Great Brahma King and Kaushika to Come and Inquire into the Dharma

Proceed according to the preceding mudra, but open the wrists. Keep the edges of the hands touching and turn the palms upward. Move the index fingers back and forth. The mantra is:

“ÁN ⁽¹⁾ Ma ha phạm ma gia ⁽²⁾ yêu hê di hê ⁽³⁾Sa ha⁽⁴⁾”

OMÏ MAHÀ BRÀHMÀYA EHYEHI SVÀHÀ

This Mudra and Mantra Dharma can gather immeasurable and innumerable Dharani Mudras. All the branches of the Dharma gates will come and assemble. During a solar or lunar eclipse, if one recites the mantra over clarified butter 108 times, seals the butter with the mudra, and then eats it, that person’s obstructions will be eliminated and wisdom will arise. While still living in this body, one will recite ten thousand verses each day.

This honored Mudra Dharma was transmitted by Tathagata Sun Treasury to Bodhisattva Mahasattva Avalokiteshvara.

Mudra 9: Joyful Mani Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Mudra

Stand upright and join the palms at the level of the heart. Bend both thumbs into the palms. Extend the remaining four fingers straight, then join the palms at the level of the heart and recite the Great Body Mantra twenty-one times. One will certainly travel to the palaces of the devas and journey through the Buddha lands of the ten directions. Hundreds of thousands of precious treasures will arise according to one’s wishes, enabling one to make offerings to the Buddhas, bodhisattvas, vajra beings, and the entire assembly of sages.

If one wishes to practice this Dharma gate, each morning at daybreak one should bathe and cleanse oneself, then perform this Mudra Dharma. One will behold Buddha lands as numerous as the sands of the Ganges throughout the ten directions and will also eliminate evil karma and grave offenses accumulated through immeasurable kalpas of birth and death. It is for this reason that its merit is praised in this manner.

Mudra 10: Wish-Granting Mudra According to One’s Heart

Proceed according to the preceding mudra. Bend the two index fingers and press them upon the nails of the two thumbs, with the index fingers resting closely against the backs of the thumbnails. Use the preceding Body Mantra.

Whatever wishes and aspirations a person may have will all be fulfilled, and that person will certainly never retreat from the path to bodhi.

Mudra 11: Mudra for Entering the Samadhi of the Attainment of Cessation

Proceed according to the preceding mudra. Extend and spread apart the index fingers and thumbs, opening the palms.

When I was at the causal stage, Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges transmitted this mudra to me, enabling me to realize the path of Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. Use the Great Body Mantra.

Mudra 12: Buddha-Invoking Samadhi Mudra

Proceed according to the preceding mudra, join the palms at the level of the heart, and move the index fingers back and forth. The mantra is:

“ÁN ⁽¹⁾ Tát bà bột đà Tam ma gia ⁽²⁾ yên hê di hê ⁽³⁾ Bát-la ma thâu đà tát đỏa ⁽⁴⁾ Sa ha ⁽⁵⁾”

OMÏ SARVA BUDDHA SAMAYA EHYEHI PARAMA ‘SUDDHA SATVA SVÀHÀ

METHOD FOR DRAWING THE MANDALA

He further addressed the Buddha, saying: “World-Honored One! In the future age of the decline of the Dharma, this Dharma gate of the Mother Dharani Mantras and Mudras of Vast and Great Miraculous Transformation can enable mantra practitioners swiftly and clearly to behold the Mantra Mandala and the Equal, Unequaled Samaya belonging to the lineage of all Tathagatas. Those who uphold this Dharma must always guard their speech and refrain from one-sided assertions.

They must not recklessly expound the various supernormal powers, samadhis, and visionary states within this Dharani. With a tranquil mind, they must strive to arrest thoughts, not allowing them to become confused even for an instant. They must not delude others, covet gain, seek opportunities to preach, or outwardly display extraordinary signs.

Only after eliminating such evil conduct can they attain accomplishment.

“If one cultivates without a mind of true purity, all one’s efforts will be wasted; moreover, one will undergo every kind of suffering and affliction and will never attain realization.

“World-Honored One! You should know that such a person must constantly practice diligently, uphold the pure Dharma of the tranquil precepts and fasting, and abstain from the five pungent plants, intoxicants, meat, and leftover food. One must also refrain from divisive speech, flattery, deception, jealousy, envy, and from stealing the mandalas, mudras, mantras, Dharma teachings, or verses of the various divisions. If one commits such faults, one will be abandoned by all Buddhas and bodhisattvas. I, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, will also abandon that person and will take no delight in observing and embracing them.”

World-Honored One! Know that such a person has violated the pure precepts of the Buddhas and has utterly destroyed the True Dharma and all the auspicious virtues of the Three Jewels. Such a person continually shares the same realm and abides in the same karma with all heavenly maras, ghosts, spirits, adherents of non-Buddhist paths, and Vinayakas. Forever deprived of refuge and protection, that person cannot be delivered even by the sages, and is continually reproached and abandoned by all Buddhas, bodhisattvas, worthies, sages, devas, and immortals, like one who has exhausted the Dharma and defiled the Path, even though that person constantly recites this Dharani throughout the day.

World-Honored One! I see that such a person will never attain accomplishment. That failure to attain accomplishment is not my fault. It is that person’s own fault and not the fault of another.

For this reason, this Dharani Dharma and the other Dharani Dharmas should not be given to such a person, nor should that person be allowed to see or hear the scripture scrolls, read and recite them, or receive and uphold them. They should instead be given to those who maintain pure conduct, whose minds are endowed with loving-kindness and compassion for sentient beings, whose conduct is upright and free from flattery, and who seek bodhi.

If such persons copy, read, and recite them, and receive and uphold them in accordance with the Dharma, they will certainly attain accomplishment in the Mother Dharani Mandala. This Dharma, together with Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva, is the most honored, supreme Secret Mind-King. Therefore, the mantra practitioner must, with a truly greatly diligent mind, relinquish every part of the body—the limbs, joints, bones, flesh, sinews, marrow, head, eyes, and so forth—and give them all to others.

In seeking this Dharma, one must always cultivate diligently. How much more readily, then, should one relinquish such precious things as grain, rice, silk, clothing, beds, medicines, and the like, which are merely external wealth! For the sake of the Mandala, Mudra, and Image Dharma belonging to this liberating Mother Dharani, how could one refuse to relinquish them?!

One should continually rely upon a teacher and diligently study and cultivate. How, then, could one dare refuse to relinquish external wealth?

Why is this so? Because this Dharma of Liberation enables sentient beings of the four modes of birth in the Final Age to perform the great work of the Buddha. Right View, Right Conduct, Right Action, Right Effort, and Right View are factors directing them toward the place of the Path of Liberation.

The Mandala should be established within a monastery, on a mountainside, or beside a pond, stream, or forest. Make it square or circular and eight cubits across. Dig down and remove roots, wood, impure soil, bricks, tiles, stones, and bones.

Then use good earth, tamping it firmly and beating it until level, and construct a platform one cubit high. Next, mix cow dung and fragrant water with yellow earth to make plaster, then spread and coat it according to the Dharma, dividing it into four courts. The inner and outer courts should each have four gates.

In the center, make a square court three cubits across. At the center of this court, draw a jeweled wheel with 108 spokes within a square-and-circular area two cubits across. At the center of the jeweled wheel, draw a seven-jeweled lotus with thirty-two fully opened petals.

Around the wheel, on the four outer sides, draw blazing flames at the four corners by the gates of the court. At each corner, draw a partially opened lotus. Upon each of the four lotus platforms, draw a wish-fulfilling jewel, and above each of the four jewels draw blazing flames all around.

Upon the platform of the great thirty-two-petaled lotus, place an image of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva made of white sandalwood.

_ Next, the second court should be one cubit wide. Divide each of its four sides into eight sections. In each of the four corner sections, draw a partially opened lotus, and upon the platform of each lotus draw a three-tiered Mount Sumeru seat.

First, upon the seat in the northeastern corner, draw Mahesvara, the Great Sovereign Deva-King, seated. Next, upon the seat in the southeastern corner, draw Narayana Deva seated. Next, upon the seat in the southwestern corner, draw the Great Brahma Deva-King seated. Next, upon the seat in the northwestern corner, draw Sakra Deva-King seated.

Also, upon the sections of the four sides, draw sixteen garlands made of jeweled flowers.

_ Next, the third court should be two cubits wide. Draw only a blue adamantine cord and boundary lines adorned with golden flowers.

_ Next, the fourth court should also be two cubits wide. Divide each of its four sides into twenty-eight sections. In each section, draw a partially opened lotus. Then, upon each lotus platform, separately draw a Vajra-Pestle Mudra, a Three-Pronged Trident Mudra, a Battle-Axe Mudra, a Knife Mudra, a Sword Mudra, a Conch Mudra, a Hidden Dagger Mudra, a Noose Mudra, a Staff Mudra, a Mallet Mudra, a Parasol Mudra, a Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Mudra, a Staff of King Yama Mudra, a Staff of Vinayaka Mudra, a Lance Mudra, a Wheel Mudra, and the various other hand mudras. Around each of these mudras draw encircling blazing flames.

Also, in the section of the southern gate, draw King Yama. Next, in the section of the western gate, draw the Water Deity. Next, in the section of the northern gate, draw the deity Câu Phát La Vô Kế Thiết La. Next, in the section of the eastern gate, draw the deity Kumara. Then, at the four corners, draw the Four Heavenly King deities, each in accordance with his original position, with faces and eyes displaying an expression of great wrath. Also draw their attendant deities, the subordinates of each Heavenly King.

_ Next, the fifth court should also be two cubits wide. On its four sides, draw 108 kinds of fruit-bearing trees, flowering trees, and jeweled trees. At each of the four corners, draw a jeweled Mount Sumeru. Within the four gates, draw the waters of the four great seas.

The ground of the inner and outer courts of the altar should all be colored blue. The inner and outer boundary bands of the altar should be three cun wide. Throughout these boundaries, draw upright Vajra-Pestle Mudras with sharp, pointed tips.

Beside the southern steps of the western gate, open a doorway through which the mantra practitioner may enter and leave. In the exact center of the altar, hang an image of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara facing east. Place the Scripture of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara before the white sandalwood image upon the thirty-two-petaled lotus.

Pour white sandalwood-scented water into sixteen small bowls. Place various kinds of the Three White Foods and fruits into twenty-five bowls. Pour fragrant water into twenty-five tubes, and insert flowering branches, five-colored silk, and various garlands into their mouths, making twenty arrangements in all.

There should be twenty-eight plates of butter lamps and oil lamps. Arrange fragrant oil, powdered incense, and various other kinds of incense into ten stacked bundles. Arrange the bodhisattva’s divine banners and five-colored silk streamers into twenty-five rows.

All such tubes, vessels, and bundles should be made of gold, silver, or copper. If genuine articles are unavailable, imitation ones may be used, but everything must still be complete. All these articles should be displayed in accordance with the Dharma on the four sides of the inner and outer courts.

Hang banners and flowers. Also scatter five-colored silk, cotton flowers, white mustard seeds, and various mixed flowers over the altar. Each day, the food and drink must be pure, fresh, and excellent, and should be set forth as offerings.

Each day, whenever the mantra Dharma master enters or leaves, he must bathe and cleanse himself, anoint his body with fragrant oil, put on fresh clothing, and eat the Three White Foods. He should burn sandalwood incense, camphor incense, and the like. Three times each day, he should make offerings to the image of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Furthermore, within the third court, before the image, at each period he should personally vow to receive the bodhisattva’s Threefold Collection of Pure Precepts. By day and by night, he should sit in the lotus posture at the western gate of the outer court and recite the Mother Dharani 1,008 times. He should continue without interruption each day until the completion of twenty-one days, when he should give rise to the intention to make offerings.

Again, during the six periods of the day and night, enter the interior of the mandala through the side door on its western side. Stand at the western gate of the third enclosure and form the first mudra, the second mudra, the third mudra, and so on through the twelfth mudra, which is the Buddha-Invoking Samaya Mudra. While forming each of the foregoing mudras in turn, recite the mantra seven times; upon reaching the twelfth mudra, the rite is complete.

One must personally vow to set forth toward the unwavering aspiration of the steadfast bodhicitta. Thereafter, always perform the rite of summoning with utmost sincerity, so that all will come. Sit upright with a resolute mind and visualize all the Mantra Deities as though they were directly before your eyes, each and every one unobstructed by any wall or barrier.

No other object must enter the mind. Recite the preceding Great Body Mantra for a full twenty-one days and nights. The image will then emit a great radiance, and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva will certainly manifest in person.

When his body appears, he will transform into the bodily form of Ananda, with a smiling countenance, approach, and ask the practitioner what aspiration he is cultivating. The mantra practitioner, having understood clearly, should look up and address the Holy One: “I seek the Dharma of the Samadhi of the Mother Dharani of Unsurpassed Perfect Enlightenment. I further pray that all mandala mudras and mantra rites may be completely accomplished, and that all ghosts and spirits may become entirely obedient and submissive.”

After obtaining the fulfillment of this aspiration, know it only within yourself. Do not disclose it while sitting with others, nor turn to others and recklessly transmit or speak of it. Having attained this realization, this person can then employ great compassion to rescue and heal the world.

This mandala rite may be painted on white silk or on a piece of fine cloth.

If one wishes to seek the fulfillment of every aspiration, one should prepare a Water Mandala four cubits wide. Paint a lotus in its center, burn agarwood incense, and recite the preceding Body Mantra 1,008 times. Then form the tenth mudra, the Mudra for Requesting the Fulfillment of Aspirations, and every aspiration will be fulfilled in accordance with one’s mind.

If one wishes everyone to be joyful, form the ninth mudra, the Joyful Mani Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Mudra, and empower black sesame seeds by reciting the Great Body Mantra twenty-one times. Then, for each recitation, burn one offering; upon completing 1,008 recitations, everyone will become joyful in accordance with one’s aspiration.

If one wishes to bring joy to a raja (king or ruler), one should take a willow branch from the raja’s garden, empower it with twenty-one recitations, and cast it into the garden; the raja will then become joyful.

If one wishes to subdue evil persons or enemies, one should empower a branch of the bitter neem tree with twenty-one recitations. With each recitation, burn one offering; upon completing 108 recitations, they will become submissive.

If there are deities, ghosts, or others who are difficult to subdue, take benzoin incense mixed with white mustard seeds and empower it with twenty-one recitations. Then, for each recitation, burn one offering; upon completing 108 recitations, all ghosts and spirits will naturally become obedient.

If an epidemic afflicts a city or settlement, one should prepare a Water Mandala and empower fine cow’s ghee with 108 recitations. For each recitation, burn one offering; upon completing 1,008 recitations, all epidemic calamities will be completely eliminated. Furthermore, give a small amount of the ghee to those afflicted by the epidemic to eat, and each of them will be cured accordingly.

In ancient times, an epidemic spread throughout the kingdom of Kasmira. Those who contracted the illness died within no more than one or two days. A brahmin named Paramartha aroused great loving-kindness and compassion and bestowed this Dharma gate as a cure; consequently, the epidemic throughout the kingdom immediately disappeared. The Ghost King who spread the disease immediately departed from the country. Thus one should know the efficacy of this rite.

If another country launches an invasion, or banditry and rebellion arise, form the first mudra, the All-Gathering Body Mudra, and recite the mantra 108 times. All bandits and rebels will then naturally be eliminated.

If the karmic retribution and life faculty of a man or woman have been completely exhausted, form the Mudra of the Attainment of Cessation every day, make offerings, burn agarwood incense, and recite the mantra. With each recitation, pronounce that person’s name once. Upon completing 1,008 recitations, that person’s karmic obstacles will be transformed.

In ancient times, in the kingdom of Varanasi, there was an elder who had only one child, whose lifespan was limited to sixteen years. When the child reached the age of fifteen, the elder and his wife became sorrowful and haggard, and their faces had no luster. A brahmin came to their door to beg for food. Seeing the elder, he asked:

“Why are you unhappy?”

The elder related the entire matter as described above. Because of these circumstances, the brahmin replied: “Elder, do not grieve! Simply follow this poor mendicant’s prescribed Dharma to protect your child, and he will live long and not die prematurely.”

The brahmin then performed this Dharma gate for a full seven days and nights, whereupon King Yama informed him: “The life faculty of the elder’s child was limited to only sixteen years. He is now fifteen and has only one year remaining. Because he has encountered this wholesome condition, however, he will live to the age of eighty. I have therefore come to deliver this news.”

The elder and his wife were then filled with joy and delight. They relinquished their family wealth and made offerings to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Thus one should know that this Dharma possesses great and inconceivable divine efficacy.

Those who have previously entered the Vajra Great Bodhimanda of the Universal Assembly Mind Mandala need not construct a Great Mandala. They need only prepare a Water Mandala, form the mudras, and recite the mantras; there will be no aspiration for which they fail to obtain the fruit, and they will swiftly attain Buddhahood.

If a woman suffers great pain during childbirth, empower ghee with twenty-one recitations and have her eat it. Her life will certainly be preserved, and she will give birth safely and peacefully. Whether she bears a son or a daughter, the child will possess the great marks and excellent characteristics and be adorned with every virtue. Because the child planted roots of merit in a previous life, all people will love and respect the child, who will always enjoy sublime happiness in the human realm.

If a sentient being suffers from an eye disease, the mantra master should form the Bodhisattva’s Thousand-Eyed Mudra, recite the mantra twenty-one times, and then impress the mudra upon the person’s eyes. The painful eye disease will immediately be cured. Through this cause and condition, that person will subsequently attain boundless divine vision, see throughout the heavenly realms, and enjoy the bliss of the heavens.

_ If one paints a transformed image of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara Mahasattva, one should use a piece of white silk ten or twenty cubits wide. Paint the Bodhisattva’s body the color of Jambunada gold, with three eyes upon his face and one thousand hands, each palm containing an eye. Upon his head is a jeweled crown, within which there is a transformation Buddha.

Of the hands, eighteen are principal great hands. First, two hands are joined together before the heart. One hand holds a vajra; one holds a trident; one grasps a Pham Lai; one grasps a jeweled seal; one holds an iron staff; one supports a precious jewel; one holds a precious wheel; one holds a half-open lotus; one holds a cord; one holds a willow branch; one holds prayer beads; one holds a kundika; one bestows flowing amrita; and one pours down a rain of every kind of treasure, granting fearlessness.

Two further hands are placed across the navel, the right resting upon the left, with the palms facing upward. Each of the remaining 982 hands holds the mudra of a different weapon or implement, or forms a separate hand mudra; none are alike, as stated in the Heart Sutra. Each wrist is adorned with bracelets.

The body is clothed in wondrous celestial jeweled garments, and the neck is adorned with a jeweled necklace. Do not mix glue rendered from animal hides into the pigments. The liquid used for mixing should always be fragrant milk, blended with fragrant glue.

Another version records: If fine white silk is unavailable in this land, a length of white cloth may be used. The Bodhisattva’s body in the painting should be five chi in height. It is also permissible to depict only two arms in accordance with the preceding fifth Thousand-Armed Mudra Rite and then make offerings; it is not essential to depict one thousand hands and one thousand eyes. According to the Sanskrit text, only one additional eye is placed upon the Bodhisattva’s forehead.

If one wishes to receive and uphold the Great Dharma Gate of the Mother Dharani, one should first paint the image. When painting the image, one must, in accordance with the Dharma, purify and adorn a square or circular area within a chamber, and use water scented with white sandalwood to smear and coat the ground, making a mandala. While painting, the painter must bathe and cleanse himself whenever entering or leaving, wear new, clean garments, and each day at dawn undertake the Eight Precepts.

After the image has been painted in accordance with the Dharma, if the Mantra Dharma master and the painter fear that there may have been much impurity and that the work was not in accordance with the Dharma, they should duly prepare a mandala measuring four cubits across, or of whatever size they wish. They should arrange all kinds of banners, flowers, food and drink, the three white foods, fruits, incense, water, and flowers of every color all around it, making abundant offerings.

The Mantra Dharma master and the painter should continually, each day during the three periods, repent of their offenses before the image, completing twenty-one days and nights. That image of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed One will then emit a great radiance like the sun and moon, boundless and immeasurable, illuminating the three-thousand-great-thousand Buddha-worlds throughout the ten directions and causing them all to become brilliantly clear.

When the Mantra Dharma master, the painter, and all sentient beings encounter this light, even their most extremely grave offenses will at once be extinguished, and they may attain purity.

World-Honored One! In performing this Dharma, only those who lack utmost sincerity are excluded. I also once saw Vipasyin Buddha, in a past age, manifest this Great Demon-Subduing Body with a Thousand Arms and a Thousand Eyes.

World-Honored One! Now I again manifest that Great Demon-Subduing Body with a Thousand Arms and a Thousand Eyes. Within the thousand arms, each manifests a Wheel-Turning King, corresponding to the one thousand Wheel-Turning Kings of the Worthy Kalpa. Within the thousand hands and thousand eyes, each manifests a Buddha, corresponding to the one thousand Buddhas who appear during the Worthy Kalpa.

World-Honored One! Among the demon-subduing bodies of bodhisattvas, this body is the most supreme.”

_ At that time, the World-Honored One said to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva: “Excellent! Excellent! With my spiritual power, extending to the furthest limit of future ages, I shall empower your Mother Dharani.”

Then, after Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva heard the Buddha’s praise, he rejoiced greatly, joined his palms, gazed reverently upon the Buddha, and said: “World-Honored One! There is also the Accomplishment Mudra Dharma of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Dharani. I wish to expound it as well.”

At that time, the World-Honored One said to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva: “I rejoice in accord. You may speak.”

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva then expounded the Accomplishment Dharma Mudras of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Thirteenth Mudra: Mudra of Eloquence

Place both hands behind the back and join them together. Extend the thumbs forward.

This mudra can protect oneself and protect others. One should establish a boundary in accordance with the place to which one goes. Take clean water or pure ashes and empower them by reciting the mantra seven times. At one’s dwelling place, use either the water or the ashes. First sprinkle them upon one’s own body; afterward, sprinkle them in accordance with the Dharma toward the four cardinal directions and the four corners, and the boundary will thereby be established.

If a good man or good woman is deluded or disturbed by hosts of evil ghosts, wangliang spirits, or malign beings, take a pomegranate branch or a willow branch, silently recite this mantra, and gently strike the afflicted person. There will then be no illness that is not cured. The mantra is:

“Nam mô Tát bà bột đà, đạt ma, Tăng kỳ Tỳ-gia ⁽¹⁾ Nam mô A lợi già ba lô chỉ đế nhiếp phạt la tả ⁽²⁾ Bồ đề tát đa bả tả ⁽³⁾ Nam mô bạtchiết la bả ni tả ⁽⁴⁾ Bồ đề tát đa bả tả ⁽⁵⁾ Đát địa tha ⁽⁶⁾ Đồ tỳ, đồ tỳ ca gia, đồ tỳ ⁽⁷⁾ Sa la bà la ni ⁽⁸⁾ Cấp bá ha ⁽⁹⁾”

NAMO SARVA BUDDHA DHARMA SANÕGHEBHYAHÏ.

NAMAHÏ VAJRA PÀNÏIYA BODDHISATVÀYA

TADYATHÀ: DHUPE, DHUPEKÀYA – DHUPE PRAJVALANÏI - SVÀHÀ

This mantra and mudra possess the power to subdue all non-Buddhist adherents of wrong views.

If a good man or good woman regularly recites it twenty-one times both at sunrise and at sunset, this is no different from presenting all kinds of precious treasures, flowers, incense, food, and drink as offerings to one billion Buddhas. After death, that person will forever leave the three evil destinies, will not assume a female body, and will accordingly attain rebirth in the land of Amitabha Buddha. The Tathagata will take that person by the hand, stroke the crown of the head, and say: “Do not be afraid. Having been born in my land, in your present body you will not suffer an untimely death, nor will you be harmed by ghosts or spirits.”

Fourteenth Mudra: Mudra for Crushing the Three-Thousand-Great-Thousand World and Extinguishing Offenses (Crushing: breaking into fragments)

Stand upright, bend the left elbow forward, slightly separate the five fingers while keeping them near one another, and hold the hand upright with the palm facing outward. Next, bend the right thumb horizontally into the palm, clench the remaining four fingers into a fist, and place it over the right ear. Recite the Body Mantra while moving the index finger back and forth.

If one can form this mudra during the three periods each day and recite the Mother Dharani seven times, one can extinguish the four grave offenses and the five heinous offenses. Furthermore, by giving rise to a mind of loving-kindness and compassion toward all sentient beings, the roots of all offenses will immediately be burned away. After the dissolution of this body, one will proceed directly to a Buddha realm.

In that Buddha-land, one will become a Wheel-Turning King and will also realize the dharani called “Inexhaustible Wisdom for Extinguishing Samadhi.” One will further attain a body endowed with the twenty-eight marks. In this present life, one will not suffer from diseases of the eyes or tongue, or any other bodily illness whatsoever. All grave offenses arising from former karma will be completely extinguished.

If there is a drought, take sesame seeds and castor oil and form them into pellets. Empower them by reciting the mantra 108 times, and then cast them into the water of a pond. Heaven will immediately send down heavy rain. If there is excessive rain, roast rice grains until they resemble flowers, mix them with bok choy oil, and form them into pellets. Empower them by reciting the mantra 108 times, and then cast them into the water of a pond; the rain will immediately cease.

Fifteenth Mudra: Mudra for Subduing Demonic Foes Throughout the Three-Thousand-Great-Thousand World

Interlace the five fingers, with the right over the left, and clench them firmly into a fist. Place it upon the crown of the head and recite the Great Body Mantra; one will immediately cause all eminent persons to submit of their own accord.

If one performs this Dharma for twenty-nine days and nights, uphold it before a stupa containing relics, smear and coat the ground with white sandalwood paste, and make an altar two cubits across. Scatter flowers of various colors around it, bathe and cleanse oneself, put on new, clean garments, hold an incense burner in the hands, and burn agarwood incense. Sit facing east, visualize the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva abiding upon the crown of one’s head, and recite the Great Body Mantra a full 1,008 times. This is the initial efficacy of the supreme transcendent realization of siddhi.

Furthermore, take mustard seeds and black sesame seeds, mix them together, and pound them into powder. Pinch up a small amount with three fingers; for each recitation of the mantra, cast one portion into the fire. Continue this for seven days, performing 1,008 recitations each day. Afterward, all undertakings will be accomplished.

Sixteenth Mudra: Vast and Great Fearlessness Mudra

Stand upright with both feet parallel. First turn the right hand palm upward and let it hang at the left elbow. Do the same with the left hand.

If one regularly recites the Great Body Mantra 1,008 times before an image or relics, one will attain the Samaya Gate of Fearlessness, Giving, Benefiting Sentient Beings. Furthermore, take fennel, white mustard seeds, sweet flag, and Xả Đa Ba Lợi (the name of a foreign medicinal herb). Before the Buddha or at the altar, use these substances together with the Great Body Mantra: for each recitation of the mantra, burn one portion, continuing until completing 1,008 recitations. Then make offerings of incense and flowers to the mantra scripture, and every aspiration will bear fruit at the appointed time.

If other mantras produce no response, empower them with this mantra, and they too will all be accomplished.

If one wishes to seek a dream, recite this mantra while forming the mudra and impressing it upon the eyes; whatever one has in mind will accordingly be seen in a dream.

If a person lacks merit, none of the wishes that arise will be fulfilled to their satisfaction. If one recites it 108 times each day for seven days, all that one seeks and wishes for will be completely attained.

At that time, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva again addressed the Buddha, saying: “World-Honored One! Long ago, at the Sagara Dragon Palace, during a Dharma assembly in the great ocean, I saw the dragon hosts undergoing great suffering and distress. Mindful of the dragons and other sentient beings, I wished to teach this Dharma so that they might be freed from suffering and from every kind of harm. At that time, a dragon maiden offered me a precious jewel equal in value to the Saha world in order to seek this Dharma. For her sake, I also extensively taught this Mother Dharani Dharma, enabling her to be freed from all suffering.”

Then Crystal Bodhisattva addressed the Buddha, saying: “World-Honored One! In order to benefit and protect this mantra, I shall now teach the Seal and Mantra for Protecting the Thousand Eyes.

Seal 17: The Seal and Mantra of Crystal Bodhisattva

“Ty ma le ⁽¹⁾ ma ha Ty ma le ⁽²⁾ Uc ha le ⁽³⁾ Ma ha Uc ha le ⁽⁴⁾ Huu ma le ⁽⁵⁾ Ma ha huu ma le ⁽⁶⁾ Tat ha le chi le the ⁽⁷⁾ Cap ba ha ⁽⁸⁾”

VIMALE, MAHÀ VIMALE – UD-ÀRI, MAHÀ UD-ÀRI, UD-BALE, MAHÀ UD-BALE – SAHARI KIRTTI – SVÀHÀ.

World-Honored One! If a good man or good woman, wherever they may journey, receives and upholds the Dharma of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva, I shall always accompany and protect that person, never allowing the retinues of Mara to trouble or disturb them.

If anyone faces an urgent calamity, invasion by another country, banditry, or rebellion, one should take a five-colored cord and, using this mantra, tie one knot with each recitation. After completing twenty-one knots, tie it around the left arm. Then, with the left hand, curl the ring finger, middle finger, and index finger into a fist; press the thumb upon them; bend the little finger and point it toward the place where the enemies are. Recite the mantra 108 times, and they will all retreat and disperse, not daring to cause harm.”

_ At that time, while Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was teaching the Dharma in the Snow Mountains, he perceived from afar that the yakshas, rakshasas, and people of a certain country consumed only the blood and flesh of sentient beings and possessed no wholesome intentions. Wishing to benefit and skillfully guide them, the Bodhisattva went to that country, manifested the Great Demon-Subduing Body with a Thousand Arms and a Thousand Eyes, and taught the Accomplishment Mother Dharani Seal.

At that time, the rakshasa king came before me, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, and bowed his head in supplication. I conferred the Accomplishment Seal upon him, immediately enabling him to attain the Dharma of the unsurpassed Way.

Seal 18: The Accomplishment Seal

Stand upright with both feet parallel. Join the palms before the heart. Interlace the two little fingers, with the left over the right, and recite the Great Body Mantra twenty-one times. Every kind of contemplated Dharma will then swiftly be accomplished.

If one wishes to rescue sentient beings suffering calamities in the six destinies, one should use the Wheel Seal. Bring the tips of all ten fingers together, open the wrists and palms, and then separate the ten fingers so that each is about one cun apart from the others. Whenever I myself revolve through the six destinies to rescue sentient beings from every kind of suffering and calamity, I form this seal. As I revolve through the six destinies, all sentient beings who encounter it are freed from suffering.

Seal 19: The Seal of Accomplishing Perfect Enlightenment

Sit in the full lotus posture. First extend the five fingers of the left hand, turn the palm upward, and place it upon the left knee. Then extend the five fingers of the right hand, turn the palm downward, and press it upon the right knee.

This seal and the Seal of Cessation are identical in Dharma. All Buddhas of the past, future, and present alike have cultivated and upheld it. Through this seal, the bodhi of Buddhahood is attained. This seal can eliminate all karmic obstacles.

If a person sits in meditation and cultivates the various samadhis but does not behold the Dharma manifest before them, they should spend seven days and seven nights in an aranya (Aranïya—a pure, secluded place), recite this dharani, and form this seal. Day and night, with utmost sincerity, they should contemplate only the Buddha and repent during the six periods of the day. The various Dharmas will then manifest before them, and they will obtain a vast accumulation of merit, immeasurable, boundless, and beyond calculation.

Seal 20: The Seal for Summoning the Thirty-Three Heavens

First curl the four fingers of the left hand into a fist. Then use the right hand to clasp the left thumb, likewise forming a fist, so that the left thumb rests in the tiger’s mouth of the right hand with its tip protruding. Move the right index finger back and forth. The mantra is:

“ÁN- Câu trí, câu trí ⁽²⁾ Câu gia trí ⁽³⁾ già lợi già lợi ⁽⁴⁾ Già lợi lê ⁽⁵⁾ Tô bà ha ⁽⁶⁾”

OMÏ – KUTÏÌ KUTÏÌ KUNÕJALI JRÌ JRÌ JARJARA – SVÀHÀ”

Regarding this seal and mantra: if a good man or good woman wishes to sleep, they should form this seal and recite this mantra, pressing the seal once upon the heart with each recitation. After completing 108 recitations, all the wishes within their heart will certainly be seen and known in dreams.

If one forms the seal and recites the mantra every day, all sinful obstacles will swiftly be eliminated, and one will not lose the mind of bodhi. As that person sleeps soundly at night, their dreams will gradually become increasingly expansive and auspicious, until they receive a prediction of attaining the Way. Sakra, Brahma, and the other devas will constantly come to attend and protect them.

Seal 21: The Seal for Summoning the Devas, Dragons, Eight Classes of Beings, Ghosts, and Spirits

Stand upright with both feet parallel. First bend the left thumb into the palm and curl the remaining four fingers into a fist, holding it against the heart. Then form the right hand in the same way, place it beside the right ear, and move the index finger back and forth. The mantra is:

“Nam mô Ni càn đà ⁽¹⁾ Nam mô A lợi xà ba đà ⁽²⁾ Cấp bà ha ⁽³⁾ Nam mô A lợi xà la, cấp bà ha ⁽⁴⁾ yên hê di hê ⁽⁵⁾ cấp bà ha ⁽⁶⁾”

NAMO NIKANÏTÏHA

NAMO ALI JAVÀDI – SVÀHÀ

NAMO ALI JARA - SVÀHÀ

EHYEHI SVÀHÀ

If a good man or good woman receives, upholds, reads, and recites this seal and mantra, they will swiftly know the events of their former lives throughout seven lifetimes. Venomous snakes and poisons will be unable to trouble or harm them. Pain will be unable to harm them, kings will not become angry with them, and for ten thousand kalpas they will not undergo the sufferings of hell.

If one recites this mantra every day, the twenty-eight divisions of ghosts and spirits will come and sit beside the reciter, listening to the recitation of the mantra.

If a good man or good woman is afflicted by ghosts or demons, one should use a white cord and tie one knot with each recitation of the mantra. After completing forty-nine knots, place it around the afflicted person’s neck, and they will immediately recover.

If a country is ravaged by an epidemic and great numbers of its people die, one should obtain 1,008 lotus stalks from the pond in the king’s garden. Then, with each recitation of the mantra, take one lotus and cast it into the fire to be burned. When all have been burned, the epidemic will immediately be eliminated.

Seal 22: The Seal of Liberation

Sit in the full lotus posture. First touch the tips of the left middle finger and thumb together, turn the palm upward, extend and spread the remaining three fingers, and place the hand upon the left knee. Then form the right hand in the same manner, turn the palm downward, and place it upon the right knee.

One should form this seal and recite the Great Body Mantra twenty-one times. One’s wishes will gradually be fulfilled of themselves, and beings in all realms of existence will be liberated from suffering and distress.

If a good man or good woman has fully committed the ten evil deeds and the five heinous offenses, suppose all the earth of Jambudvipa were reduced to dust and each tiny particle represented one great kalpa. That person’s offenses would be as numerous as those particles of dust, and they would deserve to remain in hell for many kalpas, undergoing suffering forever with no appointed time of release. Yet if, on the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight, that person spends one day and one night without speaking or eating, and before an image and relics forms the seal and recites the mantra a full 1,008 times, then all those kalpas of suffering described above will be extinguished. It is impossible that they should not be extinguished.

World-Honored One! If this seal is received and upheld, its great efficacy is beyond conception and discussion.

Seal 23: The Seal of Sovereign Supernatural Power

Stand upright. With the left hand, grasp the right big toe as though making a fist. Then place the right hand over the back of the left hand. Recite the Great Mantra over the seal seven times. Through the power of the seal and mantra, one will attain supernatural powers and abide on the Stage of Non-Retrogression until attaining bodhi. When reciting the mantra, do not allow any sound to be heard.

Seal 24: The Seal of Sovereign Miraculous Transformation

First, with the left hand, press the thumb against the nail of the little finger. Then do the same with the right hand. Extend the remaining three fingers straight outward, bring the wrists together, and place the hands upon the crown of the head. Recite the Great Body Mantra 108 times; one will thereby become like an invisible flying immortal and travel freely at will.

Mudra 25: The Summoning Mudra of the Heart-King Mantra of Thousand-Eyed Guanyin

This mudra is the foremost fundamental mudra for invocation. Join the palms together, leaving the space between them hollow; bring the wrists together and move the two index fingers back and forth.

“ÁN – A lỗ lực, đế sái lộ ca Tỳ xả gia, Tát bà thước đô-lô, bát la ma đà na, ca la gia, Hàm pháp, sa ha”

OMÏ – AROLIK – TRAILOKA VIJAYA SARVA ‘SATRÙ PRAMADANA KARÀYA – HÙMÏ PHATÏ - SVÀHÀ

THE THOUSAND-HANDED, THOUSAND-EYED AVALOKITESVARA BODHISATTVA

MOTHER DHARANI BODY SUTRA

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