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　　阿难。汝问摄心。我今先说。入三摩地。修学妙门。求菩萨道。要先持此四种律仪。皎如冰霜。自不能生一切枝叶。心三口四。生必无因。阿难。如是四事若不失遗。心尚不缘色香味触。一切魔事。云何发生。若有宿习。不能灭除。汝教是人。一心诵我。佛顶光明摩诃萨怛多般怛啰。无上神咒。斯是如来无见顶相。无为心佛。从顶发辉。坐宝莲花。所说心咒。且汝宿世。与摩登伽。历劫因缘。恩爱习气。非是一生。及与一劫。我一宣扬。爱心永脱。成阿罗汉。彼尚淫女。无心修行。神力冥资。速证无学。云何汝等在会声闻。求最上乘。决定成佛。譬如以尘扬于顺风。有何艰险。若有末世欲坐道场。先持比丘清净禁戒。要当选择戒清净者。第一沙门。以为其师。若其不遇真清净僧。汝戒律仪。必不成就。戒成已后。着新净衣。燃香闲居。诵此心佛所说神咒。一百八遍。然后结界。建立道场。求于十方现住国土无上如来。放大悲光。来灌其顶。阿难。如是末世。清净比丘。若比丘尼。白衣檀越。心灭贪淫。持佛净戒。于道场中。发菩萨愿。出入澡浴。六时行道。如是不寐。经三七日。我自现身。至其人前。摩顶安慰。令其开悟。

　　阿难白佛言。世尊。我蒙如来无上悲诲。心已开悟。自知修证。无学道成。末法修行。建立道场。云何结界。合佛世尊清净轨则。

　　佛告阿难。若末世人。愿立道场。先取雪山大力白牛。食其山中肥腻香草。此牛惟饮雪山清水。其粪微细。可取其粪。和合栴檀。以泥其地。若非雪山。其牛臭秽。不堪涂地。别于平原。穿去地皮。五尺已下。取其黄土。和上栴檀。沉水苏合。熏陆郁金。白胶青木。零陵甘松。及鸡舌香。以此十种。细罗为粉。合土成泥。以涂场地。方圆丈六。为八角坛。坛心置一金银铜木所造莲花。花中安钵。钵中先盛八月露水。水中随安所有花叶。取八圆镜。各安其方。围绕花钵。镜外建立十六莲花。十六香炉。间花铺设。庄严香炉。纯烧沉水。无令见火。取白牛乳。置十六器。乳为煎饼。并诸沙糖。油饼乳糜。酥合蜜姜。纯酥纯蜜。及诸果子。饮食葡萄石蜜。种种上妙等食。于莲花外。各各十六。围绕花外。以奉诸佛。及大菩萨。每以食时。若在中夜。取蜜半升。用酥三合。坛前别安一小火炉。以兜楼婆香。煎取香水。沐浴其炭。燃令猛炽。投是酥蜜于炎炉内。烧令烟尽。享佛菩萨。令其四外。遍悬幡花。于坛室中。四壁敷设十方如来。及诸菩萨。所有形像。应于当阳。张卢舍那。释迦。弥勒。阿閦。弥陀。诸大变化观音形像。兼金刚藏。安其左右。帝释。梵王。乌刍瑟摩。并蓝地迦。诸军茶利。与毗俱知。四天王等。频那夜迦。张于门侧。左右安置。又取八镜。覆悬虚空。与坛场中所安之镜。方面相对。使其形影。重重相涉。于初七日中。至诚顶礼十方如来。诸大菩萨。及阿罗汉。恒于六时诵咒绕坛。至心行道。一时常行一百八遍。第二七中。一向专心发菩萨愿。心无间断。我毗奈耶。先有愿教。第三七中。于十二时。一向持佛。般怛罗咒。至第四七日。十方如来。一时出现。镜交光处。承佛摩顶。即于道场。修三摩地。能令如是末世修学。身心明净。犹如琉璃。阿难。若此比丘本受戒师。及同会中十比丘等。其中有一不清净者。如是道场多不成就。从三七后。端坐安居。经一百日。有利根者。不起于座。得须陀洹。纵其身心圣果未成。决定自知成佛不谬。汝问道场。建立如是。

　　阿难顶礼佛足。而白佛言。自我出家。恃佛骄爱。求多闻故。未证无为。遭彼梵天邪术所禁。心虽明了。力不自由。赖遇文殊。令我解脱。虽蒙如来佛顶神咒。冥获其力。尚未亲闻。惟愿大慈。重为宣说。悲救此会诸修行辈。末及当来在轮回者。承佛密音。身意解脱。于时。会中一切大众。普皆作礼。伫闻如来秘密章句。

　　尔时。世尊从肉髻中。涌百宝光。光中涌出。千叶宝莲。有化如来。坐宝花中。顶放十道。百宝光明。一一光明。皆遍示现。十恒河沙。金刚密迹。擎山持杵。遍虚空界。大众仰观。畏爱兼抱。求佛恃怙。一心听佛。无见顶相。放光如来。宣说神咒。

　　第一会（零零一……一叁柒）

　　南无萨怛他．苏伽多耶．阿啰诃帝．三藐三菩陀写。萨怛他．佛陀俱胝瑟尼钐。南无萨婆．勃陀勃地．萨跢鞞弊。南无萨多南．三藐三菩陀．俱知喃。娑舍啰婆迦．僧伽喃。南无卢鸡阿罗汉哆喃。南无苏卢多波那喃。南无娑羯唎陀伽弥喃。南无卢鸡三藐伽哆喃。三藐伽波啰．底波多那喃。南无提婆离瑟赧。南无悉陀耶．毗地耶．陀啰离瑟赧。舍波奴．揭啰诃．娑诃娑啰摩他喃。南无跋啰诃摩尼。南无因陀啰耶。南无婆伽婆帝。嚧陀啰耶。乌摩般帝。娑醯夜耶。南无婆伽婆帝。那啰野拏耶。盘遮摩诃．三慕陀啰。南无悉羯唎多耶。南无婆伽婆帝。摩诃迦啰耶。地唎般剌那伽啰。毗陀啰．波拏迦啰耶。阿地目帝。尸摩舍那泥．婆悉泥。摩怛唎伽拏。南无悉羯唎多耶。南无婆伽婆帝。多他伽跢俱啰耶。南无般头摩．俱啰耶。南无跋阇啰．俱啰耶。南无摩尼俱啰耶。南无伽阇俱啰耶。南无婆伽婆帝。帝唎茶．输啰西那。波啰诃啰拏啰阇耶。跢他伽多耶。南无婆伽婆帝。南无阿弥多婆耶。跢他伽多耶。阿啰诃帝。三藐三菩陀耶。南无婆伽婆帝。阿刍鞞耶。跢他伽多耶。阿啰诃帝。三藐三菩陀耶。南无婆伽婆帝。鞞沙阇耶俱卢吠柱唎耶。般啰婆啰阇耶。跢他伽多耶。南无婆伽婆帝。三补师毖多。萨怜捺啰．剌阇耶。跢他伽多耶。阿啰诃帝。三藐三菩陀耶。南无婆伽婆帝。舍鸡野．母那曳。跢他伽多耶。阿啰诃帝。三藐三菩陀耶。南无婆伽婆帝。剌怛那．鸡都啰阇耶。跢他伽多耶。阿啰诃帝。三藐三菩陀耶。帝瓢．南无萨羯唎多。翳昙婆伽婆多。萨怛他．伽都瑟尼钐。萨怛多．般怛嚂。南无阿婆啰视耽。般啰帝扬歧啰。萨啰婆部多．揭啰诃。尼揭啰诃．羯迦啰诃尼。跋啰毖地耶．叱陀你。阿迦啰密唎柱。般唎怛啰耶．儜揭唎。萨啰婆．盘陀那．目叉尼。萨啰婆．突瑟吒。突悉乏．般那你伐啰尼。赭都啰失帝南。羯啰诃．娑诃萨啰若阇。毗多崩．娑那羯唎。阿瑟吒冰舍帝南。那叉刹怛啰若阇。波啰萨陀那羯唎。阿瑟吒南。摩诃揭啰诃若阇。毗多崩．萨那羯唎。萨婆舍都嚧你婆啰若阇。呼蓝突悉乏．难遮那舍尼。毖沙舍．悉怛啰。阿吉尼．乌陀迦啰若阇。阿般啰视多具啰。摩诃般啰战持。摩诃迭多。摩诃帝阇。摩诃税多阇婆啰。摩诃跋啰盘陀啰婆悉你。阿唎耶多啰。毗唎俱知。誓婆毗阇耶。跋阇啰．摩礼底。毗舍嚧多。勃腾罔迦。跋阇啰．制喝那阿遮。摩啰制婆．般啰质多。跋阇啰擅持。毗舍啰遮。扇多舍．鞞提婆．补视多。苏摩嚧波。摩诃税多。阿唎耶多啰。摩诃婆啰阿般啰。跋阇啰．商揭啰制婆。跋阇啰俱摩唎。俱蓝陀唎。跋阇啰．喝萨多遮。毗地耶．干遮那．摩唎迦。啒苏母．婆羯啰多那。鞞嚧遮那俱唎耶。夜啰菟瑟尼钐。毗折蓝婆．摩尼遮。跋阇啰．迦那迦波啰婆。嚧阇那跋阇啰．顿稚遮。税多遮．迦摩啰。刹奢尸．波啰婆。翳帝夷帝。母陀啰羯拏。娑鞞啰忏。掘梵都。印兔那．么么写。

　　第二会（零叁捌……一捌柒）

　　乌昕。唎瑟揭拏。般剌舍悉多。萨怛他．伽都瑟尼钐。虎昕。都卢雍。瞻婆那。虎昕。都卢雍。悉耽婆那。虎昕。都卢雍。波啰瑟地耶．三般叉．拏羯啰。虎昕。都卢雍。萨婆药叉．喝啰刹娑。揭啰诃若阇。毗腾崩．萨那羯啰。虎昕。都卢雍。者都啰．尸底南。揭啰诃．娑诃萨啰南。毗腾崩．萨那啰。虎昕。都卢雍。啰叉。婆伽梵。萨怛他．伽都瑟尼钐。波啰点阇吉唎。摩诃娑诃萨啰。勃树娑诃萨啰．室唎沙。俱知娑诃萨泥帝篱。阿弊提视婆唎多。吒吒罂迦。摩诃跋阇嚧陀啰。帝唎菩婆那。曼茶啰。乌昕。娑悉帝薄婆都。么么。印兔那么么写。

　　第三会（一柒玖……贰柒贰）

　　啰阇婆夜。主啰跋夜。阿祇尼婆夜。乌陀迦婆夜。毗沙婆夜。舍萨多啰婆夜。婆啰斫羯啰婆夜。突瑟叉婆夜。阿舍你婆夜。阿迦啰．密唎柱婆夜。陀啰尼部弥剑．波伽波陀婆夜。乌啰迦婆多婆夜。剌阇坛茶婆夜。那伽婆夜。毗条怛婆夜。苏波啰拏婆夜。药叉揭啰诃。啰叉私．揭啰诃。毕唎多．揭啰诃。毗舍遮．揭啰诃。部多揭啰诃。鸠盘茶．揭啰诃。补单那．揭啰诃。迦吒补单那．揭啰诃。悉干度．揭啰诃。阿播悉摩啰．揭啰诃。乌檀摩陀．揭啰诃。车夜揭啰诃。醯唎婆帝．揭啰诃。社多诃唎南。揭婆诃唎南。嚧地啰．诃唎南。忙娑诃唎南。谜陀诃唎南。摩阇诃唎南。阇多诃唎女。视比多诃唎南。毗多诃唎南。婆多诃唎南。阿输遮诃唎女。质多诃唎女。帝钐萨鞞钐。萨婆揭啰诃南。毗陀耶阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。波唎跋啰者迦．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。茶演尼．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。摩诃般输般怛夜。嚧陀啰．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。那啰夜拏．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。怛埵伽嚧茶西．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。摩诃迦啰．摩怛唎伽拏．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。迦波唎迦．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。阇夜羯啰．摩度羯啰。萨婆啰他娑达那．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。赭咄啰．婆耆你．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。毗唎羊．讫唎知。难陀鸡沙啰．伽拏般帝。索醯夜．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。那揭那．舍啰婆拏．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。阿罗汉．讫唎担毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。毗多啰伽．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥跋阇啰波你。具醯夜．具醯夜。迦地般帝．讫唎担。毗陀夜阇．嗔陀夜弥。鸡啰夜弥。啰叉罔。婆伽梵。印兔那．么么写。

　　第四会（贰柒叁……叁叁贰）

　　婆伽梵。萨怛多．般怛啰。南无粹都帝。阿悉多．那啰剌迦。波啰婆．悉普吒。毗迦萨怛多．钵帝唎。什佛啰．什佛啰。陀啰陀啰。频陀啰．频陀啰．嗔陀嗔陀。虎昕。虎昕。泮吒。泮吒泮吒泮吒泮吒。娑诃。醯醯泮。阿牟迦耶泮。阿波啰．提诃多泮。婆啰波啰陀泮。阿素啰．毗陀啰．波迦泮。萨婆提鞞弊泮。萨婆那伽弊泮。萨婆药叉弊泮。萨婆干闼婆弊泮。萨婆补丹那弊泮。迦吒补丹那弊泮。萨婆突狼枳帝弊泮。萨婆突涩比犁．讫瑟帝弊泮。萨婆什婆利弊泮。萨婆阿播悉么犂弊泮。萨婆舍啰婆拏弊泮。萨婆地帝鸡弊泮。萨婆怛摩陀继弊泮。萨婆毗陀耶．啰誓遮犂弊泮。阇夜羯啰．摩度羯啰。萨婆啰他娑陀鸡弊泮。毗地夜．遮唎弊泮。者都啰．缚耆你弊泮。跋阇啰．俱摩唎。毗陀夜．啰誓弊泮。摩诃波啰丁羊．乂耆唎弊泮。跋阇啰．商羯啰夜。波啰丈耆．啰阇耶泮。摩诃迦啰夜。摩诃末怛唎迦拏。南无娑羯唎多夜泮。毖瑟拏婢曳泮。勃啰诃牟尼曳泮。阿耆尼曳泮。摩诃羯唎曳泮。羯啰檀迟曳泮。蔑怛唎曳泮。唠怛唎曳泮。遮文茶曳泮。羯逻啰怛唎曳泮。迦般唎曳泮。阿地目质多．迦尸摩舍那。婆私你曳泮。演吉质。萨埵婆写。么么印兔那么么写。

　　第五会（叁叁叁……肆贰柒）

　　突瑟吒质多。阿末怛唎质多。乌阇诃啰。伽婆诃啰。嚧地啰诃啰。婆娑诃啰。摩阇诃啰。阇多诃啰。视毖多诃啰。跋略夜诃啰。干陀诃啰。布史波诃啰。颇啰诃啰。婆写诃啰。般波质多。突瑟吒质多。唠陀啰质多。药叉揭啰诃。啰刹娑．揭啰诃。闭篱多．揭啰诃。毗舍遮．揭啰诃。部多揭啰诃。鸠盘茶．揭啰诃。悉干陀．揭啰诃。乌怛摩陀．揭啰诃。车夜揭啰诃。阿播萨摩啰．揭啰诃。宅袪革．茶耆尼．揭啰诃。唎佛帝．揭啰诃。阇弥迦．揭啰诃。舍俱尼．揭啰诃。姥陀啰难地迦．揭啰诃。阿蓝婆．揭啰诃。干度波尼．揭啰诃。什伐啰．堙迦醯迦。坠帝药迦。怛篱帝药迦。者突托迦。尼提什伐啰．毖钐摩．什伐啰。薄底迦。鼻底迦。室隶瑟密迦。娑你般帝迦。萨婆什伐啰。室嚧吉帝。末陀鞞达嚧制剑。阿绮嚧钳。目佉嚧钳。羯唎突嚧钳。揭啰诃．羯蓝。羯拏输蓝。惮多输蓝。迄唎夜输蓝。末么输蓝。跋唎室婆输蓝。毖栗瑟吒输蓝。乌陀啰输蓝。羯知输蓝。跋悉帝输蓝。邬嚧输蓝。常伽输蓝。喝悉多输蓝。跋陀输蓝。娑房盎伽．般啰丈伽输蓝。部多毖哆茶。茶耆尼．什婆啰。陀突嚧迦．建咄嚧吉知．婆路多毗。萨般嚧诃凌伽。输沙怛啰娑那羯啰。毗沙喻迦。阿耆尼．乌陀迦。末啰鞞啰建跢啰。阿迦啰密唎咄．怛敛部迦。地栗剌吒。毖唎瑟质迦。萨婆那俱啰。肆引伽弊．揭啰唎药叉．怛啰刍。末啰视．吠帝钐．娑鞞钐。悉怛多．钵怛啰。摩诃跋阇嚧瑟尼钐。摩诃般赖丈耆蓝。夜波突陀．舍喻阇那。辫怛篱拏。毗陀耶．盘昙迦嚧弥。帝殊．盘昙迦嚧弥。般啰毘陀．盘昙迦嚧弥。哆侄他。唵。阿那篱。毗舍提。鞞啰跋阇啰陀唎。盘陀盘陀你。跋阇啰．谤尼泮。虎昕都嚧瓮泮。莎婆诃。

　　阿难。是佛顶光聚。悉怛多般怛罗。秘密伽陀。微妙章句。出生十方。一切诸佛。十方如来。因此咒心。得成无上正遍知觉。十方如来。执此咒心。降伏诸魔。制诸外道。十方如来。乘此咒心。坐宝莲花。应微尘国。十方如来。含此咒心。于微尘国。转大法轮。十方如来。持此咒心。能于十方摩顶授记。自果未成。亦于十方蒙佛授记。十方如来。依此咒心。能于十方拔济群苦。所谓。地狱饿鬼畜生。盲聋喑哑。怨憎会苦。爱别离苦。求不得苦。五阴炽盛。大小诸横。同时解脱。贼难兵难。王难狱难。风水火难。饥渴贫穷。应念销散。十方如来。随此咒心。能于十方事善知识。四威仪中。供养如意。恒沙如来会中。推为大法王子。十方如来。行此咒心。能于十方摄受亲因。令诸小乘。闻秘密藏。不生惊怖。十方如来。诵此咒心。成无上觉。坐菩提树。入大涅槃。十方如来。传此咒心。于灭度后。付佛法事。究竟住持。严净戒律。悉得清净。若我说是。佛顶光聚般怛罗咒。从旦至暮。音声相连。字句中间亦不重迭。经恒沙劫。终不能尽。亦说此咒。名如来顶。汝等有学。未尽轮回。发心至诚。趣向阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。不持此咒而坐道场。令其身心远诸魔事。无有是处。

　　阿难。若诸世界。随所国土所有众生。随国所生桦皮贝叶。纸素白氎。书写此咒。贮于香囊。是人心昏。未能诵忆。或带身上。或书宅中。当知是人尽其生年。一切诸毒。所不能害。

　　阿难。我今为汝更说此咒。救护世间。得大无畏。成就众生出世间智。若我灭后。末世众生。有能自诵。若教他诵。当知如是诵持众生。火不能烧。水不能溺。大毒小毒。所不能害。如是乃至龙天鬼神。精祇魔魅。所有恶咒。皆不能着。心得正受。一切咒诅。魇蛊毒药。金毒银毒。草木虫蛇。万物毒气。入此人口。成甘露味。一切恶星。并诸鬼神。碜毒心人。于如是人。不能起恶。毗那夜迦。诸恶鬼王。并其眷属。皆领深恩。常加守护。

　　阿难。当知是咒。常有八万四千那由他。恒河沙俱胝。金刚藏王菩萨种族。一一皆有诸金刚众。而为眷属。设有众生。于散乱心。非三摩地。心忆口持。是金刚王。常随从彼诸善男子。何况决定菩提心者。此诸金刚菩萨藏王。精心阴速。发彼神识。是人应时心能记忆。八万四千恒河沙劫。周遍了知。得无疑惑。从第一劫。乃至后身。生生不生。药叉罗刹。及富单那。迦吒富单那。鸠槃茶。毗舍遮等。并诸饿鬼。有形无形。有想无想。如是恶处。是善男子。若读若诵。若书若写。若带若藏。诸色供养。劫劫不生贫穷下贱。不可乐处。此诸众生。纵其自身不作福业。十方如来所有功德。悉与此人。由是得于恒河沙阿僧祇。不可说不可说劫。常与诸佛同生一处。无量功德。如恶叉聚。同处熏修。永无分散。是故。能令破戒之人。戒根清净。未得戒者。令其得戒。未精进者。令得精进。无智慧者。令得智慧。不清净者。速得清净。不持斋戒。自成斋戒。

　　阿难。是善男子。持此咒时。设犯禁戒于未受时。持咒之后。众破戒罪。无问轻重。一时销灭。纵经饮酒。食啖五辛。种种不净。一切诸佛。菩萨金刚。天仙鬼神。不将为过。设着不净破弊衣服。一行一住。悉同清净。纵不作坛。不入道场。亦不行道。诵持此咒。还同入坛行道功德。若造五逆。无间重罪。及诸比丘比丘尼。四弃八弃。诵此咒已。如是重业。犹如猛风吹散沙聚。悉皆灭除。更无毫发。

　　阿难。若有众生。从无量无数劫来。所有一切轻重罪障。从前世来。未及忏悔。若能读诵书写此咒。身上带持。若安住处。庄宅园馆。如是积业。犹汤销雪。不久皆得悟无生忍。

　　复次。阿难。若有女人。未生男女。欲求生者。若能至心。忆念斯咒。或能身上带此。悉怛多钵怛罗者。便生福德智慧男女。求长命者。速得长命。欲求果报速圆满者。速得圆满。身命色力。亦复如是。命终之后。随愿往生十方国土。必定不生边地下贱。何况杂形。

　　阿难。若诸国土。州县聚落。饥荒疫疠。或复刀兵贼难斗诤。兼余一切厄难之地。写此神咒。安城四门。并诸支提。或脱阇上。令其国土所有众生。奉迎斯咒。礼拜恭敬。一心供养。令其人民各各身佩。或各各安所居宅地。一切灾厄。悉皆销灭。

　　阿难。在在处处。国土众生。随有此咒。天龙欢喜。风雨顺时。五谷丰殷。兆庶安乐。亦复能镇一切恶星。随方变怪。灾障不起。人无横夭。杻械枷锁。不着其身。昼夜安眠。常无恶梦。

　　阿难。是娑婆界。有八万四千灾变恶星。二十八大恶星。而为上首。复有八大恶星。以为其主。作种种形。出现世时。能生众生种种灾异。有此咒地。悉皆销灭。十二由旬。成结界地。诸恶灾祥。永不能入。是故。如来宣示此咒。于未来世。保护初学。诸修行者。入三摩提。身心泰然。得大安隐。更无一切诸魔鬼神。及无始来冤横宿殃。旧业陈债。来相恼害。汝及众中诸有学人。及未来世诸修行者。依我坛场。如法持戒。所受戒主。逢清净僧。持此咒心。不生疑悔。是善男子。于此父母所生之身。不得心通。十方如来便为妄语。

　　说是语已。会中无量百千金刚。一时佛前合掌顶礼。而白佛言。如佛所说。我当诚心。保护如是修菩提者。

　　尔时。梵王并天帝释。四天大王。亦于佛前同时顶礼。而白佛言。审有如是修学善人。我当尽心至诚保护。令其一生所作如愿。

　　复有无量药叉大将。诸罗刹王。富单那王。鸠槃茶王。毗舍遮王。频那夜迦。诸大鬼王。及诸鬼帅。亦于佛前合掌顶礼。我亦誓愿护持是人。令菩提心速得圆满。

　　复有无量日月天子。风师雨师。云师雷师。并电伯等。年岁巡官。诸星眷属。亦于会中顶礼佛足。而白佛言。我亦保护是修行人。安立道场。得无所畏。

　　复有无量山神海神。一切土地。水陆空行。万物精祇。并风神王。无色界天。于如来前。同时稽首。而白佛言。我亦保护是修行人。得成菩提。永无魔事。

　　尔时。八万四千那由他。恒河沙俱胝。金刚藏王菩萨。在大会中。即从座起。顶礼佛足。而白佛言。世尊。如我等辈。所修功业。久成菩提。不取涅槃。常随此咒。救护末世。修三摩提正修行者。世尊。如是修心求正定人。若在道场。及余经行。乃至散心游戏聚落。我等徒众。常当随从侍卫此人。纵令魔王大自在天。求其方便。终不可得。诸小鬼神。去此善人十由旬外。除彼发心乐修禅者。世尊。如是恶魔。若魔眷属。欲来侵扰是善人者。我以宝杵殒碎其首。犹如微尘。恒令此人所作如愿。

　　阿难即从座起。顶礼佛足。而白佛言。我辈愚钝。好为多闻。于诸漏心未求出离。蒙佛慈诲。得正熏修。身心快然。获大饶益。世尊。如是修证佛三摩提。未到涅槃。云何名为干慧之地。四十四心。至何渐次。得修行目。诣何方所。名入地中。云何名为等觉菩萨。作是语已。五体投地。大众一心。伫佛慈音。瞪瞢瞻仰。

　　尔时。世尊赞阿难言。善哉善哉。汝等乃能普为大众。及诸末世一切众生。修三摩提求大乘者。从于凡夫。终大涅槃。悬示无上正修行路。汝今谛听。当为汝说。

　　阿难大众。合掌刳心。默然受教。

　　佛言。阿难。当知妙性圆明。离诸名相。本来无有世界众生。因妄有生。因生有灭。生灭名妄。灭妄名真。是称如来无上菩提。及大涅槃。二转依号。阿难。汝今欲修真三摩地。直诣如来大涅槃者。先当识此众生世界。二颠倒因。颠倒不生。斯则如来真三摩地。阿难。云何名为众生颠倒。阿难。由性明心。性明圆故。因明发性。性妄见生。从毕竟无。成究竟有。此有所有。非因所因。住所住相。了无根本。本此无住。建立世界。及诸众生。迷本圆明。是生虚妄。妄性无体。非有所依。将欲复真。欲真已非真真如性。非真求复。宛成非相。非生非住。非心非法。展转发生。生力发明。熏以成业。同业相感。因有感业。相灭相生。由是故有众生颠倒。阿难。云何名为世界颠倒。是有所有。分段妄生。因此界立。非因所因。无住所住。迁流不住。因此世成。三世四方。和合相涉。变化众生。成十二类。是故。世界因动有声。因声有色。因色有香。因香有触。因触有味。因味知法。六乱妄想成业性故。十二区分由此轮转。是故。世间声香味触。穷十二变。为一旋复。乘此轮转颠倒相故。是有世界。卵生胎生。湿生化生。有色无色。有想无想。若非有色。若非无色。若非有想。若非无想。阿难。由因世界虚妄轮回。动颠倒故。和合气成。八万四千飞沉乱想。如是故有卵羯逻蓝。流转国土。鱼鸟龟蛇。其类充塞。由因世界杂染轮回。欲颠倒故。和合滋成。八万四千横竖乱想。如是故有胎遏蒱昙。流转国土。人畜龙仙。其类充塞。由因世界执着轮回。趣颠倒故。和合软成。八万四千翻覆乱想。如是故有湿相蔽尸。流转国土。含蠢蠕动。其类充塞。由因世界变易轮回。假颠倒故。和合触成。八万四千新故乱想。如是故有化相羯南。流转国土。转蜕飞行。其类充塞。由因世界留碍轮回。障颠倒故。和合著成。八万四千精耀乱想。如是故有色相羯南。流转国土。休咎精明。其类充塞。由因世界销散轮回。惑颠倒故。和合暗成。八万四千阴隐乱想。如是故有无色羯南。流转国土。空散销沉。其类充塞。由因世界罔象轮回。影颠倒故。和合忆成。八万四千潜结乱想。如是故有想相羯南。流转国土。神鬼精灵。其类充塞。由因世界愚钝轮回。痴颠倒故。和合顽成。八万四千枯藁乱想。如是故有无想羯南。流转国土。精神化为土木金石。其类充塞。由因世界相待轮回。伪颠倒故。和合染成。八万四千因依乱想。如是故有非有色相。成色羯南。流转国土。诸水母等。以虾为目。其类充塞。由因世界相引轮回。性颠倒故。和合咒成。八万四千呼召乱想。由是故有非无色相。无色羯南。流转国土。咒诅厌生。其类充塞。由因世界合妄轮回。罔颠倒故。和合异成。八万四千回互乱想。如是故有非有想相。成想羯南。流转国土。彼蒱卢等。异质相成。其类充塞。由因世界怨害轮回。杀颠倒故。和合怪成。八万四千食父母想。如是故有非无想相。无想羯南。流转国土。如土枭等。附块为儿。及破镜鸟。以毒树果。抱为其子。子成。父母皆遭其食。其类充塞。是名众生十二种类。

英文版楞严经：Chapter 7

　　”Ananda, you asked about collecting one's thoughts; I have now begun to explain the wonderful method of cultivation for entrance into Samadhi in order to seek the Bodhisattva Way. First one must be as pure as glistening frost in keeping these four rules of deportment. One must refrain from all superfluous behavior and then the three evils of the mind and the four of the mouth will have no cause to come forth. Ananda, if one does not neglect these four matters, and, further, does not pursue forms, fragrances, tastes, objects of touch, and the like, then how can any demonic deeds arise?

　　“If people cannot put an end to their habits from the past, you should teach them to singlemindedly recite my Light Atop the Buddha's Crown Unsurpassed Holy Mantra: Maha-Sitata-Patra. It is the None-Can-See-The-Top Hallmark atop the crown of the Tathagatas' heads. It is the mantra-heart proclaimed by the Buddhas of the Unconditioned Mind who come forth from the crowns in a blaze of light and sit upon jeweled lotus flowers.

　　”What is more, your past lives with Matangi's daughter have created accumulated eons of causes and conditions. Your habits of fondness and emotional love go back not just one life, nor even just one eon. Yet, as soon as I proclaimed it, she was freed forever from the love in her heart and accomplished Arhatship. Even that prostitute, who had no intention of cultivating, was imperceptibly aided by that spiritual power and was swiftly certified to the position beyond study; then what about you Hearers in the assembly, who seek the most supreme Vehicle and are resolved to realize Buddhahood? For you it should be as easy as tossing dust into a favorable wind. What, then, is the problem?

　　“Those in the final age who wish to sit in a Way-place must first hold the pure precepts of a Bhikshu. To do so, they must find as their teacher a foremost Shramana who is pure in the precepts. If they do not encounter a member of the Sangha who is truly pure, then it is absolutely certain that their deportment in precepts and rules cannot be accomplished. Having kept the precepts well, they should put on fresh, clean clothes, light incense in a place where they are alone, and recite this holy mantra spoken by the Heart-Buddha 108 times. After that, they should secure the boundaries and establish the Way-place.

　　”Then they should beseech the unsurpassed Tathagatas abiding in their lands throughout the ten directions to emit a light of great compassion that anoints the crowns of the cultivators' heads.

　　“Ananda, when any such pure Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, or white-robed donors in the Dharma ending Age who can get rid of greed and lust even at the mental level, hold the Buddhas' pure precepts, and in a Way-place make the vows of a Bodhisattva and can bathe upon entering and exiting each time, continuing that practice of the Way day and night for three weeks without sleep, I will appear before these people in a physical form and rub the crowns of their heads to comfort them and enable them to become enlightened.”

　　Ananda said to the Buddha, “Bhagavan, enveloped in the Tathagata's unsurpassed, compassionate instruction, my mind has already gained an awakening, and I know how to cultivate and be certified to the Way beyond study. But how do those who cultivate in the final age and want to establish a Way-place, secure the boundaries in accord with the rules of purity of the Buddhas, Bhagavans?”

　　The Buddha said to Ananda, “If there are people in the Dharma-ending age who wish to establish a Way-place, they should first find a powerful white cow in the snowy mountains, one which eats the lush and fertile sweet-smelling grasses of the mountains. Since such a cow also drinks only the pure water of the snowy mountains, its dung will be very fine. They can take that cow dung, mix it with chandana, and plaster the ground with it. If not from the snowy mountains, the cow dung will smell bad and cannot be used to smear on the ground. In that case, select a level place, dig down five feet or so, and use that yellow earth. Mix it with chandana incense, ‘sinking-in-water’ incense, jasmine incense, continuously permeating incense, tulip incense, white paste incense, green wood incense, fragrant mound incense, sweet pine incense, and ‘chicken-tongue’ incense. Grind these ten ingredients to a fine powder, make a paste, and smear it on the ground of the platform. The area should be sixteen feet wide and octagonal in shape.”

　　“In the center of the platform, place a lotus flower made of gold, silver, copper, or wood. In the middle of the flower set a bowl filled with dew collected in the eighth lunar month. Float an abundance of flower petals on the water. Arrange eight circular mirrors at measured intervals around the flower and the bowl. Outside the mirrors place sixteeen lotus flowers and sixteencensers, so that the incense-burners are adorned and arranged between the flowers. Burn only sinking-in-water incense, lighting it with an ember, not an open flame.”

　　“Place the milk of a white cow in sixteen vessels, along with cakes made with the same kind of milk, granulated sugar, oil cakes, milk porridge, turushka, honeyed ginger, clarified butter, and filtered honey. These sixteen are set around the outside of the sixteen flowers as an offering to the Buddhas and great Bodhisattvas.”

　　“At every mealtime and at midnight, prepare a half-pint of honey and three tenths of a pint of clarified butter. Set up a small incense burner in front of the platform. Decoct the fragrant liquid from the turushka incense and use it to cleanse the coals. Light them so that blaze bursts forth, and toss the clarified butter and honey into the flaming censer. Let it burn until the smoke disappears, and present it to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.”

　　“Drape flags and flower garlands on the four outer walls, and within the room where the platform is located, arrange images of the Tathagatas and Bodhisattvas of the ten directions on the four walls.”

　　“In the most prominent place, display images of Vairocana Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha, Maitreya Bodhisattva, Akshobhya Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, and all the magnificent transformations of Avalokitesvara(Contemplator of the World's Sounds) Bodhisattva. To the left and right, place the Vajra-Treasury Bodhisattvas. Beside them display the Lords Shakra and Brahma, Ucchushma, and the Blue Dirgha, as well as Kundalin and Bhrukuti and all four Heavenly Kings, with Vinayaka to the left and right of the door.”

　　“Then suspend eight mirrors in the space around the platform so that they are exactly opposite the mirrors on the platform. This will allow the reflections in them to interpenetrate infinitely.”

　　“During the first seven days, bow sincerely to the names of the Tathagatas of the ten directions, the great Bodhisattvas, and the names of the Arhats. Throughout the six periods of the day and night, continually recite the mantra while circumambulating the platform. Practice the Way with a sincere mind, reciting the mantra one hundred and eight times in each session.”

　　“During the second week, make the vows of a Bodhisattva with unwavering ceaseless intent. In my Vinaya, I have already taught about vows.”

　　“During the third week, hold the Buddha's Patra mantra for twelve hours at a time with a single intent; and on the seventh day, the Tathagatas of the ten directions will appear simultaneously. Their light will inter-reflect in the mirrors, illumining the entire area; and they will rub the crowns of the practitioners' heads.”

　　“Cultivating Samadhi like this in a Way-place, even in the Dharma-ending age one can study and practice until one's body and mind are as pure and clear as Vaidurya. Ananda, if any one of the Bhikshu's precept-transmitting masters or any one of ten Bhikshus in the same assembly is not pure, the Way-place as described will not be successful.”

　　“After three weeks, sit upright and still for a hundred days. Those with sharp roots will not arise from their seats and will become Shrotaapannas. Although their bodies and minds have not yet attained the ultimate fruition of sagehood, they know for certain, beyond question, that they will eventually realize Buddhahood. You have asked how the Way-place is established. That is the way it is done.”

　　Ananda bowed at the Buddha's feet and said, “After I left the home life, I relied on the Buddha's affectionate regard. Because I sought erudition, I still have not been certified to the unconditioned. When I encountered that Brahma Heaven Mantra, I was captured by the deviant spell; though my mind was aware, I had no strength to free myself. I had to rely on Manjushri Bodhisattva to liberate me. Although I was blessed by the Tathagata's holy mantra of the Buddha's crown and imperceptibly received its strength, I still have not heard it myself. I only hope that the Greatly Compassionate One will proclaim it again to kindly rescue all the cultivators in this assembly and those of the future in the paths of rebirth, so that they may become liberated in body and mind by relying on the Buddha's secret sounds.”

　　（Shurangama Mantra:）

　　At that moment, everyone in the congregation bowed as one and stood waiting to hear the Tathagata's secret phrases. At that time, hundreds of sacrosanct light welled forth from the flesh-mound(usnisa) at the crown of the Bhagavan's head. A thousand-petaled precious lotus then welled forth from amidst those rays. Upon the precious flowers sat a nirmana(miraculously created) Tathagata. From the crown of his head ten beams of light radiated forth, each ray is composed of hundreds of treasure-rays. In each of those glowing rays, there were 10 ganges-river-sands Vajra-Secret-Trace-deities each holding aloft a mountain and wielding a pestle, occuping the whole universe.

　　（* ganges-river-sands: a measure of quantity, means “as many as sands in ganges-river”）

　　The great assembly, gazing upward, felt fearful admiration and sought the Buddha's kind protection. Single-mindedly they listened to the holy Mantra that proclaimed by the Tathagata in the gloriously radiant light of the None-Can-See-The-Top Hallmark of the Buddha:

　　（* None-Can-See-The-Top Hallmark -- “usnisa-siraskata” in Sanskrit, the crown of Buddha. because it's too high and sacrosanct, no one can see its top.）

　　（Part I）

　　namo satata sugataya arhate samyak-sambuddhasya （1）

　　satata buddha koti usnisam （2）

　　namo sarva buddha bodhisattve-bhyah （3）

　　namo saptanam samyak-sambuddha koti-nam （4）

　　sa sravaka samgha-nam （5）

　　namo loke arhata-nam （6）

　　namo srota-apanna-nam （7）

　　namo sakrdagami-nam （8）

　　namo loke samyak-gata-nam （9）

　　samyak-prati-panna-nam （10）

　　namo deva-rsi-nam （11）

　　namo siddhya-vidya-dhara-rsi-nam （12）

　　sapa-anu graha-saha-samartha-nam （13）

　　namo brahma-ne （14）

　　namo indra-ya （15）

　　namo Bhagavate rudra-ya uma-pati saheyaya （16）

　　namo Bhagavate narayana-ya panca maha-mudra （17）

　　namas-krtaya （18）

　　namo Bhagavate maha-kala-ya （19）

　　tripura-nagara （20）

　　vidra-pana-karaya （21）

　　adhi-mukti （22）

　　smasana-nivasini （23）

　　matr-gana （24）

　　namas-krtaya （25）

　　namo Bhagavate tathagata kulaya （26）

　　namo padma kulaya （27）

　　namo vajra kulaya （28）

　　namo mani kulaya （29）

　　namo gaja kulaya （30）

　　namo Bhagavate drdha-sura-sena pra-harana-rajaya （31）

　　tathagata-ya （32）

　　namo Bhagavate amitabha-ya （33）

　　tathagata-ya arhate samyak-sambuddha-ya （34）

　　namo Bhagavate aksobhya-ya （35）

　　tathagata-ya arhate samyak-sambuddha-ya （36）

　　namo Bhagavate bhaisajya-guru vaidurya prabha raja-ya （37）

　　tathagata-ya arhate samyak-sambuddha-ya （38）

　　namo Bhagavate sam-puspita salendra raja-ya （39）

　　tathagata-ya arhate samyak-sambuddha-ya （40）

　　namo Bhagavate sakyamuni-ye （41）

　　tathagata-ya arhate samyak-sambuddha-ya （42）

　　namo Bhagavate ratna ketu raja-ya （43）

　　tathagata-ya arhate samyak-sambuddha-ya （44）

　　tebhyo namas-krtva idam Bhagavanas tathagata usnisam （45）

　　sitata-patram （46）

　　namo apa-rajitam prati-yangiram （47）

　　sarva bhuta graha nigrahaka kara-hani （48）

　　para vidya chedanim （49）

　　akala mri-tyu pari traya-na kari （50）

　　sarva bandhana moksani （51）

　　sarva dusza duh-svapna nivarani （52）

　　catura-sitinam graha saha-sranam vidhvam-sana kari （53）

　　asza vimsatinam naksa-tranam pra-sadana kari （54）

　　aszanam maha-graha-nam vi-dhvam-sana kari （55）

　　sarva satru nivaranam （56）

　　ghoram duh-sva-pnam ca nasani （57）

　　visa, sastra, agni, udaka, ranam （58）

　　apara-jita ghora maha-bala canda, maha-dipta maha-teja （59）

　　maha-sveta-jvala maha-bala pandara-vasini arya-tara （60）

　　bhri-kuzi ce va vijaya vajra-maletih （61）

　　vi-sruta padmakah vajra-jihvah ca mala ce va aparajita vajra-dandah （62）

　　visala ca santa, sveteva pujita sauma-rupah, maha-sveta arya-tara （63）

　　maha-bala apara vajra-samkala ce va vajra-kaumari kulam-dhari （64）

　　vajra-hasta ca vidya （65）

　　kan-cana mallikah kusum-bhaka ratna （66）

　　vairocana kuliya-ya artha usnisa （67）

　　vi-jrmbha mani ca vajra-kanaka prabha-locana （68）

　　vajra-tundi ca sveta ca kamala-ksah siasi-prabha （69）

　　ity-iti mudra ganah sarve raksam kurvantu iman mama asya （70）

　　（Part II）

　　Om rsi-gana pra-sastas tathagata usnisa （71）

　　hum trum jambhana （72）

　　hum trum stambhana （73）

　　hum trum para-vidya sam-bhaksana kara （74）

　　hum trum sarva dusza-nam stambhana kara （75）

　　hum trum sarva yaksa raksasa grahanam vi-dhvam-sana kara （76）

　　hum trum catura-siti-nam graha saha-sra-nam vi-dhvam-sana kara （77）

　　hum trum asza-vimsati-nam naksatra-nam pra-sadana kara （78）

　　hum trum asza-nam maha-graha-nam vi-dhvam-sana kara （79）

　　hum trum raksa raksa mam （80）

　　bhagavans tathagata usnisa （81）

　　praty-angire maha-sahasra bhuje sahasra-sirse koti-siata sahasra netre （82）

　　abhede jvalita-zazaka maha-vajrodara tri-bhuvana mandala （83）

　　Om svastir bhavatu mama iman mama-sya （84）

　　（Part III）

　　raja-bhayah cora-bhayah agni-bhayah udaka-bhayah visa-bhayah siastra-bhayah （85）

　　para-cakra-bhayah dur-bhiksa-bhayah asiani-bhayah akala-mrityu-bhayah （86）

　　dharani bhumi kampaka pata-bhayah ulaka-pata-bhayah raja-danda-bhayah （87）

　　naga-bhayah vidyud-bhayah suparna-bhayah （88）

　　yaksa-grahah raksasi-grahah preta-grahah pisaca-grahah bhuta-grahah （89）

　　kumbhanda-grahah putana-grahah kaza-putana-grahah （90）

　　skanda-grahah apa-smara-grahah unmada-grahah chaya-grahah revati-grahah （91）

　　jata-a-harinam garbha-a-harinam rudhira-a-harinam mamsa-a-harinam （92）

　　medha-a-harinam majja-a-harinam jata-a-harinim jivita-a-harinam pita-a-harinam （93）

　　vanta-a-harinam asucya-a-harinim citta-a-harinim （94）

　　te-sam sarve-sam sarva-graha-nam vidyam chedayami kilayami （95）

　　pari-vrajaka kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （96）

　　dakini-kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （97）

　　maha-pasupati rudra-kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （98）

　　narayana-kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （99）

　　tattva-garuda kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （100）

　　maha-kala-matri gana-kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （101）

　　kapalika kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （102）

　　jaya-kara madhu-kara sarva artha sadhaka kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （103）

　　catur-bhagini kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （104）

　　bhri-ngi-rizi nandike-svara gana-pati sahaya kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （105）

　　nagna-sramana kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （106）

　　arhanta kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （107）

　　vita-raga kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （108）

　　vajra-pani guhya guhya-kadhi-pati kritam vidyam chedayami kilayami （109）

　　raksa mam Bhagavan iman mama-sya （110）

　　（Part IV）

　　Bhagavans tathagata usnisa sitata-patra namo-stute （111）

　　asita na-la-rka prabha sphuza vi-kas sitata-patre （112）

　　jvala jvala, dara dara, bhidara bhidara, chida chida （113）

　　hum hum phat phat phat phat phat svaha hehe phat （114）

　　amogha-ya phat apratihata phat （115）

　　vara-prada phat ssura-vidrapaka phat （116）

　　sarva deve-bhyah phat, sarva nage-bhyah phat （117）

　　sarva yakse-bhyah phat, sarva gandharve-bhyah phat （118）

　　sarva asure-bhyah phat, sarva garude-bhyah phat （119）

　　sarva kimnare-bhyah phat, sarva mahorage-bhyah phat （120）

　　sarva raksase-bhyah phat, sarva bhute-bhyah phat （121）

　　sarva pisace-bhyah phat, sarva kumbhande-bhyah phat （122）

　　sarva manusye-bhyah phat, sarva amanusye-bhyah phat （123）

　　sarva putane-bhyah phat, sarva kaza-putane-bhyah phat （124）

　　sarva dur-langhite-bhyah phat, sarva dus-preksite-bhyah phat （125）

　　sarva jvare-bhyah phat, sarva apasmare-bhyah phat （126）

　　sarva sramane-bhyah phat, sarva tiri-thike-bhyah phat （127）

　　sarva utmadake-bhyah phat, sarva vidya raja-carye-bhyah phat （128）

　　jaya kara madhu kara sarva artha sadhake-bhyah phat （129）

　　vidya acarye-bhyah phat, catur-bhagini-bhyah phat （130）

　　vajra kaumari kulam dhari vidya raje-bhyah phat, maha praty-angire-bhyah phat （131）

　　vajra samkara-ya praty-angira rajaya phat （132）

　　maha-kala-ya maha-matri-gana namas-kritaya phat （133）

　　visnavi-ye phat, brahmani-ye phat （134）

　　agni-ye phat, maha-kali-ye phat （135）

　　kala-dandi-ye phat, indra-ye phat, matre-ye phat （136）

　　raudri-ye phat, camundi-ye phat （137）

　　kala-ratri-ye phat, kapali-ye phat （138）

　　adhi-muktaka smasana vasiniye phat （139）

　　ye-ke-citta, sattva-asya mama iman mama-asya （140）

　　（Part V）

　　dusza-citta, papa-citta, raudra-citta, vi-dvesa-citta, amitri-citta （141）

　　ut-pada-yanti kila-yanti mantra-yanti japanti juhanti （142）

　　oja-aharah garbha-aharah rudhira-aharah vasa-aharah （143）

　　majja-aharah jata-aharah jivita-aharah balya-aharah （144）

　　malya-aharah gandha-aharah puspa-aharah phala-aharah sasya-aharah （145）

　　papa-citta, dusza-citta, raudra-citta （146）

　　yaksa-grahah, raksasa-grahah, preta-grahah, pisaca-grahah （147）

　　bhuta-grahah, Kumbhanda-grahah, skanda-grahah, unmada-grahah （148）

　　chaya-grahah, apa-smara-grahah, daka-dakini-grahah, revati-grahah （149）

　　jamika-grahah, sakuni-grahah, raudra-matri-nandika-grahah, alamba-grahah （150）

　　hanu kantha-pani-grahah （151）

　　jvarah eka-hikah dvaiti-yakah traiti-yakah catur-thakah （152）

　　nitya-jvarah visama-jvarah vati-kah paitti-kah slai-smi-kah （153）

　　sam-nipati-kah sarva-jvarah siro-hrathi （154）

　　ardha-ava-badha-kah badha-aroca-kah （155）

　　aksi-rogam mukha-rogam hrid-rogam gala-graham karna-sulam danta-sulam （156）

　　hridaya-sulam marman-sulam parsva-sulam priszha-sulam udara-sulam kazi-sulam （157）

　　vasti-sulam uru-sulam nakha-sulam hasta-sulam （158）

　　pada-sulam sarva-anga-pratyanga-sulam （159）

　　bhuta vetada dakini jvarah dadrukah kanduh kizi bhah-lutah vaisarpah-loha lingah （160）

　　siastra-sana-gara visa-yoga agne udaka mara vaira kantara akala-mrityo （161）

　　tri-yambuka trai-laza vriscika sarpa nakula simha vyaghra riksa taraksa mara （162）

　　jivis te-sam sarve-sam （163）

　　sitata-patra maha vajro-snisam, maha-praty-angiram （164）

　　yavad-dva-dasa yojana abhy-anta-rena sima bandham karomi （165）

　　vidya-bandham karomi, tejo-bandham karomi para-vidya-bandham karomi （166）

　　tadyatha （ 167, Following is the Mantra-Heart: ）

　　Om anale visade vira vajra-dhare bandha bandhani vajra-pani phat hum trum phat Svaha （168）

　　“Ananda, it is from this cluster of light atop the crown of the Buddha's head, the secret chant, Sitata-Patra, with its exquisite, wonderful compilation of phrases, that all the Buddhasof the ten directions come forth. Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions use this mantra-heart, they realize Unsurpassed, Proper, and All-pervading Knowledge and Enlightenment ”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions take up this mantra-heart, they subdue all demons and control all adherents of externalist ways.“

　　”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions avail themselves of this mantra-heart, they sit upon jeweled lotus-flowers and respond throughout countries as numerous as atoms of universe.“

　　”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions embody this mantra-heart, they turn the great Dharma wheel in worlds as numerous as atoms of universe.“

　　”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions hold this mantra-heart, they are able to go throughout the ten directions to rub the crowns of beings' heads and bestow predictions upon them. Anyone in the ten directions who has not yet realized the levels of sagely fruition, can receive predictions from these Buddhas.“

　　”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions are based in this mantra-heart, they can go throughout the ten directions to rescue beings from sufferings experienced in the hells, as hungry ghosts, as animals, or by being blind, deaf, or mute, as well as from the suffering of being together with those one hates, the suffering of being apart from those one loves, the suffering of not obtaining what one seeks, and the suffering of the raging blaze of the five skandhas. They can simultaneously liberate beings from both major and minor accidents. In response to their recitation, dangers involving bandits, armies, the law, or imprisonment; dangers involving wind, fire, and water; and dangers of starvation, thirst, or impoverishment are all eradicated.“

　　”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions are in accord with this mantra-heart, they can serve good and wise advisors throughout the ten directions. Abiding in the four aspects of majestic deportment ， they make absolutely appropriate offerings. In the assemblies of as many Tathagatas as there are sand grains in the Ganges, they are considered to be great Dharma Princes.“

　　”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions practice this mantra-heart, they can gather in and teach their relatives in the ten directions and keep those of the Small Vehicle from being frightened when they hear this secret treasury.“

　　”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions recite this mantra-heart, they realize Unsurpassed Enlightenment while sitting beneath the Bodhi trees, and enter Parinirvana.“

　　”Because the Tathagatas of the ten directions transmit this mantra-heart, after their Nirvana, those to whom they have bequeathed the Buddhadharma can dwell in and support it to an ultimate degree. Being strict and pure in the precepts and rules, they can attain total purity.“

　　”If I were to explain this cluster of light atop the crown of the Buddha's head Patra Mantra from morning till night unceasingly, without ever repeating any syllable or phrase, I could go on for as many eons as there are sand grains in the Ganges and still never finish. I also will tell you that this mantra is called The Crown of the Tathagata. Unless you hold this mantra, all of you with something left to study who have not yet put an end to the cycle of rebirth and yet have brought forth sincere resolve to become Arhats, will find it impossible to sit in a Way-place and be far removed in body and mind from all demonic deeds.“

　　”Ananda, let any being of any country in any world copy out this mantra in writing on materials native to his region, such as birch bark, pattra, plain paper, or white cotton cloth, and store it in a pouch containing incense. If that person wears the pouch on his body, or if he keeps a copy of the mantra in his home, then you should know that even if he understands so little that he cannot recite the mantra from memory, he will not be harmed by any poison during his entire life.“

　　”Ananda, I will now tell you more about how this mantra can rescue and protect the world, help people obtain great fearlessness, and bring to accomplishment living beings' transcendental wisdom. You should know that, after my extinction, if there are beings in the Dharma-ending Age who can recite the mantra themselves or teach others to recite it, such people who recite and uphold it will not be burned by fire, will not be drowned by water, and will not be harmed by mild or potent poisons.“

　　”Other such things will not happen to them either, including not being possessed by any dragon, gods, ghost, spirits, weird entities, demonic ghosts, or evil mantras. These people's minds will attain proper reception, so that any spell; any paralyzing sorcery; any poison made of herbs, gold, silver; any plant, tree, insect, or snake; and any of the myriad kinds of poisonous vapors will turn into sweet dew when encountered or ingested. No evil stars, nor any ghost or spirit that harbors malice in its heart and poisons others can work its evil on these people. Vinayaka as well as all the evil ghost kings and their retinues will be led by deep kindness to always guard and protect them.“

　　”Ananda, you should know that eighty-four thousand nayutas of Ganges' sands of kotis of Vajra-Treasury King Bodhisattvas and their descendants, each with Vajra multitudes in their retinues, are ever in attendance, day and night, upon this mantra.“

　　”If beings whose minds are scattered and who have no Samadhi remember and recite the mantra, the Vajra Kings will always surround such good people. That is even more true for those who are decisively resolved upon Bodhi. All the Vajra Treasury-King Bodhisattvas will regard them attentively and secretly hasten the opening of their spiritual awareness. When that response occurs, those people will be able to remember the events of as many eons as there are sand grains in eighty-four thousand Ganges Rivers, knowing them all beyond any doubt or delusion. From that eon onward, through every life until the time they take last body, they will not be born where there are yakshas, rakshasas, putanas, kataputanas, kumbhandas, pishachas and so forth; where there is any kinds of hungry ghost, or any being possessing or lacking form, possessing or lacking thought, or in any other such evil place.“

　　”If these good men read, recite, copy, or write out the mantra, if they carry it or treasure it, or if they make offerings to it, then through eon after eon they will not be poor or lowly, nor will they be born in unpleasant places. If these beings have never done any deeds that generate blessings, the Tathagatas of the ten directions will bestow their own merit and virtue upon these people. Because of that, throughout asamkhyeyas of ineffable, unspeakable numbers of eons, as many as sand grains in the Ganges, they will always be born in places where there are Buddhas. Their limitless merit and virtue will be three-fold, like the amala fruit-cluster, for they stay in the same place, become permeated with cultivation, and never part from the Buddhas.“

　　”Therefore, The mantra can enable those who have broken the precepts to regain the purity of the precept source. It can enable those who have not received the precepts to receive them. It can cause those who are not vigorous to become vigorous. This mantra can enable those who lack wisdom to gain wisdom. It can cause those who are not pure to quickly become pure. It can cause those who are not vegetarians to become vegetarians naturally.“

　　”Ananda, if good men who uphold this mantra violate the pure precepts before having received them, their multitude of offenses incurred by such violations, whether major or minor, can simultaneously be eradicated after they uphold the mantra. Even if they drank intoxicants or ate the five kinds of pungent plants and various other impure things in the past, the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Vajra deities, gods, immortals, ghosts, and spirits will not hold it against them. If they are unclean and wear tattered, old clothes to carry out the practice alone in a place by themselves, they can be equally pure. Even if they do not set up a platform, do not enter a Way-place, and do not practice the Way, but recite and uphold this mantra, their merit and virtue can still be identical with that derived from entering the platform and practicing the Way. If they have committed the five rebellious acts, grave offenses warranting unintermittent retribution, or if they are Bhikshus or Bhikshunis who have violated the four parajikas or the eight parajikas, after they recite this mantra, even such heavy karma can dispense after they recite this mantra, like a sand dune that is scattered in a gale, so that not a particle of it remains.“

　　”Ananda, if beings who have never repented and reformed any of the obstructive offenses, either heavy or light, that they have committed throughout infinite countless eons past, up to and including those of this very life, can nevertheless read, recite, copy, or write out this mantra or wear it on their bodies or place it in their homes or in their garden houses, then all that accumulated karma will melt away like snow in hot water. Before long they will obtain awakening to Patience with the Non-existence of Both Beings and Dharmas.“

　　”Moreover, Ananda, if women who do not have children and want to conceive can sincerely memorize and recite this mantra, or carry this Sitata-Patra mantra on their bodies, they can give birth to sons or daughters endowed with blessings, virtue, and wisdom.“

　　”Those who seek long life will obtain long life. Those who seek to quickly perfect their reward will quickly be able to do so. The same is true for those who seek something regarding their bodies, lives, appearance, or strength. At the end of their lives, they will gain the rebirth they hope for in whichever of the lands of the ten directions they wish. They certainly will not be born in poorly endowed places, or as inferior people; even less will they be reborn in some odd form.“

　　”Ananda, if there is famine of plague in a country, province, or village, or if perhaps there are armies, brigands, invasions, war, or any other kind of local threat of danger, then by writing out this holy mantra and placing it on the four city gates, or on a chaitya or on a dhvaja, by instructing all the people of the country to venerate the mantra, make obeisance to it, revere it, and singlemindedly make offerings to it; by instructing all the citizens to wear it on their bodies or to place it in their homes, and then all such disasters and calamities will completely disappear.“

　　”Ananda, in each and every country where the people accord with this mantra, the heavenly dragons are delighted, the winds and rains are seasonal, the five kinds of crops are abundant, and the people are peaceful and happy. It can also suppress all evil stars which may appear in any of the directions and transform themselves in uncanny ways. Calamities and obstructions will not arise. People will not die accidentally or unexpectedly, nor will they be bound by fetters, cangues, or locks. Day and night they will be at peace, and no evil dreams will disturb their sleep.“

　　”Ananda, this Saha world has eighty-four thousand changeable and potentially devastating evil stars. Twenty-eight great evil stars are the leader, and another eight great evil stars are the rulers. They take various shape, and when they appear in the world they bring disaster and unexpected calamities down upon beings. But wherever this the mantra is kept they will all be eradicated. A boundary will be secured for twelve yojanas around, and not evil calamity or misfortune will ever encroach upon it.“

　　”Therefore, the Tathagata proclaims this mantra to be one which will protect all cultivators of the future who have just begun to study, so that they can enter Samadhi, be peaceful in body and mind, and attain great tranquility. Even less will any demon, ghost, or spirit, or any enemy, calamity, or misfortune due from former lives that reach back to beginningless time, or any old karma or past debts come to vex and harm them.“

　　”As to you and everyone in the assembly who is still studying, and as to cultivators of the future who rely on my platform and hold the precepts in accord with the Dharma; who received the precepts from pure members of the Sangha; and who hold this mantra-heart without giving rise to doubts: should such good men as these not comprehend their minds in that very body, then the Tathagatas of the ten directions have lied!“

　　When he finished this explanation, measureless hundreds of thousands of Vajra Power-Knights in the assembly came before the Buddha, placed their palms together, bowed, and said to the Buddha, ”With sincere minds we will protect those who cultivate Bodhi in this way, according to what the Buddha has said.“

　　Then the Brahma King, the God Shakra, and the four great heavenly kings all came before the Buddha, made obeisance together, and said to the Buddha, ”If indeed there are good men who cultivate and study in this way, we will do all we can to earnestly protect them and cause everything to be as they would wish throughout their entire lives.“

　　Moreover measureless great yaksha generals, rakshasa kings, putana kings, kumbhanda kings, pishacha kings, Vinayaka, the great ghost kings, and all the ghost commanders came before the Buddha, put their palms together, and made obeisance. ”We also have vowed to protect these people and cause their resolve for Bodhi to be quickly perfected.“

　　Further, measureless numbers of gods of the sun and moon, lords of the rain, lords of the clouds, lords of the thunder, lords of lightning who patrol throughout the year, and all the retinues of stars which were also in the assembly bowed at the Buddha's feet and said to the Buddha, ”We also protect all cultivators, so that their Way-places are peaceful and they can attain fearlessness.“

　　Moreover, measureless numbers of mountain spirits, sea spirits, and all those of the earth-the myriad creatures and entities of water, land, and the air-as well as the king of wind-spirits and the gods of the Formless Heavens, came before the Tathagata, bowed their heads, and said to the Buddha, ” We also will protect these cultivators until they attain Bodhi and will never let any demons have their way with them.“

　　Then Vajra Treasury King Bodhisattvas in the great assembly, numbering as many as eighty-four thousand nayutas of kotis' worth of sand grains in the Ganges, arose from their seats, bowed at the Buddha's feet, and said to the Buddha, ”Bhagavan, the nature of our deeds in cultivation is such that, although we have long since accomplished Bodhi, we do not grasp at nirvana, but always accompany those who hold this mantra, rescuing and protecting those in the final age who cultivate Samadhi properly. Bhagavan, such people as this, who cultivate their minds and seek proper concentration, whether in the Way-place or walking about, and even such people who with scattered minds roam and amuse themselves in the villages, will be accomplished and protected by us and our retinue of followers. Although the demon kings and the gods of great comfort will seek to get at them, they will never be able to do so. The smaller ghosts will have to stay ten yojanas' distance from these good people, except for those beings who have decided they want to cultivate dhyana.

　　“Bhagavan, if such evil demons or their retinues want to harm or disturb these good people, we will smash their heads to smithereens with our Vajra-pestles. We will always help these people to accomplish that.

　　Then Ananda arose from his seat, bowed at the Buddha's feet, and said to the Buddha, ”Now that we who are dull and slow, who are fond of erudition but have not sought to stop the outflows of our minds, have received the Buddha's compassionate instructions and have attained the proper means to become infused with cultivation, we experience joy in body and mind and obtain tremendous benefit. Bhagavan, for one who cultivates in this way and is certified as having attained the Buddha's Samadhi, but who has not yet reached nirvana, what is meant by the Level of Dry Wisdom? What are the Forty-four Minds? What is the sequence in which one cultivates to reach one's goal? What place must one reach to be said to have entered the grounds? And what is meant by a Bodhisattva of Equal Enlightenment?“

　　Having said this, he made a full prostration, and then the great assembly singlemindedly awaited the sound of the Buddha's compassionate voice as they gazed up unblinkingly with respectful admiration.

　　At that time the Bhagavan praised Ananda, saying, ”Good indeed, good indeed, that for the sake of the entire great assembly and those beings in the final age who cultivate Samadhi and seek the Mahayana, you ask to have the unsurpassed proper path of cultivation that takes one from the level of an ordinary person to final parinirvana explained and revealed. Listen attentively, and I will speak about it for you.“

　　Ananda and everyone in the assembly placed their palms together, cleansed their minds, and silently waited to receive the teaching.

　　The Buddha said, ”Ananda, you should know that the wonderful nature is perfect and bright, apart from all names and attributes. Basically there is no world, nor are there any beings. Because of falseness, phenomena come into being. Because phenomena come into being, they also cease to be. Even the terms ‘coming into being’ and ‘ceasing to be’ are false. When the false ceases to be, that is known as truth. This is called the Tathagata's Unsurpassed Bodhi and Great Nirvana: These names refer to two kinds of turning around. Ananda, you now wish to cultivate true Samadhi and arrive directly at the Tathagata's Parinirvana. First, you should recognize the two upside-down causes of living beings and the world. The non-arising of upside-downness is the Tathagata's true Samadhi.

　　“Ananda, what is meant by the upside-downness of beings? Ananda, our nature endows the mind with understanding because the nature itself is the perfection of understanding. By adding understanding, another nature comes into being, and from that false nature, views arise. From absolute nothingness comes ultimate existence. All that exists comes about in that way.

　　The cause is not an actual cause. Subjective reliance on objective appearances is basically groundless. Thus, the very

　　basis for the existence of the world and beings is fundamentally unreliable

　　”Confusion about one's basic, perfect understanding results in the arising of falseness. Falseness itself is devoid of substance; it is not something which can be relied upon. One may wish to return to the truth, but that wish for the truth is already a falseness. The real nature of True Suchness is not a truth that one can seek to return to. By doing so one misses the mark. What basically does not arise, what basically does not dwell, what basically is not the mind, and what basically are not dharmas come into being in turn. As they arise more and more strongly, they form the propensity to create karma. Similar karma sets up a mutual stimulus. Because of the karma thus generated, there is mutual production and mutual extinction. That is the reason for the upside-downness of beings.

　　“Ananda, what is the upside-downness of the world? All that exists and pertains to existence falsely arises in sections and shares. The world is based on that, but this cause is not an actual cause. Everything that is dependent has nothing on which it is dependent, and so it shifts and slides ceaselessly. Because of this, the world of the three periods of time and four directions come into being. Their union and interaction bring about changes which result in the twelve categories of beings.

　　”That is why, in this world, movement brings about sounds, sounds bring about forms, forms bring about smells, smells bring about contact, contact brings about tastes, and tastes brings about awareness of dharmas. The random false thinking resulting from those six creates karma, and this continuous revolving becomes the cause of twelve different categeories. And so, in the world, sounds, smells, tastes, contact, and the like, are each transformed throughout the twelve categories to make one complete cycle.

　　“Based on that continuously revolving process involving upside-down phenomena, those born from eggs, those born from wombs, those born from moisture, and those born by transformation; beings with form, those without form, those with thought, and those without thoughtt; beings not totally endowedwith form, those not totally lacking form, those not totally endowed with thought, and those not totally lacking thought come into being in this world.

　　”Ananda, through a continuous process of falseness, the upside-down state of movement occurs in this world. It unites with energy to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts that either fly up or dive down. From that eggs come into being and transmigrate throughout the lands as fish, birds, amphibians, and reptiles, so that their kinds abound.

　　“Through a continuous process of defilement, the upside-down state of desire occurs in this world. It unites with stimulation to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts that are either erect or horizontal. From that embroyos in wombs come into being and transmigrate throughout the lands as human beings, animals, dragons, and immortals until their kinds abound.

　　”Through a continuous process of attachment, the upside-down state of inclination occurs in this world. It unites with warmth to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts that are vacillating and inverted. From that organisms in moisture come into being and transmigrate throughout the lands as insects and crawling invertebrates, until their kinds abound.

　　“Through a continuous process of change, the upside-down state of borrowing occurs in this world. Based on upside-downness, it unites with contact to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts of new and old. From that, organisms that undergo transformations come into being and transmigrate throughout the lands as forms of metamorphic flying and crawling creatures, until their kinds abound.

　　”Through a continuous process of restraint, the upside-down state of obstruction occurs in this world. It unites with attachment to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts of refinement and brilliance. From that animate entities that possess form come into being and transmigrate throughout the lands as auspicious and inauspicious creatures, until their kinds abound.

　　“Through a continuous process of annihilation and dispersion, the upside-down state of delusion occurs in this world. It unites with darkness to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts of obscurity and hiding. From that, animate entities that are formless come into being and transmigrate throughout the lands as empty, dispersed, annihilated, and submerged beings until their kinds abound.

　　”Through a continuous process of illusory imaginings, the upside-down state of shadows occurs in this world. It unites with memory to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts that are hidden and bound up. From that, animate entities endowed with thought, come into being and transmigrate throughout the lands as spirits, ghosts, and devious beings, until their kinds abound.

　　“Through a continuous process of dullness and slowness, the upside-down state of stupidity occurs in this world. It unites with obstinacy to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts that are dry and attenuated. From that, animate entities lacking thought, come into being and transmigrate throughout the lands as their vitality and spirit change into earth, wood, metal, or stone, until their kinds abound.

　　”Through a continuous process of parasitic interaction, the upside-down state of simulation occurs in this world. It unites with defilement to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts of according and relying. From that, animate entities not actually endowed with form, take on embryonic forms and transmigrate throughout the lands until their kinds abound, as jellyfish that use shrimp for eyes and the like.

　　“Through a continuous process of mutual enticement, an upside-down state of the nature occurs in this world. It unites with mantras to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts of reckoning and summoning. From that animate entities not actually lacking form become formless beings and transmigrate throughout the lands as the hidden beings of mantras and incantations, until their kinds abound.

　　”Through a continuous process of false unity, the upside-down state of transgression occurs in this world. It unites with unlike formations to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts of reciprocal interchange. From that animate entities not actually endowed with thought, become beings endowed with thought and transmigrate throughout the lands in such forms as a wasp that turns a different creature into its own species and the like, until their kinds abound.

　　“Through a continuous process of enmity and harm the upside-down state of killing occurs in this world. It unites with monstrosities to become eighty-four thousand kinds of random thoughts of devouring one's father and mother. From that, animate entities not actually lacking thought become beings that lack thought and transmigrate throughout the lands, until their kinds abound in such forms as the owl which hatches its young from clods of dirt, and the broken-mirror bird, which incubates a poisonous fruit to create its young whereupon the young of each eat the parents and the like, until their kinds abound. These are the twelve categories of beings.”