The Buddha Speaks the All-Tathāgata Dharma-Eye Pervasive Illumination Great Power Vidyārāja Sutra (佛說出生一切如來法眼遍照大力明王經)

Sutra of the Buddha's Teaching on the All-Tathāgata Dharma-Eye Pervasively Illuminating Great Power Vidy

At one time, the World-Honored One was on the great mountain Mahā-Mucilinda, in the great jeweled pavilion, teaching the Dharma to the assembly. At that time, all the Buddhas praised and extolled the great bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, and thus that entire assembly gathered together to sit. He sat first on the eastern side of the World-Honored One's universally blazing garland lotus seat, and the Buddha used his right hand to comfort sentient beings.

Next, on the Buddha's right side was the four-armed great powerful vidyārāja. His left hand saluted the Buddha's crown, his right hand held a whisk, his upper left hand held a vajra noose, and his upper right hand held a vajra club. His eyes were like vermilion, and his hair rose upward like blazing flames. Next was Vajrapāṇi together with his retinue, and then on the right side was the vidyārāja Trailokyavijaya.

On the left side was Amṛtakuṇḍalī, whose form was like a half-moon, fierce and swift, terrifying in appearance, red as vermilion. This greatly fearsome vajra-being could destroy all afflictions and firmly held fundamental minds. Next were the holy Trailokyavijaya, the holy Māmakī, Amṛtakuṇḍalī, Vajrāṅkuśa, and Vajrapāśa.

Inside the gate were also two wrathful vajra-beings: the left one holding a vajra hammer, the right one holding a vajra club.

Next, on the Buddha's left side, was Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva together with his retinue. Next, on the Buddha's right side, were the holy Pāṇḍaravāsinī Avalokiteśvara, as well as Tārā Bodhisattva and Bhṛkuṭī Bodhisattva. On the left side was Hayagrīva vidyārāja, then Mahā-Pāṇḍara, Mahā-Śrī Bodhisattva. Thus were hundreds of thousands of great bodhisattvas.

Furthermore, from the east were the sun and moon devas and others: Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the heavenly king; Śakra, the lord of devas. From the southeast were Yama and Agni, together with great ṛṣis. From the south were Yama and Nārāyaṇa. From the southwest was the lord of rākṣasas. From the west were Varuṇa and the nāga lords. From the northwest was Vāyu. From the north was Kubera. From the northeast were Īśāna, Śakra the lord of devas, Nārāyaṇa deva, Sahāṃpati Mahābrahmā deva, Maheśvara, and the multitudes of devaputras. Thus were innumerable, countless pure devas and humans, each surrounded by their own retinues, before the Tathāgata, reverently joining their palms and gazing upon the honored countenance.

Then the World-Honored One addressed Vajrapāṇi, the Lord of Secrets, saying: "O Lord of Secrets! If there are those who uphold this great teaching of the vidyārāja sūtra, for them I shall proclaim the mantra:"

Namo ratna-trayāya Namaḥ ścanda vajra-pāṇaye Mahā-yakṣa senā-pate Oṃ Kili kili vajra Kili kilāya svāhā

Oṃ Mṛdana-ya svāhā Rā rāṭaya svāhā Cakṣuṣa-ya svāhā Ugra-ya svāhā Atiyugra-ya svāhā Lokapāla-ya svāhā Vajra-kṣetra-ya svāhā Pāśa-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Khaḍga-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Paraśu-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Dhanur-dhara-ya svāhā Musala-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Cakra-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Triśūla-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Hṛdaya-ya svāhā Upa-hṛdaya-ya svāhā Caṇḍa kili-kilāya svāhā Vala kili-kilāya svāhā Ratna kili-kilāya svāhā Madanaga-ya svāhā Upavardhana-ya svāhā Mahā-vala-ya svāhā Jāṭila-ya svāhā Rāmo nara-ya svāhā Uṣṇīṣa-guru-dhāya svāhā Gaṅgā-ya svāhā Yamunā-ya svāhā Yama-rakṣasa-ya svāhā Mahā-caṇḍa-ya svāhā Jala-dhara-ya svāhā Prabhūta-rāja-ya svāhā Prabhūta-dhara-ya svāhā Vajra-daṇḍa-ya svāhā Mahā-pīlava-ya svāhā Khaṭvāṅga-pīlava-ya svāhā Daṇḍana-ya svāhā Vajra-śaṅkara-ya svāhā Vajra-nṛpāla-ya svāhā Vajra-nāgara-ya svāhā Nara-miṇḍa-ya svāhā A-mṛta-ya svāhā Tapodhara-ya svāhā Tapodhara-ya svāhā Aṅgūṣa-ya svāhā Amukha-ya svāhā Uṣṇīṣa-rāja-ya svāhā Svitā-varṇa-ya svāhā Śāśa-varṇa-ya svāhā Rāmāyi svāhā Madanaga-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Upavardhana-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Māra-vikaraṇa-ya svāhā Sarpa-mekhalā-ya svāhā Vajra-kilāya svāhā Ābhaya-he kṣetra-ya svāhā A-vajra-he kṣetra-ya svāhā Jvala-prakaṭakara-ya svāhā Mati-sthira-vajra-ya svāhā Aṅkura-ya svāhā Prakura-ya svāhā Vajra-vināraṇa-ya svāhā Vajra-muṣṭaye svāhā Megha-vināraṇa-ya svāhā Vakṣa-stambhana-ya svāhā Aṅguṣṭha-rāja-ya svāhā Daṇḍa-rāja-ya svāhā Khaḍga-rāja-ya svāhā Gavākṣa-rāja-ya svāhā

Oṃ Dhiḥ Aḥ Namo ratna-trayāya Namaḥ ścanda vajra-pāṇaye Mahā-yakṣa senā-pate Tadyathā Hulu huli Sṭhiti sṭhiti Manda manda Hana hana Naha naha Paca paca A-mṛte hūṃ phaṭ svāhā

Oṃ A-mṛte hūṃ phaṭ Nir-dhāra-ṣṭāra-ya svāhā Virūḍhaka-ya svāhā Virūpākṣa-ya svāhā Kumbhīra-ya svāhā Indra-ya svāhā Candra-ya svāhā Agni-teja-ya svāhā Agnaye svāhā Sarva-mahā-ṛṣibhyaḥ svāhā Yamāya svāhā Vai-sṛṇave svāhā Rakṣa-sādha-pate svāhā Nāga-sādha-pate svāhā Vāyave svāhā Dhana-sādha-pate svāhā Īśāna-ya svāhā Maheśvara-ya svāhā Cakra-ya svāhā Vāsudeva-ya svāhā Mahā-brahmaṇe svāhā Pṛthivi svāhā Sarasvati svāhā Umāyai svāhā

Thus, this bright mantra should be placed within the mandala together with the Great Powerful Bright King, then perform contemplation and secretly provide protection. Next, one should take refuge in and pay homage to all Buddhas, Dharma, and Sangha; to the Pratyekabuddhas, the Elder Shariputra, and the assembly of Śrāvakas; take refuge in the Great Sage Maitreya and all assemblies of great Bodhisattvas; pay homage to the Perfectly Enlightened One; take refuge in Vajradhara and all his retinue. Again, the mantra is spoken thus:

tadyathā oṃ muni mahāmuni mahāmuni kili kili kilāvike kaṭa kaṭa samā samā śānta śānta danta danta dhīra dhīra mahāmegha niruddha rahari hari koti koti chinna chinna bhinna bhinna sarva nudṣṭānāṃ umā umā haraṇḍa ṇḍe kiṃci mama (insert one's own name) hiti śina sarva śakra ṇḍa nāmati nāmati namo namanī tathā tathā tathā tathā ccha ccha ccha ccha paca paca paca paca hūṃ hūṃ hūṃ hūṃ he he he he svari mahāsvari maḍambi caṇḍāli hu hu hu hu ru ru ru ru haṭa praṭyālīḍhānā mama sarva sattvānāṃ rakṣa rakṣa cili cili cili cili tiṣṭha tathā tiṣṭha tathā tiṣṭha tathā tiṣṭha tathā māti kramatha hūṃ hūṃ hūṃ hūṃ he he he he phaṭ phaṭ phaṭ phaṭ jaya nāndi tiṣṭha tathā bhaṇḍa heṣṭā pāna mukha gṛhvāccha hṛdaya vāja sarva mama hara hara jala jala jala jala bindu bindu bindu bindu bandha bandha bandha bandha nīla nīla nīla nīla nīla leṅgā vajra dhara samāra samāra hṛdaya mahāmalānāmo koti koti koti nī sarva bhavane vajra mālini vajra dhara vajra ṭhākāśaya cala cala danda danda bhaṇḍa bhaṇḍa kara kara kara kara kiri kiri kiri kiri kuru kuru kuru kuru hara hara hara hara samāra mahāsattva hūṃ hūṃ hūṃ hūṃ he he he he phaṭ phaṭ phaṭ phaṭ caṇḍa caṇḍa caṇḍa caṇḍa mahācaṇḍa huru huru huru huru muru muru muru muru gṛhaṇa gṛhaṇa gṛhaṇa gṛhaṇa vajra pāṇi hana hana hana hana mama sarva sattvānāṃ cala rakṣa cala rakṣa sarva śatru mūrdhanā dhanuya phaṭ kuru kuru kuru kuru vajra pāṇi karma māti kramatha samaya māte samaye vajra śānti tathāgato 'vinitvā śānti iḍāni mantra yānā nokā hara hara hara hara phaṭ phaṭ phaṭ phaṭ tāpati tāpati tāpati tāpati pācati pācati pācati pācati pācati samāra vajra pāṇi hṛdaya tathāgatādhīṣṭhānā mili mili mili mili hu hu hu hu yanīcchatvāgavā ina hṛdaya māti kramī tathāgata pṛagghate puṣpa prabhāṇḍa līya saṃprayuktodbhavena ḍimbu ḍimbu ḍimbu ḍimbu namo vajra dhārāya saparivārāya siddhimantra paṭhana nī svāhā namo vajra dhārāya mahātejāya svāhā oṃ hūṃ phaṭ svāhā

This mighty vidyārāja constantly protects with majestic virtue and secrecy, accomplishing all that is undertaken. At that time, Śākyatathāgata, the Perfectly Enlightened One, then universally emitted a radiant halo of pure light, illuminating the entire trichiliocosm, burning all the palaces of the māra kings, with blazing flames encircling them into a single mass of fire, incinerating them without remainder. At that time, the māra kings, due to their own karmic power, refused to submit. These māra kings and their māra hosts further gave rise to malicious harm, each filled with wrath, holding sharp swords, bows and arrows, discus blades, and various weapons. Then Vajrapāṇi, the Lord of Secrets, as manifested by the Buddha, traversed beyond twenty-one Ganges sands of worlds to the east, subduing all māra kings completely. His body was crimson, his eyes azure, four fangs protruding outward, his brows furrowed and eyes glaring, his hair standing erect like vermilion, possessing great majestic virtue. In his right hand he held a club, in his left a vajra, adorned with dragons and clad in a tiger skin. Likewise, to the south, west, and north, across twenty-one Ganges sands of worlds each, he manifested in the same manner and subdued them all. At that time, countless koṭis of nayutas of hundreds of thousands of malicious māra kings were subdued and captured by the great powerful vidyārāja Ucchuṣma, terrified and trembling, their hearts bewildered and confused, their four limbs powerless and without awareness, disregarding their own lives, bound by the fivefold fetters of their own māra karma. Having accomplished this, Vajrapāṇi, the Lord of Secrets, then caused the hosts of the Yāma heavens, the Tuṣita heavens, the Nirmāṇarati heavens, and the Paranirmitavaśavartin heavens to each hold various perfumed pastes, incense, and exquisite flowers, banners, pennants, silken canopies, and proceed to the place of Śākyatathāgata to make offerings. Having circumambulated the Buddha to the right, they withdrew and sat to one side. At that time, the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, having been praised and extolled by all the tathāgatas, the Tathāgata’s great wisdom, within the supreme great teaching, proclaimed a mantra of all-accomplishing, freely sovereign, immeasurably majestic, fiercely powerful, and mighty strength, for the benefit and happiness of all beings in the heavens and among humans. He then spoke the mantra:

At that time, the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Vajrapāṇi addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honored One! If there are good men or good women who hear this true Dharma, accept and uphold it, recite it, and extensively expound it to others, diligently and earnestly, revering and making offerings, they shall receive abhiṣeka in all maṇḍalas and obtain this mantra, thereby being able to subdue and destroy all incantations and sorceries."

Then the Secret Lord Vajrapāṇi further addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honored One! The Buddha has spoken this Heart Dhāraṇī of the Great Powerful Vidyārāja. If there are those who accept and uphold it, they shall gain the protection of yakṣas and yakṣa hosts, rākṣasas and rākṣasa hosts, kumbhāṇḍas and kumbhāṇḍa hosts, garuḍas and garuḍa hosts, each vowing to guard and uphold them. Furthermore, nāga kings, gandharvas, piśācas, unmāda, nāginīs, saṃsāra, kumbhasamara, kaṭaputana, and vetāla—all such evil-named, terrifying multitudes and their retinues shall be unable to harm them."

Then the World-Honored One praised the Secret Lord Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, saying: "Excellent, excellent! Out of great compassion, you extensively carry out the Buddha's work for the sake of all beings."

Then the Secret Lord Vajrapāṇi addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honored One! If there are those who accept, uphold, and recite this sūtra, remember and retain it without forgetting, and extensively expound it to others, such a person shall swiftly be liberated from saṃsāra, and those who see them shall rejoice, make offerings, and pay homage."

Then Vajrapāṇi further proclaimed the mantra of immeasurable fierce power, uttering the spell as follows:

These sixty-two Vajradharas constantly and secretly offer their protection. For those who uphold and recite this dhāraṇī, they can subdue even celestial fires, revive the dead, overcome hostile demons, grant the birth of children as sought, divide the earth, and with a handful of water empowered by the dhāraṇī mantra, neutralize all poisons of snakes and scorpions. Pregnant women will attain peace and be freed from all sufferings. All endeavors will be accomplished, and all true mantras will be perfected. Whoever upholds this sūtra will attain great bliss.

At that time, the lord Īśāna, surrounded by countless koṭis of celestial beings, arose within that maṇḍala, prostrated at the feet of the Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, and addressed him, saying: "O Noble One, you have now expounded for us this dhāraṇī of great power, unfailing accomplishment, and immeasurable fierce strength. We rejoice in it." Even Brahmā, Śakra, and the asuras paid reverent homage. The yakṣas, rākṣasas, vetālas, kaṭapūtanas, and unmādas were all terrified, being either struck, slain, or subdued. Gates, barriers, and locks were utterly destroyed. That king of maṇḍalas can accomplish all manner of deeds.

Then those assembled praised and extolled the lord Īśāna, saying: "Excellent, excellent, O lord! You have asked the Tathāgata's Vajradhara on behalf of all beings."

Then the World-Honored Vajrapāṇi hurled his vajra, the wheel of sovereignty. Swiftly, that vajra descended and rested upon the vajra lotus. He then entered into yogic contemplation. All beings of the maṇḍala beheld a great wrathful form, its countenance terrifying, its body covered with venomous serpents. "If one wishes to subdue and destroy all demonic hordes within that maṇḍala, one should enter these samādhis: the samādhi of great compassion for all beings, the samādhi of radiant universal illumination, the samādhi of beholding the Dharma with joy, the samādhi manifesting all lands of māra kings, the samādhi of mudrās, the samādhi manifesting all lands of beings, the immovable samādhi, the samādhi of Dharma-love, the samādhi of the manifestation of all dharmas, and the samādhi of great power. Upon entering such samādhis..."

As he was about to enter them, countless hundreds of thousands of koṭis of māra kings became terrified by their own accord. They saw themselves bound by the great powerful vidyārāja. They then cried out loudly, as if the fire of the kalpa were consuming them, their lives nearly at an end. They went before the Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi and addressed the Mahāsattva Vajrapāṇi, saying: "O Noble One! Pray take pity and rescue us. O World-Honored One! We are in extreme agony. The great powerful vidyārāja has bound us, lashing and tormenting us. Our lives hang by a thread. We beseech your deliverance."

Then the Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi arose from that samādhi and addressed all fourfold assemblies within the maṇḍala, saying thus: "Such is this supreme great merit, great majesty, and great wrath. Thus it is, O World-Honored One! This is great merit, great majesty, and great wrath."

The Sutra of the Buddha's Discourse on the All-Tathagata Dharma-Eye Pervasive Illumination Great Power Vidyaraja,