供淨瓶
Offering the Pure Bottle
(梵語軍持。此云瓶。寄歸傳云。軍持有二種。一磁瓦者是淨用。二銅鐵者是觸用。今所明者乃淨瓶也。比丘每日清旦。誦經呪畢。用淨瓶盛淨水。供於佛菩薩像前。欲須瓶盛水時。當觀想佛菩薩尊容。具儀作禮起已。取瓶默持此偈呪)。
The Sanskrit word is "kundi," which means "bottle." The Record of Pilgrimage says there are two kinds of kundi: one made of ceramic or clay, used for pure purposes; the other made of copper or iron, used for impure purposes. The one explained here is the pure bottle. Each day at dawn, after monks finish reciting scriptures and mantras, they fill the pure bottle with clean water and place it before the images of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. When about to fill the bottle with water, one should visualize the noble presence of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, then perform a full bow. After rising, take the bottle and silently recite this verse and mantra.
手執淨瓶 當願眾生 內外無垢 悉令光潔
Holding a pure water vessel, I vow that all beings be clean inside and out, utterly bright and pure.
唵。勢伽嚕迦叱。𦎌叱莎訶(三徧)
Om. Shigaru-ka chih. Chih soha.