施諸餓鬼飲食及水法(并手印)
Dharma for Bestowing Food and Water to Hungry Ghosts
特進試鴻臚卿大興善寺三藏沙門大廣智不空奉 詔譯
Translated by the Tripitaka Master Amoghavajra, Greatly Extensive Wisdom, Śramaṇa of Daxingshan Temple, Spec
先出眾生食，事須如法。周匝種種皆著並須淨好，或一分或少許或一器，皆須安淨銅器中如法。如無銅器，白瓷亦得。如無瓷器，可用漆器。其飲食須和清水。面向東立，坐亦得作法。
First offer food to sentient beings; the procedure must follow the proper method. All the various offerings placed around must be pure and good. Whether a single portion, a small amount, or a single vessel, all should be placed in a clean bronze vessel according to the method. If there is no bronze vessel, white porcelain is also acceptable. If there is no porcelain vessel, a lacquered vessel may be used. The food and drink must be mixed with clear water. Stand facing east; sitting is also permissible for performing the rite.
夫欲施一切餓鬼飲食者，先須發廣大心普請餓鬼。先誦此偈至心一遍，然後作召請法，所獲福利果報不可校量。
To bestow food and drink upon all hungry ghosts, one must first generate a vast mind, universally inviting the hungry ghosts. First recite this verse with utmost sincerity once, then perform the method of summoning and inviting. The benefits and karmic rewards thus obtained are immeasurable.
比丘比丘尼發心奉持， 一器淨食，
普施十方， 窮盡虛空， 周遍法界，
微塵剎中， 所有國土， 一切餓鬼，
先亡久遠， 山川地主， 乃至曠野，
諸鬼神等， 請來集此。 我今悲愍，
普施汝食， 願汝各各， 受我此食。
轉將供養， 盡虛空界， 以佛及聖，
一切有情。 汝與有情， 普皆飽滿，
亦願汝身， 乘此呪食， 離苦解脫，
生天受樂， 十方淨土， 隨意遊往，
發菩提心， 行菩提道， 當來作佛，
永莫退轉。 前得道者， 誓相度脫。
又願汝等， 晝夜恒常， 擁護於我，
滿我所願。 願施此食， 所生功德，
普將廻施， 法界有情， 與諸有情，
平等共有， 共諸有情， 同將此福，
盡將迴向， 真如法界， 無上菩提，
一切智智， 願速成佛， 勿招餘果，
願乘此法， 疾得成佛。
合掌當心誦此偈，以印作召請。開喉印：以右手大指與中指面相捻，餘三指相去微作曲勢即是，名普集印。呪曰：
With palms joined at the heart, recite this verse, using the mudrā to summon and invite. The Throat-Opening Mudrā: With the right hand, bring the thumb and middle finger together, their surfaces touching; the remaining three fingers are slightly separated and gently curved—this is called the Universal Gathering Mudrā. The mantra says:
曩謨步布入哩迦哩多哩怛他引蘖多也
Namo Buddhāya, Namo Dharmāya, Namo Saṅghāya.
Namo Bhagavate Tathāgatāyārhate Samyaksaṃbuddhāya.
Namo Sarva Tathāgatāḥ, Namo Sarva Buddha Bodhisattvebhyaḥ.
Namo Ārya Avalokiteśvarāya Bodhisattvāya Mahāsattvāya Mahākāruṇikāya.
Tadyathā: Oṃ, Cale Cule Cundi Svāhā.
作此印誦此呪一七遍，廣運悲心，願令法界微塵剎中一切餓鬼悉皆雲集。
Making this mudra and reciting this mantra seven times, extensively extending compassionate heart, vow to cause all hungry ghosts in the dust-motes of lands throughout the dharmadhātu to gather like clouds.
又誦開地獄門及咽喉呪曰：
Again, recite the Mantra for Opening the Gates of Hell and the Throat:
唵步布入帝哩迦多哩怛他蘖多引也
Oṃ, bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, tīreka caturdhārikā tathāgatāya.
誦此呪時，以左手執持食器，以右手作前召請印，唯改一誦呪一彈指，以大指與中指頭相捻彈指作聲即是。餘三指開稍微曲，此名破地獄門及開咽喉印。爾時如來即說無量威德自在光明勝妙之力加持飲食陀羅尼曰：
When reciting this mantra, hold the food vessel with the left hand and form the summoning mudrā with the right hand. Only change this: with each recitation of the mantra, snap the fingers once—that is, by pressing the thumb and middle finger together and snapping to produce a sound. The remaining three fingers are slightly spread and curved. This is called the mudrā that shatters the gates of hell and opens the throat. Then the Tathāgata spoke the dhāraṇī of bestowing food with immeasurable majestic power, sovereign radiance, and surpassing wondrous strength:
曩莫薩嚩怛他蘖多嚩嚕吉帝唵三娑羅三婆羅吽引
Namo Sarva Tathāgatā Vālokite Om Tri-Sara Tri-Sara Hūṃ
誦此呪一七遍，一切餓鬼各皆得摩伽陀國所用之斗七七斛之食，食已皆得生天或生淨土。能令行者業障消除、增益壽命，現世獲無量無邊福，況當來世。即作手印誦此真言加持飲食。以右手大指摩中指甲三兩遍，三指直立之。又以大指捻頭指彈指作聲，一誦呪一彈指即是。
Recite this mantra seven times, and all hungry ghosts will each obtain food equivalent to forty-nine measures of the Magadha country's standard vessel. Having eaten, they will all be reborn in heaven or in a pure land. This enables the practitioner to eliminate karmic obstacles, increase lifespan, and gain immeasurable and boundless blessings in the present life, not to mention in future lives. Then form the mudra and recite this true word to bless the food. With the right hand, rub the middle fingernail with the thumb two or three times, and hold the three fingers upright. Then, snap the fingers by pressing the thumb against the index finger and releasing it to make a sound. Recite the mantra once and snap the fingers once. This is the method.
又誦蒙甘露法味真言，作施無畏印。以右手竪臂，展五指直上即是。真言曰：
Recite the Mantra of Bestowing the Nectar of Dharma Flavor, and form the Fearlessness-Giving Mudrā. This is done by raising the right arm upright and extending the five fingers straight upward. The mantra is:
曩莫蘇嚕頗也怛他蘖多也怛儞也他唵蘇嚕蘇嚕鉢羅蘇嚕鉢羅蘇嚕娑嚩二合賀引
Namo surūpāya tathāgatāya tadyathā oṃ suru suru prabhasuru prabhasuru svāhā
作前施無畏印，誦此呪施甘露真言一七遍，能令飲食及水變成無量乳及甘露，能開一切餓鬼咽喉，能令飲食廣得增多平等得喫也。
With the left hand forming the Fearlessness Mudra, recite this mantra of bestowing sweet dew seven times. This will cause food, drink, and water to transform into immeasurable milk and sweet dew, open the throats of all hungry ghosts, and enable the offerings to greatly increase and be equally shared for all to partake.
次作毘盧遮那一字心水輪觀真言印。先想此鑁字於右手心中猶如乳色，變為八功德海，流出一切甘露醍醐。即引手臨食器上呪曰。誦此鑁字一七遍，即展開五指向下臨食器中，觀想乳等從字中流出猶如日月乳海，一切鬼等皆得飽滿無有乏少。此名普施一切餓鬼印。真言曰：
Next, perform the visualization of the single-syllable heart-water wheel of Vairocana, along with its mantra and mudra. First, envision this syllable *vaṃ* in the palm of the right hand, resembling the color of milk, transforming into an ocean of the eight excellent qualities, from which flows forth all sweet dew and clarified butter. Then extend the hand over the food vessel and recite the mantra. Chant this syllable *vaṃ* seven times, then spread the five fingers and lower them over the food vessel, visualizing milk and so forth flowing from the syllable like the sun, moon, and milky ocean, so that all hungry ghosts are fully satisfied without any lack. This is called the Mudra of Universal Offering to All Hungry Ghosts. The mantra is:
曩莫三滿多沒馱喃鑁去
Homage to the all-perfect, fully awakened Buddha Vairocana.
觀想誦此呪一七遍已，寫於淨地無人行處，或水池邊樹下，唯不得寫於桃樹、柳樹、石榴樹下。寫訖更為至心稱五如來名號三遍，功德無量。
Contemplate and recite this mantra twenty-one times, then inscribe it upon a clean ground where no people tread, or beside a pond or beneath a tree. Only it must not be inscribed beneath a peach tree, a willow tree, or a pomegranate tree. After the inscription is complete, with utmost sincerity, invoke the names of the Five Tathāgatas three times. The merit is immeasurable.
曩謨薄伽筏帝鉢囉步多囉怛曩也怛他蘖多引也
namo bhagavate prajñāpāramitāyā tathāgatāyā
曩謨寶勝如來，除慳貪業，福德圓滿。
Homage to the Jeweled Victory Tathāgata, who removes the karma of miserliness and perfects merit and virtue.
曩謨薄伽筏帝蘇嚕波耶怛他蘖多引也
In the past, the Bhagavān, the Tathāgata, the Arhat, the Samyaksaṃbuddha, the Vidyācaraṇasaṃpanna, the Sugata, the Lokavid, the Anuttaraḥ, the Puruṣadamyasārathiḥ, the Śāstā Devamanuṣyāṇāṃ, the Buddha, the Bhagavān,
曩謨妙色身如來，破醜陋形，相好圓滿。
I pay homage to the Tathagata of Sublime Form, who shatters ugliness and perfects auspicious marks.
曩謨婆伽筏帝阿蜜㗚帝囉惹耶怛他蘖多引耶
In the past, the Bhagavān, the Tathāgata, the Arhat, the Samyaksaṃbuddha,
曩謨甘露王如來，灌法身心，令受快樂。
Homage to the Tathagata King of Sweet Dew, who bathes the body and mind in Dharma, bringing joy and bliss.
曩謨婆伽筏帝尾布邏蘖怛羅二合耶怛他蘖多引也
In the past, I heard this from the Bhagavān, the Tathāgata, the Arhat, the Perfectly Enlightened One.
曩謨廣博身如來，咽喉寬大受妙味。
I bow to the Vast and Majored Body Tathagata, whose throat is wide and open, receiving wondrous flavors.
曩謨婆伽筏帝阿婆演迦羅引耶怛他引蘖多引耶
In the past, the Bhagavān, the Tathāgata, the Arhat, the Samyaksaṃbuddha,
曩謨離怖畏如來，恐怖悉除，離餓鬼趣。
I take refuge in the Buddha Who Dispels All Fears, so that all terror may be vanquished, and the path of the hungry ghosts be left behind.
行者若能如此為稱五如來名者，以佛威光加被彼故，能令一切餓鬼等無量罪滅、無量福生，得妙色廣博、得無怖畏，所得飲食變成甘露美妙之食，速離苦身生天淨土。
If a practitioner can recite the names of these five Buddhas in this way, through the Buddha's majestic light and blessings, it can cause all hungry ghosts and others to have their immeasurable sins eradicated and immeasurable merit generated. They will attain a splendid and vast appearance, gain fearlessness, and the food they receive will transform into sweet dew, becoming exquisite nourishment. They will swiftly leave their suffering bodies and be reborn in the pure lands of the heavens.
若施食已，行者當更為諸鬼神等誦受菩薩三昧耶戒陀羅尼。每誦三遍。真言曰(印合掌也)：
After offering food, the practitioner should then recite the Bodhisattva Samaya Precepts Dharani for all the spirits and other beings. Recite it three times each. The mantra is as follows(Mudra: Place palms together):
唵三摩耶薩怛梵
Om, Samaya, Satva.
誦三遍已，一切鬼神皆得堪聞甚深祕法，盡得具足三昧耶戒，獲無量福。
After reciting it three times, all spirits and deities become able to hear the profound secret teachings, fully receive the Samaya precepts, and gain immeasurable blessings.
已施諸餓鬼悉皆飽滿訖，當須以陀羅尼法發遣，方得歸於本所。發遣解脫真言曰：
Having offered to all the hungry ghosts until they are fully satisfied, it is necessary to use the method of the dhāraṇī to send them off, so that they may return to their original places. The mantra for sending off and liberation is as follows:
唵嚩日囉目乞灑穆
Oṃ Vajra-mukṣa.
若誦發遣呪，先作呪印。以右手作拳，以大指捻頭指，仰掌彈指作聲。是名發遣啟。每寫食了，誦一七遍彈指，能令一切鬼神得此食已當得去也。若不發遣，不得去也。
To perform the sending-off mantra, first form the mantra seal. Make a fist with your right hand, place the thumb against the index finger, turn the palm upward, and snap the fingers to make a sound. This is called the sending-off seal.
Each time you finish offering food, recite the mantra seven times and snap your fingers. This enables all spirits and deities who have received this food to depart. If you do not perform the sending-off, they will not leave.
若不具足如是法者，施諸餓鬼皆不得周匝，或有得者或有不得者，虛用功力深可愍哉。
If you do not fully possess these methods, then even if you make offerings to hungry ghosts, they will not receive them completely. Some may receive a little, while others receive nothing at all. You will have wasted your effort, which is truly pitiable.
若有行者發菩提心能如是修行者，具足此法施諸餓鬼者，一切餓鬼皆得飽滿無有乏少。持法之人悉應知之。若以加持飲食陀羅尼，持一器淨食寫淨流水中，能令一切婆羅門仙皆得此食，食已異口同音呪願，此人於現世中即得延壽，其人具足梵天威德、行梵天行。若以此呪呪一切供養佛物，若水若香花飲食，皆呪二十一遍而然供養佛，即如是種種以供養十方一切諸佛無異。
If a practitioner who has awakened the mind of enlightenment can practice in this way and fully offer this Dharma feast to all hungry ghosts, then all hungry ghosts will be satisfied and lack nothing. The one who upholds this Dharma should know this well.
If, using the mantra for consecrating food, one takes a vessel of pure food and pours it into clean flowing water, all Brahmin sages will receive this food. After eating, they will speak in unison to bless this person, who will then gain longevity in this very life. Such a person will be endowed with the majestic virtue of Brahma and will walk the path of Brahma.
If one recites this mantra twenty-one times over all offerings to the Buddha—whether water, incense, flowers, or food—and then presents them, it will be exactly the same as making all manner of offerings to all the Buddhas throughout the ten directions.
施燋面餓鬼一切鬼神陀羅尼經要決
Essential Mantra for Feeding Hungry Ghosts and All Spirits
別有救面然餓鬼陀羅尼經，唐實叉難陀譯。
There is also the Sutra of the Dhāraṇī for Saving the Hungry Ghosts, translated by Śikṣānanda of the Tang Dynasty.
貞享四年中春二十日一校了 淨嚴(四十九載)
Twenty days into the middle spring of the fourth year of the Jōkyō era, the first proofreading was completed. Jingyan(forty-nine years old)
元祿十六年二月十七日 以淨嚴和上本再校了 尊教
On the seventeenth day of the second month of the sixteenth year of Genroku, this was re-collated based on the original manuscript of the Venerable Master Jingyan.
寶永三丙戌之春 得此密軌 戊子之冬十月二十二日一校了 性寂
In the spring of the Bingxu year of the third year of the Hoei era, I obtained this secret ritual. On the twenty-second day of the tenth month in the winter of the Wuzi year, the first revision was completed. Xingji.