阿闍梨成佛品第六
Chapter 6: The Master Attains Buddhahood
爾時釋迦牟尼佛入一切佛發心覺悟法界平等性者修行菩提大涅槃常住金剛三昧，說有情決定成佛真言曰：
At that time, Shakyamuni Buddha entered the Concentration of the Diamond that is the fundamental nature of all Buddhas—the equality of the Dharma realm, arising from the awakening of enlightened intention, the practice of the Bodhi path, and the eternal abiding in great Nirvana. He then spoke this mantra, proclaiming that all sentient beings are destined to attain Buddhahood:
「唵阿鑁覽坎佉摩尼鉢頭迷吽
Homage to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.
「若諸有情，若誦一遍，當得度脫生死大海，到彼大涅槃岸，一切有情成滿三種悉地，一切異願一切善願一時成就。是故汝等應當一心修行此法，得最勝無上悉地。今開祕密無上寶庫與諸修行真言法者，即是無上甚深祕法極祕中極祕。今正說之。」
"If any sentient being recites this even once, they shall cross the vast ocean of birth and death and reach the shore of Great Nirvana. All beings will fulfill the three kinds of Siddhi, and every extraordinary vow and all good wishes will be accomplished at once. Therefore, you should devote yourselves single-mindedly to this practice and attain the supreme, unsurpassed Siddhi. Now I open the secret, unsurpassed treasure vault for all who practice the true mantra Dharma—this is the ultimate profound secret, the most secret of secrets. I now proclaim it."
佛說此真言已，應時即為遍照如來頂戴金剛五佛寶冠，重說即身成佛大海印，亦名三昧耶印。「若諸佛子欲得即身成佛，當修此觀，能使凡夫父母所生身即成佛身。即向本尊如意寶珠王結法界塔婆印，謂二手虛心合掌，八指為寶形，即成密印。觀阿字門，一切智慧廣大清淨門，隨字身量內外廣博同等虛空無分別心，黃白二色光明徹照地輪妙體，離諸境界意生作業攝持有情，安住心王同虛空相，成就一切上品悉地。縛(無可切)字門，入內心為曼陀羅，加持自身大日雪色徹妙水輪，加持自身離諸垢過門。囉(彈舌呼)字門，自體清淨無垢門。迦(爾羅切)字門，因業離遍一切法，遠離諸垢度生死門。欠字門，大空無生加持自體安住法界，無有戲論門、無二行相門。於閑靜處，縱廣四肘淨治其地，如護摩標式。四門中圓三十二葉七寶蓮華臺上，安置如意寶珠王菩薩，放光照耀。六道有情遇斯光者，捨是身後證得不壞金剛三昧，安住覺王普賢聖位，一切如來、十六大菩薩摩頂授記。金剛界遍照如來常伸右手摩頂授記，受佛寶冠，壽命一劫，不捨於身得見彌勒如來。壽終之後，即得往生無量壽佛極樂國土。」
The Buddha spoke this True Word, and immediately Vairocana (the All-Pervading Illuminator) placed upon his head the crown of the Five Wisdom Buddhas adorned with vajras. Then he proclaimed the Great Ocean Seal of Attaining Buddhahood in This Very Body, also known as the Samaya Seal.
“If any child of the Buddha wishes to attain Buddhahood in this very body, they should cultivate this contemplation. It enables an ordinary person, born of father and mother, to transform their physical body into the body of a Buddha.
First, facing the Principal Deity, the King of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, form the Dharma-Realm Stupa Seal: bring both palms together gently with fingers slightly curved, the eight fingers forming a jewel shape—this is the secret seal.
Contemplate the syllable AH (阿). It is the doorway to vast, pure wisdom in all things. Let this syllable expand and merge with your body’s size; within and without it becomes vast, equal to the infinite sky, free from all discriminating thoughts. Its soft yellow and white radiance illuminates the earth element’s subtle essence. It releases you from all mental images and karmic entanglements, yet still holds all sentient beings with compassion. It rests in the very heart of awareness, which is like open space itself. Through this, all supreme accomplishments are achieved.
Then the syllable VA (縛)—uttered without a hard cut—draws you inward as a mandala. Its snow-white, vajra-like radiance purifies your body like cleansing water, washing away all defilement.
The syllable RA (囉)—spoken with a trill of the tongue—opens the doorway of intrinsic purity and freedom from impure stains.
The syllable KA (迦)—pronounced from the throat—releases you from karma’s chain that pervades all phenomena, and carries you through the gateway that transcends defilement and the cycles of birth and death.
The syllable KHAM (欠) reveals the space of Great Emptiness, unborn and unconditioned. It supports the body, settling it into the Dharma realm itself—a state that has no conceptual wrestling, no split, no second.”
In a quiet place, clear an area four cubits long and wide, preparing it as you would before a sacred fire ceremony. Within its four gates, draw a circle with thirty-two petals—the pure lotus seat made of seven jewels. Rest the Bodhisattva King of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel there, radiating light in every direction.
When beings of the six realms—gods, demigods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, hell-dwellers—come into contact with this radiance, they relinquish this body and awaken into the indestructible vajra-like samādhi, abiding in the noble rank of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, sovereign of enlightened ones.
Then all Buddhas and the sixteen Great Bodhisattvas touch their heads with their palms, conferring upon them their spiritual seal. Vairocana of the Adamantine Realm, ever-gentle, reaches out his right hand to touch their heads and marks them with the Buddha’s crown. They live secure for one full cosmic age, and without abandoning their present body, they see Maitreya Buddha directly. And when this final life is complete, they are born in the Pure Land of Amitāyus Buddha—the Land of Ultimate Bliss.