羂索成就品第六之一
Chapter 6, Part 1: The Accomplishment of the Lasso
「世尊！若欲廣大神通，遊歷三十三天宮殿乃至阿迦尼吒天、一切諸佛報身所住宮殿處者，及日宮、月宮、龍宮、藥叉宮、羅剎宮、乾闥婆宮、阿素洛宮、糵魯茶宮、緊那羅宮、莫呼羅伽宮者，乃至成就出世世間一切法者，先承事畢，身器清淨持戒精進，發大悲心總敬三寶，如法修治不空王八種羂索三昧耶。其像羂索三昧耶，以金或銀鑄不空羂索觀世音菩薩身，長八指量(取手兩把量是)，三面兩臂，正面慈悲，左面大瞋怒目張口，右面微瞋頻眉合口，首戴寶冠冠有化佛。左手執羂索，右手揚掌。七寶瓔珞鐶釧天衣而莊嚴之，坐蓮華座。又以銀或鑌鐵作三叉戟，長十六指量(取一肘量是)，其羂索等分用蓮荷莖絲、杜仲木絲、素迦木絲、樹皮絲、蠶絲如法治練。白月八日作曼拏羅，壇心純以白栴檀香泥、沈水香泥、欝金香泥圖畫一肘三十二葉開敷蓮華，當華臺上盤置五絲，三白飲食、香花、香水如法供養。每日斷諸談論戲笑，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言，加持五絲一百八遍。至十五日斷食，誦持真言不絕，合持索股長為一條，勿別為股。覆疊八股長十六肘，合成羂索。其索兩頭一頭繫菩薩，一頭繫三叉戟阿摩羅果。於神通月白月八日，清淨洗浴著淨衣服，食三白食作曼拏羅，中嚴寶綵法座，其座方圓高下一肘。正於座上置像索戟，其索寬盤，像置索中，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言，加持像索戟二十一遍而安置之。當加持塗香塗於像上索上戟上，種種末香亦遍散上，又加持白芥子亦散其上。以諸香花香水、飲食果蓏隨心供養。四角置香水瓶，四門座前置香水椀。每日六時面東依法而坐於座，觀心寂靜，燒焯香王，結印誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言加持像索戟上。作是法者當斷言論，外來飲食皆不應食，是食穢觸。每初夜時、後夜時，一加持白芥子一先打戟索，三十六旬精進持法無間時日。初夜、中夜、五更曉時，其像索上一時放光。若放火光，當成世間悉地之法。若放種種雜色光明，當成出世悉地三昧。是時空中出聲告言：『善哉善哉！善男子！汝今已成出世世間菩提心羂索三昧耶。是羂索力挽攝最上菩提心王，住得十波羅蜜功德圓滿，如如意寶。』是時懺悔、發無上願，閼伽供養。右手執戟索，奮聲誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言滿一萬遍，證不空王真言神通三昧耶，得俱胝百千真言明仙恭敬伴祐，遊騰十方，福命增壽十俱胝歲，所念於法隨念隨成。若有有情具造五逆十惡罪者，遇獲此經頓生信慧深樂此法，一心修學精進不怠，亦令決定當得成就。何況淨信清淨持戒精進修治，豈不最大成是法耶？若修治者於法生疑則無成現。若欲調伏一切天、龍、藥叉、羅剎、毘那夜迦者，誦母陀羅尼真言七遍，誦奮怒王真言七遍，呼召一切天、龍、藥叉、羅剎、毘那夜迦，右手旋索，則便皆至，任為役使。若欲世人相敬念者，誦持真言，旋索作法，即當遂願。又法誦奮怒王真言七遍，右手輪索，當作攝縛一切諸惡天、龍、藥叉、羅剎想，則皆被縛。若不解放，無於年月常被拘縶；若解放者，起大悲心誦祕密心真言三遍，即皆放去。若調伏邪惡人者，誦念真言輪旋索者，當則順伏。若欲祕密三昧耶者，執索誦念真言結羂索印，印加持身即去隨意。若欲龍天降澍雨者及止雨者，如法作壇供養像索，視天誦念真言旋索作法，須雨則雨、須止則止。若欲禳除一切災疫病者，於高樓上或高山頂，誦持真言七遍輪擲羂索，一切災疫惡風雹雨則皆除散。如是成就此菩提心三昧耶者，猷不亂念守持淨戒，係想一切諸佛菩薩、觀世音菩薩常在目前恭敬供養，如法誦念恒不忘失即得成就。
"World-Honored One! If one wishes to attain vast spiritual powers, to travel through the palaces of the Thirty-Three Heavens up to the Akaniṣṭha Heaven, and to all the palaces where the reward bodies of all Buddhas dwell, as well as the palaces of the sun, moon, dragons, yakṣas, rākṣasas, gandharvas, asuras, garuḍas, kinnaras, and mahoragas—and even to accomplish all worldly and transcendent dharmas—one must first complete the preparatory service, purify the body and mind, uphold precepts with vigor, arouse great compassion, and universally revere the Three Jewels. Then, one should properly cultivate the Amoghapāśa Eight-Noose Samaya.
For the image and noose samaya, cast a statue of Amoghapāśa Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva from gold or silver, measuring eight finger-widths in height (equivalent to two handfuls). It should have three faces and two arms. The central face is compassionate, the left face is fiercely wrathful with glaring eyes and an open mouth, and the right face is slightly wrathful with furrowed brows and a closed mouth. The head is adorned with a jeweled crown, upon which rests a transformation Buddha. The left hand holds a noose, and the right hand is raised with the palm open. It is adorned with seven-jeweled necklaces, bracelets, and heavenly garments, seated upon a lotus throne. Also, fashion a trident from silver or iron, measuring sixteen finger-widths in length (equivalent to one cubit). For the noose, use equal parts of lotus stem fibers, eucommia bark fibers, śuka wood fibers, tree bark fibers, and silk threads, properly prepared and treated.
On the eighth day of the waxing moon, construct a maṇḍala. At the center of the altar, use pure white sandalwood paste, aloeswood paste, and turmeric paste to draw a one-cubit-wide, thirty-two-petaled blooming lotus. Upon the lotus platform, coil and place the five fibers. Offer pure white food, incense, flowers, and scented water according to the method. Each day, abstain from idle talk and frivolity. Recite the Mūla Dhāraṇī Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra, empowering the five fibers one hundred and eight times. Until the fifteenth day, observe a fast, continuously reciting the mantras without interruption. Then, twist the strands of fiber together into a single, unbroken rope. Fold and intertwine eight strands to form a noose sixteen cubits in length. Attach one end of the noose to the bodhisattva image and the other end to the trident and an amalaka fruit.
During the month conducive to spiritual powers, on the eighth day of the waxing moon, bathe thoroughly, don clean clothes, and partake of pure white food. Construct a maṇḍala, and in its center, arrange a beautifully adorned Dharma seat, square or round and one cubit in height. Upon this seat, place the image, noose, and trident. Coil the noose loosely, placing the image within it. Recite the Mūla Dhāraṇī Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra twenty-one times, empowering the image, noose, and trident, and then set them in place. Empower scented paste and apply it to the image, noose, and trident. Also, sprinkle various powdered incenses over them, and empower white mustard seeds to scatter upon them. Offer incense, flowers, scented water, food, fruits, and vegetables according to one's ability. Place vessels of scented water at the four corners and bowls of scented water before the four gates.
Each day, at the six designated times, sit facing east upon the seat in accordance with the method. With a tranquil mind, burn supreme incense, form mudrās, and recite the Mūla Dhāraṇī Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra, empowering the image, noose, and trident. While practicing this method, one must abstain from speech and not consume any food from outside sources, as such food is impure and defiling. During the first watch of the night and the last watch of the night, empower white mustard seeds and first strike the trident and noose. Practice diligently without interruption for thirty-six ten-day periods. During the first watch, middle watch, and the dawn hour of the fifth watch, the image and noose will simultaneously emit light. If they emit fiery light, one will accomplish worldly siddhis. If they emit various colored lights, one will attain transcendent samādhi siddhis. At that time, a voice will sound in the sky, proclaiming: 'Excellent, excellent! Good man, you have now accomplished the transcendent and worldly Bodhicitta Noose Samaya. Through the power of this noose, you will attract and gather the supreme king of Bodhicitta, abide in the perfection of the ten pāramitās, and become like a wish-fulfilling jewel.' At that moment, make confession, arouse unsurpassed vows, and offer argha. Then, holding the trident and noose in the right hand, recite the Mūla Dhāraṇī Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra with forceful voice ten thousand times. You will then realize the Amoghapāśa Mantra Spiritual Power Samaya, gain the respectful companionship and protection of koṭis of hundreds of thousands of mantra vidyādharas, travel freely throughout the ten directions, increase your merit and lifespan by ten koṭis of years, and accomplish whatever dharma you contemplate.
If there are sentient beings who have committed the five heinous crimes and ten evil deeds, yet encounter this sutra, immediately generate faith and wisdom, deeply delight in this method, single-mindedly study and practice it with diligence and without laziness, they too will certainly attain accomplishment. How much more so for those with pure faith who uphold pure precepts and practice diligently—will they not greatly accomplish this method? However, if the practitioner harbors doubts about the method, no accomplishment will manifest.
If one wishes to subdue all devas, nāgas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, and vināyakas, recite the Mūla Dhāraṇī Mantra seven times and the Fierce King Mantra seven times, summoning all devas, nāgas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, and vināyakas. Then, whirl the noose with the right hand, and they will all arrive, ready to be commanded. If one wishes for people in the world to respect and remember them, recite the mantra, whirl the noose, and perform the method, and the wish will be fulfilled.
Furthermore, by reciting the Fierce King Mantra seven times and whirling the noose with the right hand, one should visualize capturing and binding all malicious devas, nāgas, yakṣas, and rākṣasas, and they will be bound. If not released, they will be perpetually confined regardless of time; if released, arouse great compassion, recite the Secret Heart Mantra three times, and they will be set free. To subdue evil and wicked people, recite the mantra and whirl the noose, and they will become compliant.
If one desires the Secret Samaya, hold the noose, recite the mantra, form the noose mudrā, and empower the body with the mudrā; then one may go wherever one wishes. To cause dragons and devas to send down rain or to stop rain, construct an altar according to the method, make offerings to the image and noose, gaze at the sky, recite the mantra, whirl the noose, and perform the method; rain will fall when needed and cease when needed.
To avert all disasters, epidemics, and illnesses, upon a high tower or mountain peak, recite the mantra seven times and whirl and cast the noose; all disasters, epidemics, malignant winds, hail, and rain will be dispelled and scattered.
One who accomplishes this Bodhicitta Samaya should maintain unwavering mindfulness, uphold pure precepts, constantly visualize all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas—especially Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva—present before them, making reverent offerings. By reciting and practicing according to the method without ever forgetting, one will certainly attain accomplishment."
「世尊！輪羂索三昧耶，當以金、銀、赤銅鑄寫為輪，方圓八指(手二把則量)六輻，輪轂輻輞具足分明如法莊飾。其羂索等分取蓮荷莖絲、杜仲木絲、蠶絲如法治練。白月八日如法作壇，於檀中心白栴檀香泥、欝金香泥、沈水香泥圖畫一肘一百八葉開敷蓮華，摽郭界道。當花臺上盤置三絲，三白飲食、種種香花如法供養。每日誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言加持三絲一百八遍，至十五日斷食誦念，調調不絕，合持索股長為一條勿別為股，覆疊三股長三十六肘，合成羂索，輪法亦爾。以索一頭繫輪轂上，於神通月白月八日，清淨洗浴、著淨衣服、食三白食如法作壇。於壇東面置不空羂索觀世音菩薩像，壇心莊嚴雜綵高座，其座高下方圓一肘。座上盤置輪索，加持塗香塗輪索上，加持末香散輪索上，加持白芥子亦散其上，以諸香花、香水、三白飲食如法供養。四角置香水瓶，於座四面置香水椀。每日面東燒焯香王，供養一切。衣法趺坐，時常無間誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言，先持輪索。若初夜時、若後夜時，加持白芥子先打輪索，三十六旬精進持法無間時日。初夜、後夜、五更曉時，其輪索上一時放光，昇空騰轉持真言者頭上，熾放大火光焰。觀世音像讚語其言：『善哉善哉！善男子！汝今成就不空如意心輪羂索三昧耶。』是時閼伽供養乞願。作其輪印，左手執輪，作其索印，右手持索，誦奮怒王真言一百八遍，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言加持輪索一百八遍，於自頂上右轉三匝。又結灌頂印加持頂上，右轉三匝而自灌頂，當證不空如意輪大神通三昧耶，得一切大持真言明仙現前敬護，白言：『大仙！今何所作？我皆能為恃怙為伴。』若入修羅窟者，住阿修羅窟門，一日斷食誦持真言，加持輪索不絕，當修羅窟門一加持一擬，一百八擬門門自開直入無礙。若入藥叉、羅剎、緊那羅、龍窟者，法亦准此。若入窟時，恒以左手執輪當胸，右手把索當右髆齊，入窟門持地六震動，輪放光焰照明窟中。種種寶樹、花果、宮殿周障觀見。至宮路中，忽見化出清淨無垢藥精味神，狀如天形，眾寶衣服備莊嚴身，手便執持俱延枝果。無垢藥精有大毒威，一踰膳那覩目人者，力能吸奪人精氣。若見之時怒心無畏，左手執輪右手執索，當前立住大瞋怒聲，大稱𤙖字二三七聲降伏藥精，又大瞋聲誦奮怒王真言二三七遍遙降藥精。是時令其無垢藥精面悶于地，遍體流汗如泉涌流。持真言者是時見已，勿觸身汗。藥精復起，大怒顧目，持真言者持索急打無垢藥精三四七下，則便怖伏身出甘露。持真言者取塗二眼、二脚掌上，遍塗身上即得昇空，承住第一風輪證天眼通，具足觀眺十方一切諸佛菩薩、一切天仙，及所過去一切諸佛住舍利者而亦見之。真言者身變如金色，髮如旋螺，壽增千劫，十八千俱胝那庾多百千天仙常為伴侶，七十二殑伽沙俱胝百千緊那羅真言明仙、緊捺唎真言明仙供給敬護。所欲天諸甘露美食，得其善眼阿修羅王即便供給。一切毘那夜迦惡心息滅，皆自順伏。又取藥精髮合為繩，當便加持二三七遍變為寶索。持真言者常持繫腰，一切所去永無障礙。是諸真言明仙，乃至菩提常伴守護。若出若入修羅宮窟，恒執輪索暫不放捨，再見藥精更勿共語。善眼阿修羅王一切眷屬，執持寶蓋天妙衣服、一切妙寶蓮花、一切寶花寶珠大摩尼珠、一切器仗，一切寶器盛飾天諸甘露飲食、一切寶香，同心喜迎恭敬供養，或復奉施持真言者。是時倍復無量精進，發大悲愍不退轉心，一心憶持不空羂索觀世音菩薩，心不放逸不觀眾色不著於相，其心常住無相三昧。直上殿中寶師子座，先置輪索後便坐座，長跪合掌至心頂禮十方一切諸佛菩薩觀世音菩薩請加福德，超越窟中一切鬼神。是真言者又當發大菩提之心，觀如三昧，頭面頂禮十方一切諸佛菩薩觀世音菩薩，其輪即自昇空騰轉，當諸鬼神頭上輪旋，是諸鬼神怖皆順伏。持真言者當坐座時，其窟宮殿六種震動，空中天樂種種和鳴，一切諸天共持寶冠捧置頭上，於虛空中雨下天諸妙寶衣服金銀寶珠寶莊嚴具而為供養。一切諸天共持寶器，盛甘露漿奉施供養，便當受食變身金色，其髮變如安膳那色，得淨天眼色相端悅，如自在天福德增長，如觀世音菩薩壽命千劫，住阿修羅窟。若出窟來，持是甘露隨身所用，和湯沐浴滅除罪垢。若塗木上，變為真金。若塗一切瓦石鐵銅銀等，皆變為金。若欲見龍建禰耶、緊那羅姶娑囉建禰耶者，如法作壇，以種種寶嚴飾輪索，置於座上如法供養，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言加持白芥子，一加持一打輪索，一千八遍，索自踠轉輪自騰轉，即持輪索往龍湫沜。又加持輪索旋擲湫上一二七匝，召攝龍建禰耶，時建禰耶而即出現。若欲龍宮寶莊嚴具，如前擲索，隨意得現。若欲剎利、婆羅門、一切人民相敬念者，向彼旋索，無問遠近皆當敬念。若欲攝伏一切師子白象、虎狼惡獸者，亦皆加持旋擲輪索，悉便怖伏。若欲日天月天看偤護者，面向日天月天，加持輪索旋擲，其日月天而為護故。若欲往日月宮者，當結羂索印執持輪索，誦母陀羅尼真言一千八遍，即得昇空至日月宮；若欲却來，到前作法，即還本處。若欲往入龍宮殿者，於龍湫沜作壇，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言，輪索一百八匝向湫旋擲，龍王眷屬一時出現，告真言者言：『任入宮殿。』欲入之時，湫池震動變為寶池，其水清潔色香味具，如甘露漿。復誦祕密心真言加持白芥子散於池中，當有龍女出現半身，捧寶花瓶瞻視恭敬，白真言者：『願入宮中。』見龍女時先乞三願，為得證獲菩提法故，白女言曰：『今乞三願，願賜與我。為我作母、作姊、作大施主給侍乞人。』如是三願總皆乞之，是時龍女答真言者：『任所取為。』執持輪索誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言，緩步徐行入於龍宮。至宮殿中上師子座，坐時頂禮十方一切諸佛菩薩觀世音菩薩。其龍宮殿純以寶鐸金鈴垂珠瓔珞種種莊嚴。龍女當時掌持大寶告真言者：『若為菩提，今即與我受是大摩尼寶。』當即取己，先盤輪索安寶座上，置摩尼寶當索中心，合掌供養，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言加持摩尼寶一百八遍。當加持時，其摩尼寶放大光明流出白乳，掬取飲之，便證清淨無垢光明三摩地、不空廣大寶光明三摩地、不空自在幻化三摩地，住第十地，而得成就阿耨多羅三藐三菩提清淨之身。觀世音菩薩摩頂告言：『汝今為我不空羂索心王母陀羅尼真言三昧耶廣大解脫蓮華曼拏羅三昧耶清淨法身，是我之子。』十方一切諸佛如來一時讚言：『善哉善哉！真是佛子。汝今己住一切菩薩摩訶薩道，當得作佛。』若欲廣大真言明仙三昧耶者，龍女是時奉施金花。當受金花，却置龍女頭上，則便高聲大稱𤙖字三四七聲，龍女眼淚當出流下，取淚飲之即得證於廣大真言明仙三昧耶，髮變紺青如螺右旋，神通自在，得十八俱胝真言明仙而為眷屬致敬圍遶，壽延六十二千歲，識七千生宿命之智。若欲世間成就法者，龍女告言：『當取我髮。』龍女自拔頭髮奉真言者，隨即受取撚為髮索，誦祕密心真言，一加持一結二十一結，繫自頂上，化導一切藥叉、羅剎、人非人等，種種發心供給敬護，及得隱形所去無礙。若繫額上，化導一切諸天龍神，亦皆敬伏。若繫右臂，力如大象，德無所懼人非人等。若繫左臂，把觸剎利、婆羅門、一切人等，亦皆恭敬。若繫右手扣城四門，則得國邑一切人民除災讚譽，王者歡喜。若竪手擬一切畜生、虎狼熊豹、蚖蛇蝮蝎者，亦皆怖伏不相殘害。若繫右脚渡河海者，水不沒踝。若繫左脚，日疾周行百踰膳那。若繫左髀，入屍陀林中，眾惡鬼神現身降伏。若樂常住龍宮殿者，龍女是時奉施寶瓶，持真言者右手受取寶瓶，左手把龍女右手。當執之時，宮中變出蓮花寶池。白龍女言：『今當為我入池澡浴。』持真言者當取龍女所浴身水，澡浴飲服則執輪索，圓證廣大真言明仙三昧耶，法寶具足，得七千俱胝真言明仙致敬恃怙，壽延萬歲，游處七十二宮殿中住。若乞龍女為親母者，其龍女母常觀此人如所愛子，庫藏珍玩婇女僮僕盡皆賞賜。若乞龍女為親姊者，宮中寶具衣服甘露飲食亦盡賞賜。若乞龍女為大施主給事侍者，任所役使，共詣一切天宮、龍宮、藥叉宮、羅剎宮、乾闥婆宮、阿修羅宮、緊那羅宮，盡皆游往常無障礙，若心所欲皆為成就。是真言者應倍精進，無得放逸；心念欲覺，退菩提心。若欲入於地下去者，於閑靜處如法建壇，以諸花香百味飲食而供養之，燒灼香王。晝夜執持輪索，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言一萬遍，誦奮怒王真言一千八遍。至十五日夜，其香爐中自出天諸妙香煙氣。又誦奮怒王真言一百八遍，壇中踊現地神半身，聳髮向上面目大瞋，眼赤如火狗牙上出，十指胛赤脣如朱丹，貌面黑黲身直耽肚，兩臂𦟛纖白帶絡髆，五頭斑蛇纏繞臂腕，其蛇口眼亦大瞋怒。腰搏虎皮，一手執鉞斧、一手執鈴鐸，觀眺九方。是神名曰大地藥精。持真言者當見之時勿生怖畏，觀靜於心無有動念，作大瞋聲迅誦奮怒王真言，加持輪索三遍旋擲輪，其藥精項上頭上血現霶流。持真言者取血塗身，則得變成金剛之身，刀杖水火悉不能害。又取藥精眼精血淚塗點眼中，證淨天眼。析骨取髓服噉喫之，即得壽延七千大劫，證大智慧廣大如海，識知過去百千大劫所受生事。取心噉食，即得騰空。又取肝血塗點額上，即得隱入大地地下。取舌執持，即得折伏地下一切藥叉、羅剎、毘那夜迦。持真言者左手持索右手執輪，努目看地，迅誦奮怒王真言，加持輪索一百八遍向地三擲，其地裂開廣大無際，入出無礙，所為菩提盡皆隨意，地下一切所住眾生圍敬侍從。若昇空者，持真言者仰觀虛空，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言輪歷武印，左手執索右手執輪旋擲空中，身即騰空。若往梵天宮者，詣天寺中，當以羂索繫大梵天像項，一真言一稱大梵天名一百八遍，即自現前，告真言者：『汝何所須？我能滿足。』真言者答：『今欲往於大梵天宮。』天即執手將詣天宮。若欲往諸天宮者，皆隨天名一真言一稱是諸天名，皆得往之。若樂天宮住者，亦任住之；若樂還本處，亦任去之。所欲諸願，天皆為滿。玩修法者，勿於法上生少猜慮成不成心而修習者，決定成就一切不空如意心輪索三昧耶。
"World-Honored One! For the 'Wheel and Lasso Samaya,' one should cast a wheel from gold, silver, or red copper. It should be eight finger-widths in diameter(Measured by two handfuls), with six spokes, a hub, and a rim, all clearly and properly adorned according to the method. For the lasso, take equal parts of lotus stem fiber, eucommia bark fiber, and silk thread, prepared according to the method. On the eighth day of the waxing moon, properly construct a mandala. In the center of the mandala, using white sandalwood paste, turmeric paste, and aloeswood paste, draw a one-cubit-wide, fully bloomed lotus with 108 petals, marking its boundaries. Place the three types of thread coiled upon the lotus seat. Offer the three white foods and various fragrant flowers according to the method. Each day, recite the Mother Dharani Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra, empowering the three threads 108 times. By the fifteenth day, observe a fast while continuously reciting. Combine the threads into a single strand, do not keep them separate. Braid the three strands into a single lasso 36 cubits long. The wheel is prepared similarly. Tie one end of the lasso to the wheel's hub.
On the eighth day of the waxing moon in a month of spiritual potency, bathe cleanly, wear pure clothes, eat the three white foods, and properly construct a mandala. On the eastern side of the mandala, place an image of Amoghapasha Avalokiteshvara. In the center of the mandala, arrange a decorated, variegated high seat, one cubit in height and width. Coil the wheel and lasso upon this seat. Empower incense paste and anoint the wheel and lasso with it. Empower powdered incense and scatter it upon them. Empower white mustard seeds and also scatter them upon them. Offer various fragrant flowers, perfumed water, and the three white foods according to the method. Place vessels of perfumed water at the four corners. Place bowls of perfumed water on the four sides of the seat. Each day, facing east, burn the King of Incense, making offerings to all. Sit in the full lotus posture, wearing the proper attire. Continuously, without interruption, recite the Mother Dharani Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra, first holding the wheel and lasso. Whether at the beginning of the night or the end of the night, empower white mustard seeds and first strike the wheel and lasso with them. For thirty-six periods, diligently practice the method without interruption of days. At the beginning of the night, the end of the night, and at dawn, the wheel and lasso will simultaneously emit light, rise into the air, spin, and hover above the head of the mantra-holder, blazing with great fiery flames. The image of Avalokiteshvara will praise him, saying: 'Excellent, excellent! Good man, you have now accomplished the Amogha Wish-Fulfilling Heart Wheel and Lasso Samaya.' At that time, make offerings of arghya and state your wishes. Form the wheel mudra, holding the wheel in the left hand. Form the lasso mudra, holding the lasso in the right hand. Recite the Wrathful King Mantra 108 times. Recite the Mother Dharani Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra, empowering the wheel and lasso 108 times. Circle them three times to the right above your own head. Then, form the empowerment mudra, empower your crown, circle it three times to the right, and perform self-empowerment. You will then realize the Amogha Wish-Fulfilling Wheel Great Spiritual Power Samaya. All great mantra-holding vidyadharas will appear before you, respectfully protecting you, and say: 'Great Sage! What shall we do now? We can all act as your support and companions.'
If you wish to enter an asura cave, stand at the entrance of the asura cave. Fast for one day while continuously reciting the mantra and empowering the wheel and lasso. At the cave entrance, empower once and gesture with the lasso once. After 108 such gestures, the doors will open by themselves, allowing unimpeded entry. The method for entering the caves of yakshas, rakshasas, kinnaras, and nagas is the same as this. When entering the cave, always hold the wheel in the left hand at the chest, and hold the lasso in the right hand at the level of the right shoulder. Upon entering the cave door, the ground will shake in six ways, and the wheel will emit flames, illuminating the cave. You will see various jeweled trees, flowers, fruits, and palaces surrounding you. On the path to the palace, you will suddenly see manifested a pure, stainless medicinal spirit of flavor, with a form like a deva, adorned with garments of many jewels, holding a branch of fruit. This stainless medicinal spirit possesses great poisonous power; one who sees it from a yojana away can have their vital energy sucked away. When you see it, be wrathful and fearless. Holding the wheel in your left hand and the lasso in your right, stand firmly before it. With a great wrathful voice, loudly pronounce the syllable 'HUM' two, three, or seven times to subdue the medicinal spirit. Then, with a great wrathful voice, recite the Wrathful King Mantra two, three, or seven times from a distance to subdue the medicinal spirit. At that time, the stainless medicinal spirit will fall face down on the ground, its entire body streaming with sweat like a gushing spring. The mantra-holder, seeing this, should not touch its bodily sweat. The medicinal spirit will rise again, looking back in great anger. The mantra-holder should swiftly strike the stainless medicinal spirit with the lasso three, four, or seven times. It will then become terrified and subdued, and its body will emit nectar. The mantra-holder should take this nectar and apply it to both eyes and both soles of the feet, and smear it all over the body. He will then be able to ascend into the sky, abide upon the first wind circle, and attain the divine eye. He will fully perceive all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the ten directions, all devas and vidyadharas, and also see all past Buddhas abiding in their relics. The mantra-holder's body will turn golden, his hair like spiraling conch shells. His lifespan will increase by a thousand kalpas. Eighteen thousand kotis of nayutas of hundreds of thousands of deva-vidyadharas will constantly be his companions. Seventy-two Ganges-sands of kotis of hundreds of thousands of kinnara mantra-vidyadharas and kinnari mantra-vidyadharas will serve, revere, and protect him. Whatever heavenly nectar and delicious foods he desires, the benevolent-eyed asura king will immediately provide. All vinayakas with malicious minds will cease their malice and become subdued and compliant. Furthermore, take the hair of the medicinal spirit and combine it to make a cord. Empower it two, three, or seven times, and it will transform into a jeweled rope. The mantra-holder should always wear it tied around his waist. Wherever he goes, he will forever be without obstacles. These mantra-vidyadharas will constantly accompany and protect him until enlightenment.
When entering or leaving asura palaces and caves, always hold the wheel and lasso, never temporarily setting them aside. If you see the medicinal spirit again, do not speak with it. The benevolent-eyed asura king and all his retinue, holding jeweled canopies, heavenly garments of wondrous beauty, all kinds of exquisite jeweled lotuses, all jeweled flowers, jeweled pearls, great mani pearls, all weapons, all jeweled vessels filled with heavenly nectarous foods and drinks, all jeweled incenses, will welcome you with one mind, reverently make offerings, or further present them to the mantra-holder. At that time, redouble your efforts immeasurably. Arouse a mind of great compassion and non-retrogression. Single-mindedly recollect and hold Amoghapasha Avalokiteshvara. Do not let the mind become distracted. Do not gaze upon forms or become attached to appearances. Let the mind constantly abide in the signless samadhi.
Go directly up to the jeweled lion throne in the palace hall. First place the wheel and lasso, then sit upon the throne. Kneel upright, join your palms, and with utmost sincerity, bow your head in reverence to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the ten directions and to Avalokiteshvara, requesting the increase of merit and virtue, surpassing all ghosts and spirits in the cave. The mantra-holder should further arouse the mind of great bodhi. Contemplate the suchness samadhi. Bow with head and face to the ground in reverence to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the ten directions and to Avalokiteshvara. The wheel will then by itself rise into the air, spin, and rotate above the heads of all those ghosts and spirits. All those ghosts and spirits will be terrified and become subdued.
When the mantra-holder sits upon the throne, the palace in the cave will shake in six ways. In the sky, heavenly music of various kinds will harmoniously sound. All the devas together will hold jeweled crowns and place them upon his head. In empty space, they will rain down heavenly garments of wondrous jewels, gold, silver, jeweled pearls, and jeweled ornaments as offerings. All the devas together will hold jeweled vessels filled with nectar and respectfully present them as offerings. He should then partake of it. His body will transform into a golden color. His hair will change to the color of antimony. He will attain pure divine eyes, pleasing features, and an increase in merit like that of Ishvara. Like Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, his lifespan will be a thousand kalpas, and he will dwell in the asura cave.
If he leaves the cave, carrying this nectar for personal use, mixing it with water for bathing will eradicate sinful defilements. If applied to wood, it will turn into true gold. If applied to all earthenware, stone, iron, copper, silver, etc., they will all turn into gold.
If one wishes to see the naga king Nila, or the kinnara king Hasala Nila, properly construct a mandala, adorn the wheel and lasso with various jewels, place them upon a seat, and make offerings according to the method. Recite the Mother Dharani Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra, empower white mustard seeds, empower once and strike the wheel and lasso once, for one thousand and eight times. The lasso will coil by itself, and the wheel will rise and spin by itself. Then take the wheel and lasso and go to the naga pool. Further empower the wheel and lasso and whirl and cast them onto the pool one, two, or seven times to summon and gather the naga king Nila. At that time, Nila will appear. If one desires the jeweled ornaments of the naga palace, cast the lasso as before, and they will appear as wished.
If one desires that kshatriyas, brahmins, and all people respect and remember him, whirl the lasso towards them. Regardless of distance, they will all respect and remember him. If one desires to subdue all lions, white elephants, tigers, wolves, and fierce beasts, also empower and whirl and cast the wheel and lasso. They will all become terrified and subdued.
If one desires that Surya and Chandra look upon and protect him, face Surya and Chandra, empower the wheel and lasso, whirl and cast it. Those devas of the sun and moon will protect him. If one wishes to go to the palaces of the sun and moon, form the lasso mudra, hold the wheel and lasso, recite the Mother Dharani Mantra one thousand and eight times, and he will ascend into the sky and reach the palaces of the sun and moon. If he wishes to return, perform the previous method, and he will return to his original place.
If one wishes to enter the naga palace, construct a mandala at the naga pool. Recite the Mother Dharani Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra. Whirl and cast the wheel and lasso towards the pool 108 times. The naga king and his retinue will appear simultaneously and say to the mantra-holder: 'You may enter the palace.' When about to enter, the pool will shake and transform into a jeweled pool. Its water will be clear, pure, and endowed with color, fragrance, and taste, like nectar. Further recite the Secret Heart Mantra, empower white mustard seeds, and scatter them into the pool. A naga maiden will appear, showing half her body, holding a jeweled vase, gazing respectfully, and say to the mantra-holder: 'I wish you to enter the palace.' Upon seeing the naga maiden, first request three wishes for the sake of attaining and realizing the Dharma of bodhi. Say to the maiden: 'Now I request three wishes. Please grant them to me. Be my mother, be my elder sister, be my great benefactor who serves and provides for this beggar.' Thus request all three wishes together. At that time, the naga maiden will reply to the mantra-holder: 'Do as you please.' Holding the wheel and lasso, recite the Mother Dharani Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra. Walk slowly and calmly into the naga palace. In the palace hall, ascend the lion throne. When sitting, bow in reverence to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the ten directions and to Avalokiteshvara. The naga palace is purely adorned with jeweled bells, golden chimes, hanging pearls, and necklaces of various kinds. The naga maiden will then hold a great jewel and say to the mantra-holder: 'If it is for bodhi, now receive from me this great mani jewel.' He should immediately take it. First coil the wheel and lasso and place them on the jeweled seat. Place the mani jewel in the center of the lasso. Join palms in offering. Recite the Mother Dharani Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra, empowering the mani jewel 108 times. While empowering, the mani jewel will emit great light and flow with white milk. Scoop it up and drink it. He will then realize the Samadhi of Pure Stainless Light, the Samadhi of the Amogha Vast Jewel Light, and the Samadhi of Amogha Self-Mastery and Illusory Transformation. He will abide on the Tenth Ground and accomplish the pure body of Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva will touch his crown and declare: 'You are now, for my sake, the Amoghapasha Heart King Mother Dharani Mantra Samaya, the Vast Liberation Lotus Mandala Samaya, the Pure Dharma Body. You are my son.' All Tathagatas in the ten directions will simultaneously praise him: 'Excellent, excellent! Truly a Buddha's son. You now abide on the path of all Bodhisattva Mahasattvas and shall attain Buddhahood.'
If one desires the vast mantra-vidhyadhara samaya, the naga maiden will at that time offer a golden flower. Receive the golden flower and place it back upon the head of the naga maiden. Then loudly pronounce the syllable 'HUM' three, four, or seven times. Tears will flow from the eyes of the naga maiden. Take the tears and drink them. He will then realize the Vast Mantra-Vidhyadhara Samaya. His hair will turn dark blue, spiraling to the right. He will attain spiritual powers and self-mastery. He will gain eighteen kotis of mantra-vidhyadharas as his retinue, respectfully surrounding him. His lifespan will extend for sixty-two thousand years. He will gain the wisdom of knowing his past lives for seven thousand births.
If one desires worldly accomplishment methods, the naga maiden will say: 'Take my hair.' The naga maiden will pluck her own hair and offer it to the mantra-holder. He should immediately receive it, twist it into a hair rope, recite the Secret Heart Mantra, empower once and tie one knot, for twenty-one knots. Tie it upon his own crown. He will then guide and transform all yakshas, rakshasas, humans, non-humans, etc., causing them to arouse various minds to serve, provide for, revere, and protect him. He will also gain invisibility and go wherever he wishes without obstruction. If tied on the forehead, he will guide and transform all devas, nagas, and spirits, and they will also revere and submit. If tied on the right arm, his strength will be like that of a great elephant, his virtue such that he fears nothing from humans or non-humans. If tied on the left arm, when he touches kshatriyas, brahmins, or all people, they will also revere him. If tied on the right hand and he knocks on the four city gates, he will gain the praise of all the people of the country and town, disasters will be removed, and the king will be delighted. If he raises his hand and points at any animal—tigers, wolves, bears, leopards, venomous snakes, vipers, scorpions—they will all become terrified and subdued and will not harm each other. If tied on the right foot when crossing rivers or seas, the water will not submerge his ankles. If tied on the left foot, he can swiftly travel one hundred yojanas in a day. If tied on the left thigh, when entering a charnel ground, all evil ghosts and spirits will appear and submit.
If he wishes to constantly dwell in the naga palace, the naga maiden will at that time offer a jeweled vase. The mantra-holder should receive the jeweled vase with his right hand and take the naga maiden's right hand with his left hand. When he holds it, a lotus jeweled pond will manifest in the palace. Say to the naga maiden: 'Now bathe in this pond for me.' The mantra-holder should take the water in which the naga maiden bathed her body, bathe with it, drink it, and then hold the wheel and lasso. He will fully realize the Vast Mantra-Vidhyadhara Samaya, be fully endowed with the Dharma jewels, gain seven thousand kotis of mantra-vidhyadharas who revere and support him, extend his lifespan for ten thousand years, and dwell while roaming in seventy-two palaces.
If he requests the naga maiden to be his birth mother, that naga mother will always regard this person as her beloved son and bestow upon him all the treasury's precious toys, female attendants, and servants. If he requests the naga maiden to be his elder sister, she will also bestow upon him all the palace's jeweled implements, garments, nectarous foods and drinks. If he requests the naga maiden to be his great benefactor who serves and attends him, she will obey his commands. Together they can go to all deva palaces, naga palaces, yaksha palaces, rakshasa palaces, gandharva palaces, asura palaces, and kinnara palaces, roaming constantly without obstruction. Whatever his mind desires will be accomplished.
The mantra-holder should redouble his diligence and not be negligent. If thoughts of desire arise, the bodhi mind will regress.
If one wishes to enter underground, in a quiet place properly construct a mandala. Offer various flowers, incense, and foods of a hundred flavors, and burn the King of Incense. Day and night, hold the wheel and lasso. Recite the Mother Dharani Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra ten thousand times. Recite the Wrathful King Mantra one thousand and eight times. By the night of the fifteenth day, from the incense burner will spontaneously arise the fragrant smoke of heavenly incense. Further recite the Wrathful King Mantra 108 times. From the mandala will emerge the upper body of an earth spirit, with hair standing on end, face upward, features greatly wrathful, eyes red like fire, canine teeth protruding upward, ten fingers and shoulders red, lips like cinnabar, complexion dark and livid, body straight with a protruding belly,
「世尊！蓮花羂索三昧耶，白銀為葉，青琉璃臺，真珠子蘂，黃金鬚莖。其華大小象生蓮花，羂索等分取蓮荷莖絲、蠶絲清淨治練，如法作壇作法，加持其絲合持羂索，股長一條勿別為股。覆疊三股長二十一肘，合成羂索，染作青色。以索一頭繫觀世音菩薩，一頭繫蓮花莖。於神通月白月八日，清淨洗浴、著淨衣服、食三白食，作曼拏羅。中畫二肘三十二葉開敷蓮華，以紫檀香泥為葉，白栴檀香泥為臺，欝金香泥為鬚，龍腦香泥為蘂，沈水香泥為子。標郭門道。蓮花臺上嚴寶綵座，盤置羂索，中置蓮花曼拏羅。東置不空羂索觀世音菩薩像，以諸香花香水、三白飲食、香水閼伽如法獻供。每日面東燒焯香王，舞印而坐，結數珠印依法觀慮，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言。先持蓮花羂索，初夜後夜真言白芥子，先打蓮華羂索。三十六旬精進持法無間時日，其蓮花羂索觀世音像一時放光，空中讚聲：『善哉善哉！精進者。』聞已熙怡靜念不動，瞻菩薩面跪坐結印，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言二三七遍，攝持光住。左手持蓮、右手執索，頂戴受已，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言。其觀世音菩薩現身摩頂，讚言：『善哉善哉！善男子！而今乃能為我之子。如斯供養是真供養、是真事我、是真成就不空王三昧耶。善男子！汝今得脫生老病死苦、十六大地獄苦、八大怖畏苦。而今此身最後胎身，捨此生已直往西方極樂國土住，受上品蓮花化生。乃至阿耨多羅三藐三菩提，更不退轉。汝修斯法，便當承事八十四千競伽沙俱胝那庾多一切如來所，種殖施蘊、慧蘊、解脫蘊種種善根，及譡種殖無量無邊供養三寶、造寺造塔造諸形像，所施國位珍、寶園林屋宅、象馬車乘、妻子奴婢種種善根，一切如來而授記莂。善男子！汝於無始積罪業障盡皆消滅。善男子！而心所欲何法何願？任汝取之我今滿汝。』時真言者當如乞之蓮花羂索，常清淨處安置供養。若後祈於觀世音菩薩數現見者，蓮花索頭置觀世音菩薩像左手中，持真言者右手持索一頭，一誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言一稱觀世音名，一千八遍。觀世音菩薩即為現身。若欲樂見一切菩薩摩訶薩者，法亦准此，隨彼稱名。若欲樂見三十三天者，隨彼一一天名准例作法，真言稱名一百八遍，當即現身，所乞求願皆為滿足。若欲令我釋迦牟尼佛授記莂者，白月八日清淨澡浴、著淨衣服、盡斷言論、食三白食，作曼拏羅，中置釋迦牟尼佛，以諸香花廣大供養。以蓮花索頭置釋迦牟尼佛像右手中，一頭如法繫自耳璫，一誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言一稱釋迦牟尼佛名，滿一萬遍。時釋迦牟尼佛則現身來摩頂授記，剪除無始一切罪障，名後胎身。捨此生己乃至菩提，更不重受世間一切胎卵濕化。若處世間，得大富貴、眾所尊敬、無諸夭疾。若臨終時，十方諸佛一時現身，謂語安慰指示生處。觀世音菩薩摩頂慰語：『汝捨此己，直往西方極樂國土，蓮花化生，以三十二大人相八十隨形好用莊嚴身，得宿住智，識知百劫所受生事，深解不空羂索廣大解脫蓮花曼拏羅印三昧耶，更不退轉，住極喜地得大神通，周歷十方一切佛剎，恭敬供養一切諸佛，居眾寶殿樓閣臺觀，乃至無上正等菩提。』若欲樂見極樂國土阿彌陀佛一切菩薩者，於閑勝處白月十五日，如法治潔作三肘壇或作四肘或至八肘，開廓四門。隨心所作皆得供養。方量𧤼地，簡去惡土瓦石骨木，淨土香水填築平飾，以瞿摩夷和黃土泥如法摩飾，加持線繩括量壇界。內院海水當中一百八葉七寶開蓮，四角開蓮。外院海水青黃赤白開敷蓮花，并蓮莖葉。於蓮臺上置諸印等。諸蓮花間，種種魚獸、鳧雁鴛鴦、白鶴孔雀、迦陵頻伽、舍利共命如是鳥等。四門四天王神半加趺坐，如法莊彩標飾界道。蓮華臺上嚴飾高座，於其座上置阿彌陀佛，左置觀世音，右置大勢至。以蓮華羂索一頭置於阿彌陀佛右手中，一頭如法繫自耳璫，以諸幡花周匝莊飾，以諸香花香水、三白飲食、酥燈油燈如法敷獻，燒焯香王，西門舞印依法而坐，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言，稱阿彌陀佛名晝夜無間。每至白月十四日十五日，空服牛乳，誦念真言如法作法。於十五日夜五更時，阿彌陀佛放大光明，壇地震動，持真言者身上亦出光明。行者是時懺悔發願，又誦真言二三七遍，阿彌陀佛現前摩頂安慰語言：『汝所求願，今當滿足。』是時當證清淨無垢光明之身，則見西方極樂國土宮殿樓閣，阿彌陀佛一切菩薩，相好光明、種種神通，一時讚言：『善哉善哉！善男子！汝所受身是最後身，捨此生已生住我國，識知七千生宿命之智。』時真言者左手執持蓮花羂索，誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言一萬遍，奮怒王真言一千八遍，證大神通，壽延萬歲，而得一切執持羂索真言明仙、大轉輪王恭敬讚祐，一十八千受持羂索真言明仙恭敬隨逐，乃至菩提。
"World-Honored One! The Lotus Lasso Samaya: with silver as its leaves, a blue lapis lazuli platform, genuine pearl stamens, and golden filaments for its stem. The flower is the size of a fresh lotus. Take fibers from lotus stems and pure, well-prepared silk threads in equal parts. Establish the altar and perform the rites according to the method. Empower the threads and braid them into a lasso. Use a single, unbroken strand. Fold it into three strands, each twenty-one cubits long, and braid them together to form a lasso, dyed blue. Tie one end of the lasso to the image of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and the other end to a lotus stem. On the eighth day of the bright fortnight in a month of spiritual power, bathe in purity, wear clean clothes, eat the three white foods, and create a mandala. In its center, draw a two-cubit, thirty-two-petaled blooming lotus. Use red sandalwood paste for the leaves, white sandalwood paste for the platform, turmeric paste for the filaments, borneol paste for the stamens, and aloeswood paste for the seeds. Mark the gates and pathways. On the lotus platform, arrange a precious, colorful seat. Place the coiled lasso upon it, with the lotus mandala in the center. To the east, place an image of Amoghapasha Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva. Offer various fragrant flowers, scented water, the three white foods and drinks, and scented water as arghya according to the method. Each day, face east, burn the supreme incense, assume the dance mudra, sit, form the rosary mudra, and contemplate according to the method, reciting the root dharani mantra and the secret heart mantra. First, hold the lotus lasso. At the beginning and end of the night, recite the mantra over white mustard seeds and first strike the lotus lasso with them. For thirty-six weeks, diligently practice the method without interruption. Then the lotus lasso and the image of Avalokiteshvara will simultaneously emit light, and a voice will praise from the sky: 'Excellent, excellent! O diligent one.' Hearing this, remain joyful, calm, and unmoving. Gaze upon the Bodhisattva's face, kneel, form the mudra, and recite the root dharani mantra and the secret heart mantra twenty-one times, gathering and stabilizing the light. Then, holding the lotus in your left hand and the lasso in your right, receive it upon your head. Recite the root dharani mantra and the secret heart mantra. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva will manifest, touch your head, and praise: 'Excellent, excellent! Good man! Now you have truly become my child. Such offering is true offering, true service to me, and true accomplishment of the Amoghapasha King Samaya. Good man! You are now freed from the sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, and death; from the sufferings of the sixteen great hells; and from the eight great terrors. This body of yours is now your last bodily existence. After abandoning this life, you will go directly to dwell in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, receiving superior lotus birth. Until attaining Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, you will never regress. By cultivating this method, you will serve eighty-four thousand nayutas of kotis of Ganges' sands of all Tathagatas, planting the seeds of the accumulations of generosity, wisdom, and liberation, and all kinds of wholesome roots. It is as if you have planted immeasurable, boundless offerings to the Three Jewels, built monasteries, stupas, and various images, given away kingdoms, treasures, gardens, groves, houses, elephants, horses, carriages, wives, children, and servants—all kinds of wholesome roots—and all Tathagatas will confer predictions upon you. Good man! All the accumulated karmic obstructions from beginningless time are now entirely eradicated. Good man! What dharma or wish does your heart desire? Ask as you will, and I shall fulfill it for you now.' At that time, the mantra practitioner should request the lotus lasso. Always keep it in a pure place and make offerings to it. If you later wish Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva to appear frequently, place the head of the lotus lasso in the left hand of the Avalokiteshvara image. With your right hand, hold one end of the lasso. Recite the root dharani mantra and the secret heart mantra once and call Avalokiteshvara's name once, repeating this one thousand and eight times. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva will then manifest. If you wish to see all the great Bodhisattvas, the method is likewise: follow this procedure, calling each by name. If you wish to see the gods of the Thirty-Three Heavens, for each specific god, follow this example: perform the method, recite the mantra, and call the name one hundred and eight times. They will immediately appear and fulfill whatever you request. If you wish for our Shakyamuni Buddha to confer a prediction, on the eighth day of the bright fortnight, bathe in purity, wear clean clothes, completely refrain from speech, eat the three white foods, create a mandala, place Shakyamuni Buddha in the center, and make extensive offerings of various fragrant flowers. Place the head of the lotus lasso in the right hand of the Shakyamuni Buddha image. Properly tie the other end to your own earring. Recite the root dharani mantra and the secret heart mantra once and call Shakyamuni Buddha's name once, completing ten thousand repetitions. Then Shakyamuni Buddha will manifest, touch your head, confer a prediction, cut off all karmic obstructions from beginningless time, and name this your final bodily existence. After abandoning this life, until attaining Bodhi, you will never again undergo any worldly birth from womb, egg, moisture, or transformation. If you remain in the world, you will gain great wealth and honor, be respected by all, and be free from premature death and illness. At the time of death, the Buddhas of the ten directions will simultaneously appear, speaking words of comfort and indicating your place of rebirth. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva will touch your head and comfort you: 'After leaving this life, go directly to the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, be born by lotus transformation, adorned with the thirty-two major marks and eighty minor characteristics of a great being, obtain the wisdom of remembering past abodes, know the events of hundreds of past lives, deeply understand the Amoghapasha Great Liberation Lotus Mandala Seal Samaya, never regress, abide in the stage of Supreme Joy, attain great spiritual powers, travel throughout all Buddha-lands in the ten directions, respectfully make offerings to all Buddhas, dwell in palaces, towers, pavilions, and observatories of precious jewels, until attaining the Unsurpassed, Perfect Enlightenment.' If you wish to see the Land of Ultimate Bliss, Amitabha Buddha, and all the Bodhisattvas, in a secluded and excellent place on the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight, purify yourself according to the method and create a three-cubit altar, or a four-cubit one, or up to an eight-cubit one, with four open gates. Whatever you wish to do for offering is permissible. Measure the ground, remove bad soil, tiles, stones, bones, and wood. Fill and level it with pure soil and scented water. Mix cow dung with yellow earth and plaster it properly according to the method. Empower a cord to mark the boundaries of the altar. In the inner court, depict an ocean. In its center, a seven-jeweled, blooming lotus with one hundred and eight petals. Blooming lotuses at the four corners. In the outer court's ocean, depict blooming lotuses in blue, yellow, red, and white, along with their stems and leaves. On the lotus platforms, place the various seals. Between the lotuses, depict various fish, animals, wild ducks, geese, mandarin ducks, white cranes, peacocks, kalavinkas, sharis, and jivajivaka birds, and such. At the four gates, depict the Four Heavenly Kings, seated in half-lotus posture. Properly adorn and color them, marking the boundary paths. On the lotus platforms, ornament high seats. On these seats, place Amitabha Buddha, with Avalokiteshvara to the left and Mahasthamaprapta to the right. Place one end of the lotus lasso in the right hand of the Amitabha Buddha image. Properly tie the other end to your own earring. Decorate the surroundings with various banners and flowers. Spread offerings of various fragrant flowers, scented water, the three white foods and drinks, butter lamps, and oil lamps according to the method. Burn the supreme incense. At the western gate, assume the dance mudra, sit according to the method, recite the root dharani mantra and the secret heart mantra, and call Amitabha Buddha's name day and night without interruption. On the fourteenth and fifteenth days of each bright fortnight, consume only cow's milk, recite the mantra, and perform the method according to the rite. On the night of the fifteenth, during the fifth watch, Amitabha Buddha will emit great light, the altar will tremble, and the mantra practitioner's body will also emit light. At that time, the practitioner should repent and make vows, then recite the mantra another twenty-one times. Amitabha Buddha will appear, touch your head, and comfort you: 'The wishes you seek shall now be fulfilled.' At that time, you will realize a pure, stainless body of light. Then you will see the palaces and towers of the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, Amitabha Buddha, and all the Bodhisattvas, with their splendid marks and light, and their various spiritual powers, all simultaneously praising: 'Excellent, excellent! Good man! The body you have received is your final body. After leaving this life, you will be born and dwell in my land, possessing the wisdom to know the past seven thousand lives.' At that time, the mantra practitioner, holding the lotus lasso in the left hand, should recite the root dharani mantra and the secret heart mantra ten thousand times, and the wrathful king mantra one thousand and eight times. You will then attain great spiritual powers, your lifespan will extend for ten thousand years, and you will receive the reverence and protection of all mantra-holding lasso vidyadharas and great wheel-turning kings. Eighteen thousand mantra-holding lasso vidyadharas will respectfully follow you, until attaining Bodhi."
「世尊！金剛杵羂索三昧耶，用白栴檀木量十二指(手三把量是)，圖刻五股跋馹羅杵，心股兩頭步多鬼頭面，其餘八股鋒刃面上金彩光焰。其杵通身，心股兩頭，難陀龍王、跋難陀龍王左右逆順交繳相纏，各繳步多鬼頭。是二龍頭各出過步多鬼頭三四分量。羂索等分取樹皮絲，白㲲線，蠶絲清潔治練。作曼拏羅，作法加持絲，合持羂索，股長一條勿別為股。覆疊三股合成羂索，以索一頭繫杵腰上，清潔洗浴、著淨衣服如上嚴飾。壇場高座安置杵索曼拏羅，東置不空羂索觀世音菩薩，種種供獻。其真言者敷白茅草西門法座，左手執杖按杵索上，晝日誦母陀羅尼真言祕密心真言。先持杵索，初夜時、後夜時誦奮怒王真言加持白芥子先打杵索。精進持法無間時日滿三十六旬，杵上索上若放光時，則執杵索誦母陀羅尼真言一百八遍，誦奮怒王真言一百八遍。其如來種族、金剛種族、摩尼種族、蓮花種族一時現前，與於神通騰空自在，身狀威力如若金剛。一切金剛種族神眾，猶遠擁護，壽延一萬二千歲數。若欲化導一切天、龍、藥叉、羅剎、乾闥婆、阿素洛、緊那羅、𮓒嚕茶、摩呼羅伽者，隨彼一一天名，稱名誦奮怒王真言，輪索杵擬，即皆敬伏恭敬使護。若欲化導一切惡人，亦如是作。又法黑月十四日十五日，於中夜時大瞋怒聲誦奮怒王真言，輪索杵擬，當作繫縛一切妬憋藥叉、羅剎、吸精氣鬼意，即皆被縛。若解放者，誦祕密心真言。若為鬼神作病惱者，住其人前執杵擬之，其病即差。若於屍陀林，大瞋怒聲誦奮怒王真言，右手輪索杵擬，則得安怛陀那，見諸鬼神宮殿門開。若於阿修羅窟門加持杵擬，門門自開，窟中一切鬼神毒龍悉不相害，窟路平正入中無畏，見於窟中奇妙玩具，所欲皆得，出入無礙常得安樂。應知是大金剛杵索力，能發趣世間所有一切事業。」
"World-Honored One! For the Vajra Pestle and Noose Samaya, take sandalwood measuring twelve finger-widths(the width of three handfuls), and carve upon it a five-pronged vajra pestle. On the central prong, at both ends, depict the faces of Pūtana demons. On the other eight prongs, adorn the blade surfaces with golden colors and radiant flames. Along the entire body of the pestle, on the central prong at both ends, entwine Nanda Dragon King and Upananda Dragon King, coiling left and right in alternating directions, each coiling around the head of a Pūtana demon. The heads of these two dragons should each extend three or four finger-widths beyond the Pūtana demon heads.
For the noose, take an equal measure of tree bark fibers, white cotton thread, and clean, refined silk. Construct a maṇḍala, perform the ritual to empower the threads, then braid them into a single-strand noose—do not separate them into individual strands. Fold and braid three strands together to form the noose. Tie one end of the noose around the waist of the pestle. After purifying oneself with bathing and adorning with clean garments as described above, place the pestle and noose maṇḍala upon a high seat in the ritual arena. To the east, set up Amoghapāśa Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva and offer various offerings.
The mantra practitioner should spread white kusha grass and take a seat in the western gate. With the left hand holding a staff, press it upon the pestle and noose. During the day, recite the Mātṛkā Dhāraṇī Mantra and the Secret Heart Mantra. First, hold the pestle and noose. At the beginning of the night and the end of the night, recite the Fierce King Mantra while empowering white mustard seeds, then strike the pestle and noose. Diligently practice without interruption until thirty-six ten-day periods are completed. If light emanates from the pestle or noose, then grasp them and recite the Mātṛkā Dhāraṇī Mantra one hundred eight times, followed by the Fierce King Mantra one hundred eight times.
At that time, the Tathāgata family, the Vajra family, the Maṇi family, and the Padma family will all manifest simultaneously, bestowing supernatural powers, the ability to soar through the skies at will, and a form as mighty and indestructible as a vajra. All deities of the Vajra family will protect from afar, and one's lifespan will extend to twelve thousand years.
If one wishes to subdue and guide all devas, nāgas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, gandharvas, asuras, kinnaras, garuḍas, and mahoragas, one should call out the name of each celestial being by their individual titles, recite the Fierce King Mantra, and brandish the noose and pestle toward them. They will then submit respectfully, offer reverence, and serve as protectors. If one wishes to subdue and guide all evil persons, proceed in the same manner.
Furthermore, on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the dark lunar fortnight, at midnight, recite the Fierce King Mantra with a great wrathful voice, brandish the noose and pestle, and with the intention to bind all jealous, malicious yakṣas, rākṣasas, and life-force-sucking ghosts, they will all be bound. To release them, recite the Secret Heart Mantra.
If someone is afflicted by illness caused by ghosts or spirits, stand before that person, grasp the pestle, and point it toward them—their illness will be cured.
If in a charnel ground, recite the Fierce King Mantra with a great wrathful voice, brandish the noose and pestle with the right hand, then one will attain Antar-dhāna (the power of invisibility) and see the palace gates of all ghosts and spirits open.
If at the entrance of an asura cave, empower the pestle and point it—each gate will open by itself. All ghosts, spirits, and venomous dragons within the cave will cause no harm. The cave path will become level and straight, allowing one to enter without fear. One will see marvelous playthings within the cave, obtain whatever is desired, come and go without obstruction, and constantly enjoy peace and happiness.
Know that this is the power of the Great Vajra Pestle and Noose, capable of accomplishing all worldly endeavors."
不空羂索神變真言經卷第五
The Sutra of the Divine Transformations of the Unfailing Lasso's True Words, Volume 5