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DTG010 0093.The Order of Establishing the Mandala..g2.0f

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Also, the line (spacing) should be left at the length of a foot. At the junction of the jewel walls, a foot's length should also be left. The lines inside that door, seven feet should also be left at the length of a foot. Having drawn the lines in this way, the mandala should be drawn very evenly and well. The palace of the mandala should be drawn very solemnly. The four-cornered one has four doors, decorated with four stairways, possessing four lines and being accurate, decorated with banners, flowers, and garlands, adorned with five colors. The sacred mandala is three cubits long, and is even more dignified with three colors. All the corners of the four directions, and all directions of the door frames, are decorated with vajras and jewels, the mandala of the selflessness mother is the same as the characteristics of the outer mandala. The outer mandala is half the size (of the inner mandala), and should be viewed equally in the center. The pillars of the wheel, etc., are well surrounded by a vajra garland. It is decorated with wind banners and mirrors, and arranged inside the wheel with ornaments such as umbrellas and banners. Thus, for the mandala of the Dharmakaya nature, after dividing and drawing lines, the colored thread, at the end of those three syllables (ཨོཾ་ཨཱཿཧཱུྃ, Om Ah Hum), having the syllable (མུཿ, Mu), invite it and place it in a clean container. Then, the Vajra Master sits in the center of the mandala, and with the right and left eyes, with the syllable "ഹി"(hi, ஹி), looks at the nature of the moon and the sun. With an angry gaze, look equally in all directions, thinking of opening the four doors in your mind, and then come out. The order of drawing lines is complete. The order of drawing lines.

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