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English version: As it is done, it will surely be accomplished. Again, using a willow branch, bless it twenty-one times with this Dharani (总持), and then use it to clean your teeth to obtain freedom from illness, intelligence, and longevity. Again, use a clean vessel to hold water, bless it twenty-one times, and drink three 'he' (合, ancient unit of volume) of water three times a day. Bless it once each time you drink, and you can remove all illnesses and obtain peace, happiness, and longevity. At that time, Arya Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Mahāsattva (圣观自在菩萨摩诃萨) circumambulated Amitāyus Buddha (无量寿佛) three times, joined his palms respectfully, and said to the Buddha: 'World Honored One, how should good men and good women construct Buddha images and stupas, and what are the methods for accomplishing Homa (护摩, fire offering)? I wish you would explain it to us.' The Buddha said to Arya Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva: 'Excellent! Excellent! Great Fearless One, listen attentively with one mind. As you have asked, I will explain it to you.' At that time, Amitāyus Tathagata (无量寿如来) also entered the Samādhi (三摩地, meditative absorption) of Universal Illumination and Auspiciousness. Having emerged from Samādhi, he then spoke the Dharani (总持) Dharma-door of Immeasurable Life of all Tathagatas, which is as follows: 唵(引)阿密哩(二合)帝(引)阿密哩(二合)帝(引)阿密哩(二合)睹捺婆(二合)吠阿密哩(二合)多尾訖㘓(二合)帝(引)阿密哩(二合)多誐(引)弥你(去)阿密哩(二合)多喻哩那(二合)祢誐誐曩计哩帝(二合)羯哩(引)萨哩嚩(二合)吉梨(二合引)舍叉演羯哩曳(引)娑嚩(二合引)贺 At that time, after Amitāyus Tathagata spoke this Dharma-door, he told the Bodhisattva: 'If good men and good women use this Dharma-door to bless pure soil, mix it with water and mud, and bless it again, and use the mud to make a stupa, even the spire wheel (相轮, the wheel-like structure at the top of a stupa), bless it in sequence and make offerings, they can obtain vast and supreme benefits.' Furthermore, there is a supreme method for building stupas and temples. One can use gold and silver to make a stupa, use lapis lazuli to make a stupa, use Padmaraga (钵讷摩啰誐宝, ruby) to make a stupa, or even use various precious jewels to make a stupa. Adorn it according to the Dharma, make it twelve fingers high, and place it on a lotus seat. Place protectors of the world on the four sides of the stupa. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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四天王以手执幢。于彼塔前安帝释天主以手执弓。复安净居天子手执香花及涂香等。于塔左面安观自在菩萨。右安金刚手菩萨。各执白佛。塔仪如是。复次别画莲华。周围书此一切如来乌瑟腻沙最胜总持。安在塔内。用香水洒净。献妙香花作千种供养。若欲利益一切众生。延于寿命及增智慧故。常于白月八日昼夜洁净精持斋戒。然后于宝塔前诵此总持一千遍。每月如是满六个月获寿千岁。或志诚精进昼夜持诵得寿命长满洛叉岁。或日常持诵增寿无量。有大势力与天人阿修罗等无有异。腾空自在获斯功德。复有仪轨。于寂静处取其净土。以香水和泥用作于塔。或一二三四五乃至数满百千。书前总持安于塔内。作百千种广大供养。诵此总持七百遍。日增智慧延寿无量。或为一切众生枷锁系闭。诵此总持即得解脱。 复次若有众生。于总持塔前倍兴供养。日日诵持满八百遍。发自利利他平等之心。如是依法消除八难。常得安乐延寿百岁。众人爱乐不久速得宿命神通。是人命终不生地狱畜生焰魔罗界恶趣之中。如蛇蜕皮即得生于极乐佛刹。获大果报受胜妙乐说不可尽。亦复不闻地狱之声。何况生彼。 尔时无量寿如来。复说成就㡧像之法。令诸众生获寿无量。远离轮回解脱众苦。先用童女洁净合线。尺寸依法织成 现代汉语译本：四大天王手持宝幢，安放在佛塔之前。帝释天主手持弓箭。再安放净居天子，手持香花和涂香等供品。在佛塔的左面安放观自在菩萨（Avalokiteśvara，即观音菩萨），右面安放金刚手菩萨（Vajrapani，象征力量和保护）。他们各自手持白色的拂尘。佛塔的仪轨就是这样。此外，另外画莲花，在周围书写一切如来乌瑟腻沙最胜总持（Sarvatathāgata-uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī，一切如来顶髻尊胜陀罗尼）。安放在佛塔之内，用香水洒净，献上美妙的香花，做千种供养。如果想要利益一切众生，延长寿命以及增长智慧，常常在白月（农历每月初一到十五）的第八天，昼夜保持洁净，精进持斋戒。然后在宝塔前诵持此总持一千遍。每月如此，满六个月，可以获得千岁寿命。或者至诚精进，昼夜持诵，可以得到寿命长满洛叉岁（Laksha，印度数字单位，十万）。或者每日持诵，增长寿命无量。有大势力，与天人、阿修罗（Asura，一种神道生物）等没有区别。腾空自在，获得这种功德。还有一种仪轨，在寂静的地方取干净的泥土，用香水和泥，用来制作佛塔。或者一个、两个、三个、四个、五个，乃至数量满百千个。书写之前的总持，安放在佛塔之内。做百千种广大的供养。诵持此总持七百遍，每日增长智慧，延长寿命无量。或者为了被枷锁禁闭的一切众生，诵持此总持，立即可以得到解脱。 再次，如果有众生，在总持塔前加倍兴盛供养，每日诵持满八百遍，发起自利利他的平等之心。这样依法消除八难（八种不幸的境遇），常常得到安乐，延长寿命百岁。众人爱戴喜乐，不久可以迅速得到宿命神通（能够回忆前世的能力）。这个人命终之后，不生地狱、畜生、焰魔罗界（Yamaraja，阎罗王）等恶趣之中。如同蛇蜕皮一样，立即可以往生到极乐佛刹（Sukhāvatī，西方极乐世界）。获得大的果报，享受殊胜美妙的快乐，说也说不尽。也听不到地狱的声音，更何况是生在那里。 这时，无量寿如来（Amitāyus，阿弥陀佛）又说了成就画像的方法，令一切众生获得寿命无量，远离轮回，解脱众多的痛苦。先用童女洁净的丝线，尺寸依法织成。
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English version: The Four Heavenly Kings hold banners in their hands and place them in front of the stupa. Indra (Śakra, the lord of gods) holds a bow in his hand. Then place the Śuddhāvāsa gods (the pure abode gods), holding incense, flowers, and scented paste as offerings. On the left side of the stupa, place Avalokiteśvara (the Bodhisattva of Compassion). On the right side, place Vajrapani (the Bodhisattva of Power). Each of them holds a white whisk. Such is the ritual for the stupa. Furthermore, separately draw lotuses, and around them write the Sarvatathāgata-uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī (the all-victorious dhāraṇī of the Buddha's crown). Place it inside the stupa, purify it with scented water, and offer wonderful incense and flowers, making a thousand kinds of offerings. If you wish to benefit all sentient beings, prolong life, and increase wisdom, always on the eighth day of the white month (the waxing moon), maintain cleanliness day and night, diligently observe the precepts. Then, in front of the stupa, recite this dhāraṇī one thousand times. Do this every month for six months, and you will obtain a lifespan of one thousand years. Or, with sincere diligence, recite it day and night, and you can obtain a lifespan of a laksha years (Laksha, a unit of one hundred thousand in Indian numerals). Or, by reciting it daily, you will increase your lifespan immeasurably. You will have great power, no different from gods, humans, and asuras (Asura, a type of demigod). You will be free to fly in the sky and obtain this merit. There is also a ritual: in a quiet place, take clean earth, mix it with scented water, and use it to make stupas. Or make one, two, three, four, five, or even hundreds of thousands. Write the aforementioned dhāraṇī and place it inside the stupas. Make hundreds of thousands of great offerings. Recite this dhāraṇī seven hundred times, and daily increase your wisdom and prolong your lifespan immeasurably. Or, for all sentient beings who are bound by fetters, recite this dhāraṇī, and they will immediately be liberated. Furthermore, if there are sentient beings who double their offerings before the dhāraṇī stupa, reciting it eight hundred times daily, and generate a mind of equality that benefits both themselves and others, then in accordance with this Dharma, they will eliminate the eight difficulties (eight unfortunate circumstances), always obtain peace and happiness, and prolong their lifespan by one hundred years. They will be loved and rejoiced by people, and soon quickly obtain the power of knowing past lives (the ability to recall past lives). When this person's life ends, they will not be born in hell, as an animal, in the realm of Yamaraja (Yamaraja, the lord of death), or in any other evil realms. Like a snake shedding its skin, they will immediately be reborn in the Pure Land of Sukhāvatī (Sukhāvatī, the Western Paradise). They will obtain great rewards, enjoy supreme and wonderful happiness that cannot be fully described. They will not even hear the sounds of hell, let alone be born there. At that time, Amitāyus (Amitāyus, the Buddha of Infinite Life) also spoke of the method for creating images, enabling all sentient beings to obtain immeasurable life, be far from reincarnation, and be liberated from many sufferings. First, use clean thread spun by a virgin girl, and weave it into a cloth of the proper dimensions according to the Dharma. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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素帛。用上好彩色画彼乌瑟腻沙最胜总持功德形像并微妙字。用像安于塔内。身有千光坐莲华月轮一切庄严。面如满月像有三面三目八臂。右面善相金色。左面作忿怒相利牙青莲华色。正面圆满白色。右一手在心执羯磨杵。第二手执莲花上有无量寿佛。第三手执箭。第四手作施愿印。左第一手作金刚拳执索竖头指。第二手执弓。第三手结无畏印。第四手执宝瓶顶戴塔。于颈上安唵字。心上安阿字。额上安吽字。脐上安怛囕字。足上安讫哩字恶阿啰叉娑嚩贺为拥护。于真言下书已名字。于像两边画观自在菩萨金刚手菩萨。手执白拂。于像上面画净居天人降甘露雨。于㡧四面。画忿怒金刚不动尊明王吒枳明王你罗难拏明王大力明王。各执剑钩金刚杵金刚杖令降恶魔。如是志心画于㡧像。若彼行人作此法时。先自志心于舍利塔前。经一昼夜精持斋戒。即于㡧像前献千种供养。从白月一日起首。诵此总持一洛叉。至十五日复献千种供养。于明旦时总持圣像化现人前。一切所求无不成就。 复次将此总持㡧像。于寂静之处安置。用香水洒净献于供养。逐日诵此总持八百遍。复于每月一度献千种供养。诵总持千遍。得无量寿命无量威势腾空自在。日记千颂语不颠倒。能去有情一切重病。若人不能如前作法。只于自住房舍就。 现代汉语译本： 用上好的丝绸。用上好的彩色在丝绸上画乌瑟腻沙最胜总持（Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī，顶髻尊胜陀罗尼）的功德形象以及微妙的梵文字。将画像安放在佛塔内。画像身体有一千道光芒，坐在莲花月轮上，一切庄严。面容如满月，有三面三目八臂。右面呈善良的金色面容，左面呈忿怒相，露出利牙，呈青莲花的颜色。正面是圆满的白色。右边第一只手在心口处执持羯磨杵（vajra，金刚杵），第二只手执持莲花，莲花上有无量寿佛（Amitāyus）。第三只手执持箭，第四只手作施愿印（varada-mudrā）。左边第一只手作金刚拳，执持绳索，竖起头指。第二只手执持弓，第三只手结无畏印（abhaya-mudrā），第四只手执持宝瓶，头顶戴着佛塔。在颈部安放唵（oṃ）字，心上安放阿（ā）字，额头上安放吽（hūṃ）字，脐上安放怛囕（trāṃ）字，脚上安放讫哩（hrīḥ）字，恶阿啰叉娑嚩贺（rakṣa svāhā）用于拥护。在真言下面写上自己的名字。在画像的两边画观自在菩萨（Avalokiteśvara）和金刚手菩萨（Vajrapāṇi），他们手中拿着白拂。在画像的上方画净居天人降下甘露雨。在画像的四面，画忿怒金刚，即不动尊明王（Acala），吒枳明王（Trailokyavijaya），你罗难拏明王（Nīlakaṇṭha），大力明王（Mahābala），他们各自执持剑、钩、金刚杵、金刚杖，以降伏恶魔。如此专心致志地画这幅丝绸画像。如果修行者修持此法时，先要专心致志地在舍利塔前，经过一昼夜，精进地持斋戒。然后在丝绸画像前献上千种供养。从白月一日开始，诵持此总持咒一百万遍。到十五日，再次献上千种供养。在第二天早上，总持圣像会化现在修行者面前，一切所求没有不成就的。 再次，将此总持丝绸画像，安置在寂静的地方。用香水洒净，献上供养。每天诵持此总持咒八百遍。并且在每月一次献上千种供养，诵持总持咒一千遍，就能获得无量的寿命，无量的威势，腾空自在。每天记住一千颂，说话不会颠倒。能够去除有情一切的重病。如果有人不能像前面那样做法，就在自己的住房里进行。
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English version: Use fine silk. Use excellent colors to paint on the silk the meritorious image of the Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī (the supreme Dharani of the Victorious Crown) along with subtle Sanskrit characters. Place the image inside a stupa. The image has a thousand rays of light emanating from its body, sitting on a lotus flower and moon disc, adorned with all kinds of ornaments. The face is like the full moon, with three faces, three eyes, and eight arms. The right face has a benevolent golden appearance. The left face has a wrathful appearance, with sharp teeth, and is the color of a blue lotus. The front face is a perfect white. The first right hand holds a vajra (karma-vajra) at the heart. The second hand holds a lotus flower with Amitāyus (Buddha of Immeasurable Life) on it. The third hand holds an arrow. The fourth hand makes the varada-mudrā (the gesture of granting wishes). The first left hand makes the vajra fist, holding a rope, with the index finger raised. The second hand holds a bow. The third hand makes the abhaya-mudrā (the gesture of fearlessness). The fourth hand holds a treasure vase, with a stupa on top. Place the syllable oṃ (oṃ) on the neck, the syllable ā (ā) on the heart, the syllable hūṃ (hūṃ) on the forehead, the syllable trāṃ (trāṃ) on the navel, and the syllable hrīḥ (hrīḥ) on the feet. rakṣa svāhā (rakṣa svāhā) is for protection. Write your name below the mantra. On both sides of the image, paint Avalokiteśvara (the Bodhisattva of Compassion) and Vajrapāṇi (the Bodhisattva of Power), holding white whisks in their hands. Above the image, paint the Pure Abode Devas descending with nectar rain. On the four sides of the silk, paint the wrathful Vajras, namely Acala (Immovable One), Trailokyavijaya (Conqueror of the Three Worlds), Nīlakaṇṭha (Blue-Necked One), and Mahābala (Great Power), each holding a sword, hook, vajra, and vajra staff, to subdue evil demons. Paint this silk image with utmost sincerity. If a practitioner performs this practice, they must first sincerely observe precepts and fast diligently for one day and one night in front of a stupa containing relics. Then, offer a thousand kinds of offerings before the silk image. Starting from the first day of the white moon, recite this dharani one hundred thousand times. On the fifteenth day, offer a thousand kinds of offerings again. On the following morning, the holy image of the dharani will manifest before the practitioner, and all wishes will be fulfilled. Furthermore, place this silk image of the dharani in a quiet place. Sprinkle it with fragrant water and offer it with offerings. Recite this dharani eight hundred times daily. Also, once a month, offer a thousand kinds of offerings and recite the dharani one thousand times. You will obtain immeasurable life, immeasurable power, and freedom to fly in the sky. Remember a thousand verses daily, and your speech will not be confused. You will be able to remove all serious illnesses of sentient beings. If someone cannot perform the practice as described above, they can do it in their own dwelling. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------