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t20n1038 pure avalokitesvara samantabhadra dharani sutra.g2.0f

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English

English version: Kneeling and sitting, holding a magnificent crown in his hands, he sits on a white seat, facing the image of the Bodhisattva. The image of the Bodhisattva must be painted cleanly, without using glue, and the painting must follow the pure Dharma. Next, the method of entering the Mandala and upholding the Dharma is explained: Starting from the eighth day of the White Month (referring to the first half of the lunar month), enter the Mandala, and use cow dung to smear the ground to create the altar. The size of the altar can be from four cubits to eight cubits, decorated with five colors. Sixteen jars need to be prepared, filled with water and flowers and fruits. Sixteen incense burners and sixteen lamps need to be prepared. If a four-cubit altar is made, then prepare four jars, four incense burners, and four lamps. For food and drink, prepare various fruits, ghee, honey, and rock candy. Burn various incense, without interruption for six periods. The practitioner should bathe, wear clean clothes, and proceed according to the Dharma. Only rice, porridge, yogurt, ghee, honey, fruits, rock candy, dried ginger, pepper, and pippali (a spice) may be eaten; other foods may not be eaten. From the eighth day, offer to the Buddha, and do not collect the offerings until the fifteenth. On the sixteenth day, collect the offerings and throw them into the water or burn them with fire. Then, starting from the eighth day of re-entering the Mandala, according to the method in front of the Buddha's altar, make another one-cubit altar, made of cow dung. Take dry grain wood and mulberry wood, take a piece of wood and chant the mantra once, and place it in the altar, until chanting twenty-one times is completed. Then take seven kinds of grains, grab them with your hand, chant the mantra once, and put them in the fire, until chanting twenty-one times. It can be done during the day or at night. Once a day, until the fifteenth day, burn it completely, do not forget. On the night of the fifteenth day, do not sleep, but recite the mantra wholeheartedly. That night, there may be an earthquake, or a loud noise may be heard. The practitioner should not be alarmed or feel strange, but should recite the mantra peacefully, and recite the names of the two Bodhisattvas (referring to Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva). At this time, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva will appear in their forms and tell the practitioner: 'Whatever wishes you have, you can say them, and they can all be fulfilled for you.' If you cannot see the Bodhisattvas appear and your wishes are not fulfilled, then remove the altar from the sixteenth day and make a new altar. Follow the previous method to practice and recite the mantra, until you see the Bodhisattvas and your wishes are fulfilled. When the practitioner enters the Mandala, he can only see one messenger, and can talk to the messenger; other people must not talk to him or meet him. The practitioner must not speak inside the Mandala; when he needs to speak, he must wait until he leaves the Mandala. The Dharani Dharma of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is complete. The Pure Avalokiteshvara Samantabhadra Dharani Sutra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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