Buddhism : Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Vol. VI

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TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN)

b Om cittaprativedham karomi.
(Om I will pierce my mind to its bottom.)
c "I see the appearance of the lunar disk on my heart."

II. The step of realizing the mind of enlightenment ( ~i%:1:JH.-).


a "(Your) mind (thus imagined) is (nothing but the universal mind)
shining by its own nature (prkrtiprabhiisvara §11:7ilf1-Jl:)."
b Om bodhicittam utpiidayiimi
(Om I will make the mind of enlightenment arise.)
c Sarvarthasiddhi actually made the mind of enlightenment arise through
reciting the mantra (b) which is by nature efficient. He says: "I see that
the appearance of the lunar disk is nothing but the lunar disk itself."

III. The step of realizing the adamantine mind (~~~IJ,C,,).


a "This is the heart of all the tathiigatas for you. You actually made your
mind of Samantabhadra (~_R,t,,) arise. So as to make this arisen mind
firm, you should imagine the figure of a vajra-pestle in the lunar disk of
your heart through reciting following mantra."
b Om ti:i{ha vajra. (Om Stand up! 0 Vajra!)
c "I see the vajra-pestle in the lunar disk."

IV. The step of realizing the adamantine body ~~1\'liJJJ').


a "Make this adamantine mind of Samantabhadra (which is composed) of
all the tathiigatas firm through the following mantra."
b Om vajriitmako 'ham.
(Om I am of the essence of the adamant.)
c The whole adamantine sphere (vajradhiitu ~i\'liJJf.) composed of the
bodies, speeches and minds of all the tathiigatas pervading the whole
sphere of the sky enters into this adamantine existence (sattvavajra
jji:J.j~li'ltl) (of the bodhisattva Sarvarthasiddhi) through the benefit of all
the tathiigatas. He is invested by all the tathiigatas with the consecra-
tory name 'Vajradhatu' (~!lli]Jf.). He says: "0 Reverend Tathagatas! I
see myself as the body (composed) of all the tathiigatas."

V. The step of the body of a buddha completed ( 191l~ Fli'ilr!i ).


a "Imagine yourself as 'the adamantine existence' (sattvavajra) which is
equipped with all the most excellent aspects (of the whole universe)
and (at the same time) the figure of a buddha (as the centre of the uni-
verse)."
b Om yathii sarvatathiigatiis tathiiham.
(Om As all the tathiigatas are, so am I.)
c Thus, Vajradhatu Bodhisattva attains the highest and complete enlight-
enment.
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