ON THE HISTORY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE 'DAS-LOGThese are the qualities that come from wearing the Mal)i: The Za rna tog says,
If anyone ties the great six-syllable mantra to his body, 0 noble son, it
will become a kind of vajra-body, a kind of relic-stupa, ten million
relics of the Tathagata. Further, the body that bears the six-lettered
mantra will not be clothed in any deed of desire, fear, ignorance, pride
or jealousy. If the man that ties on the six-syllable mantra washes at a
ford, any being that drinks or comes in contact with that water will
have its sins and defilements purified and will not have a bad rebirth.... Hence, compared to all those that meditate for their own purpose and have
little benefit for others, the easy act of writing the Mal)i has great benefits, equal
to being a Buddha.
These are the qualities that come from mediating on the Mal)i: The Thugs rje
chen po 'i snyan rgyud says,
The Mal)i is the heart of the wish-fulfilling jewel. It is the inexhaustible
treasury of the dharma-sphere. If one perpetually meditates upon and
repeats it, one will, at best, become a Buddha in this life; next, purify
the obstructions to Buddhahood; at least, in one's next rebirth be free of
all accidents, and be born, springing from a lotus flower, at the feet of
Buddha Amitabha. It is the perfection of Buddhahood in a single life
and form. It has inconceivable qualities: it is beyond measure and
explanation; it is unexcelled and transcends the limits of explanation.... Hence, you who busy yourselves practicing the three gates that do not get
you to the bodhisattva plane, if you meditate on the seven-syllable mantra of
Mahakariil)ika in this life, later you will be born in paradise.
These are the qualities that come from saying the Mal)i: The Za rna tog says,When you say the powerful Mal)i-mantra, you assemble the Buddhas
... Even the small living things in your food will become bodhisattvas
that do not return .... Whosoever says this great six-syllable mantra
will have no end of learning, a heap of wisdom, great loving-kindness
and compassion. Everyday he will perfect the six panirnitiis, will
achieve the power of ruling over the place of the holders of the lineage.
Some, even though they are dying, if they repeat the mantra in their
minds, they will become bodhisattvas that do not return, be they kind
persons or hateful. Finally, they will become Buddhas ... Further, one
can count all the motes of dust, and similarly, every drop in the ocean;
one can count every sesamum filling a house a hundred leagues wide;
one can count all the seeds that grow on the four continents; one can