Mañjuśrī again asked the Blessed One, “How is the mother who gives birth to all buddhas also the mother who is the essential identity of the five families?”

The Blessed One explained, “Mañjuśrī, the mother of the vajra family has four faces and eight hands, is the color of a conch, and is in the prime of youth. Her four faces are white, black, red, and yellow. Her head is marked by the five families, and she has three eyes. Her four right hands hold a vajra, an arrow, and a short spear, while the lowermost hand is in the boon-granting gesture. In her left hands she holds an utpala flower, a bow, and a vajra hook, and she wields a lasso while making the threatening gesture. She sits in the vajra posture and is of dharmakāya nature.

“Mañjuśrī, this is her mantra:

“namo ratna-trayāya | nama ārya-jñāna-sāgarāya | akṣobhya-vyūha-rājāya | tathāgatāya | arhate samyak-sambuddhāya | nama āryāvalokiteśvarāya | bodhisattvāya | mahāsattvāya | mahā-kāruṇikāya | tadyathā | oṁ tāre ture tuttāre svāhā.

“With this, the entire vajra family makes offerings of flowers, lamps, scented water, and fine foods.

“Mañjuśrī, her rite is as follows. Mold a wax effigy of whoever is the target, and insert into the effigy’s heart the expelling substances—the flesh of a crow and owl—together with the name, and then recite this mantra:

“oṁ amukam me vaśam ānaya svāhā.

“If you recite this and then hide the effigy in the northwest, Mañjuśrī, the target will meet with conflict and division and flee elsewhere.”