Then, for the benefit of those who wish to attain worldly accomplishment, the Blessed One entered the absorption called the origination of all worldly wheels and emanated rays of light from the pores of his body. Vaiśravaṇa and his retinue were thus inspired and gathered around him. He prostrated to the Blessed One, scattered dust made from precious gems, and made this request:
EN
“Blessed One, I am the Dharma-upholding king named Vaiśravaṇa. If I myself were to proclaim a secret in order to protect the Dharma of the pious and ensure that the Dharma abides for a long time, would the Blessed One grant me an opportunity?”
EN
The Blessed One said, “Great King, excellent! Explain your secret well! I rejoice and give my blessings. May all vajra holders also bless you. Speak well!”
EN
Then Vaiśravaṇa got up from his seat, prostrated to the Blessed One, and spoke his own incantation: “Oṃ vaiśravaṇāya hūṃ hūṃ paca paca chinda chinda svāhā.”
EN
Once he had spoken these words, he said to the Blessed One, “O Blessed One, the accomplishment of this, my mantra, is excellent. Whoever wants to accomplish my state of being should arrange great offerings in the three times. To make the offering to me and my retinue, the practitioner should remain with one-pointed concentration in an isolated place. A practitioner of the blessed Vajrapāṇi must recite my mantra ten thousand times, and then accomplish the activities. One who thus accomplishes my state of being and my activity should offer an oblation and make vast offerings to me and to my retinue. The mantra to recite for making vast offerings and offering the oblation to me and my retinue is this:
“Know that these are the mantras both for making offerings and giving an oblation to me and my retinue.
EN
“Then, with respect to accomplishing my activity, I requested the Blessed One to bless me with his explanation. The explanation of the activity is this:
EN
“Whoever wishes to gain accomplishment Must know the stages Of killing, the burnt offering, and the suppression ritual.
EN
“Make an effigy out of beeswax Of the target—those hostile toward the teachings. Draw him, make him enter, and then take control.
EN
“The eighteen-syllable mantra Forcefully strikes down in the three times, And suddenly his spirit is broken. There is no doubt that the target will be slain.
EN
“If one is practicing the burnt offerings From among peaceful, increasing, magnetizing, and wrathful activities, Here one should perform liberation wrathfully. Thoroughly burn with a blazing fire.
EN
“With respect to the superior, average, and inferior hearth, Construct the superior one in three measures, the average in two, And the inferior in whatever measure is possible.
EN
“With fuel of thorny wood, Great wrath is accomplished. Burn dough and mustard seeds in the fire; Dissolve the body, speech, and mind of the aggressor Into the substances, and make the burnt offering.
EN
“Imagine the retinue of yakṣas in the fire And present them with the burnt substances, Or scatter the activity-fire yakṣas with the substances. However you do it, it will be accomplished.
EN
“At that time, also, with these words of praise Focus your mind one-pointedly and offer praise:
EN
“Hūṃ! All-conquering, terrifying yakṣa and the rest, Terrorizing with your noxious, brilliant heat, Bellowing loudly with wrathful splendor. Homage and praise to you and your retinue!
“Worship the central deity and also his retinue; Make offerings in sequence. Recite, spreading secret mantras; Perform the projection and reabsorption. This is the ordinary form of propagation.
EN
“Oṃ vaiśravaṇaya chegemo māraya phaṭ svāhā.
EN
“For the retinue, just as for the main deity, Worship them with their own incantations. Fully supported by incantations, Imagine that they crush them into dust.
EN
“Enjoin them to perform activity and give an oblation. As for the stages of sprinkling and offering the oblation, Offer them in order. The sequence for the peaceful activity is as follows:
EN
“On a hearth of sufficient size, Offer the burning substances and so forth. Having conquered the evil deeds of body, speech, and mind, Transform them into the essence of wisdom fire.
EN
“Discard the vessel and the hearth. Completely burn all grahas there, And also make a ransom rite to pacify the great obstructors. In order to increase and magnetize For the activity and specific stages, Know that the details of the shape of the hearth Are in accordance with the previously explained activities.
EN
“As for the substantial offering, With the stages of red and yellow firewood and so forth:
EN
“Oṃ vaiśravaṇāya dhanapuṣṭiṃ kuru ye svāhā Oṃ vaiśravaṇa vaśaṃ kuru svāhā Oṃ vaiśravaṇāye śāntiṃ kuru svāhā.
EN
“Just as for the main deity, for the retinue also Make offerings with the incantatory substances. Offer the burned substances of dough, Mustard seeds, sweets, and so forth in sequence.
EN
“The four activities are perfectly accomplished. With superior diligence, they are fully accomplished. With middling and lesser diligence, know that They are accomplished in a middling and lesser way.”
EN
Then Vaiśravaṇa and his retinue declared to the Blessed One, “Blessed One, whoever engages in the practices that we have explained here should continually worship the Blessed Vajrapāṇi and the yakṣas with the three white substances. He must completely avoid alcohol. He must acquire meats that are suitable and auspicious. If we fail to accomplish, properly and one-pointedly, the activities that are our accomplishments, then we will have insulted the Blessed One and we will have failed to protect the Dharma. This is our oath. Oṃ vaiśravaṇa arthakathama.”
EN
“Great Vaiśravaṇa, that is excellent. So very excellent!” said the Blessed One. “So very excellent! The secret of which you have spoken will be of great benefit for the people of the future. In order that their benefit will certainly be accomplished, I also will pronounce this mantra. Listen!”
EN
“Excellent!” said Vaiśravaṇa and the others to the Blessed One, and listened accordingly.
EN
The Blessed One then said, “Oṃ vajrapāṇi nīlāmbaradhara vajrasphoṭa hūṃ phaṭ svāhā. This incantation is a mantra that brings control over activities. Great Vaiśravaṇa brings about possession of the secret just as he promised.”
Then, for the benefit of those who wish to attain worldly accomplishment, the Blessed One entered the absorption called the origination of all worldly wheels and emanated rays of light from the pores of his body. Vaiśravaṇa and his retinue were thus inspired and gathered around him. He prostrated to the Blessed One, scattered dust made from precious gems, and made this request:
EN
“Blessed One, I am the Dharma-upholding king named Vaiśravaṇa. If I myself were to proclaim a secret in order to protect the Dharma of the pious and ensure that the Dharma abides for a long time, would the Blessed One grant me an opportunity?”
EN
The Blessed One said, “Great King, excellent! Explain your secret well! I rejoice and give my blessings. May all vajra holders also bless you. Speak well!”
EN
Then Vaiśravaṇa got up from his seat, prostrated to the Blessed One, and spoke his own incantation: “Oṃ vaiśravaṇāya hūṃ hūṃ paca paca chinda chinda svāhā.”
EN
Once he had spoken these words, he said to the Blessed One, “O Blessed One, the accomplishment of this, my mantra, is excellent. Whoever wants to accomplish my state of being should arrange great offerings in the three times. To make the offering to me and my retinue, the practitioner should remain with one-pointed concentration in an isolated place. A practitioner of the blessed Vajrapāṇi must recite my mantra ten thousand times, and then accomplish the activities. One who thus accomplishes my state of being and my activity should offer an oblation and make vast offerings to me and to my retinue. The mantra to recite for making vast offerings and offering the oblation to me and my retinue is this:
“Know that these are the mantras both for making offerings and giving an oblation to me and my retinue.
EN
“Then, with respect to accomplishing my activity, I requested the Blessed One to bless me with his explanation. The explanation of the activity is this:
EN
“Whoever wishes to gain accomplishment Must know the stages Of killing, the burnt offering, and the suppression ritual.
EN
“Make an effigy out of beeswax Of the target—those hostile toward the teachings. Draw him, make him enter, and then take control.
EN
“The eighteen-syllable mantra Forcefully strikes down in the three times, And suddenly his spirit is broken. There is no doubt that the target will be slain.
EN
“If one is practicing the burnt offerings From among peaceful, increasing, magnetizing, and wrathful activities, Here one should perform liberation wrathfully. Thoroughly burn with a blazing fire.
EN
“With respect to the superior, average, and inferior hearth, Construct the superior one in three measures, the average in two, And the inferior in whatever measure is possible.
EN
“With fuel of thorny wood, Great wrath is accomplished. Burn dough and mustard seeds in the fire; Dissolve the body, speech, and mind of the aggressor Into the substances, and make the burnt offering.
EN
“Imagine the retinue of yakṣas in the fire And present them with the burnt substances, Or scatter the activity-fire yakṣas with the substances. However you do it, it will be accomplished.
EN
“At that time, also, with these words of praise Focus your mind one-pointedly and offer praise:
EN
“Hūṃ! All-conquering, terrifying yakṣa and the rest, Terrorizing with your noxious, brilliant heat, Bellowing loudly with wrathful splendor. Homage and praise to you and your retinue!
“Worship the central deity and also his retinue; Make offerings in sequence. Recite, spreading secret mantras; Perform the projection and reabsorption. This is the ordinary form of propagation.
EN
“Oṃ vaiśravaṇaya chegemo māraya phaṭ svāhā.
EN
“For the retinue, just as for the main deity, Worship them with their own incantations. Fully supported by incantations, Imagine that they crush them into dust.
EN
“Enjoin them to perform activity and give an oblation. As for the stages of sprinkling and offering the oblation, Offer them in order. The sequence for the peaceful activity is as follows:
EN
“On a hearth of sufficient size, Offer the burning substances and so forth. Having conquered the evil deeds of body, speech, and mind, Transform them into the essence of wisdom fire.
EN
“Discard the vessel and the hearth. Completely burn all grahas there, And also make a ransom rite to pacify the great obstructors. In order to increase and magnetize For the activity and specific stages, Know that the details of the shape of the hearth Are in accordance with the previously explained activities.
EN
“As for the substantial offering, With the stages of red and yellow firewood and so forth:
EN
“Oṃ vaiśravaṇāya dhanapuṣṭiṃ kuru ye svāhā Oṃ vaiśravaṇa vaśaṃ kuru svāhā Oṃ vaiśravaṇāye śāntiṃ kuru svāhā.
EN
“Just as for the main deity, for the retinue also Make offerings with the incantatory substances. Offer the burned substances of dough, Mustard seeds, sweets, and so forth in sequence.
EN
“The four activities are perfectly accomplished. With superior diligence, they are fully accomplished. With middling and lesser diligence, know that They are accomplished in a middling and lesser way.”
EN
Then Vaiśravaṇa and his retinue declared to the Blessed One, “Blessed One, whoever engages in the practices that we have explained here should continually worship the Blessed Vajrapāṇi and the yakṣas with the three white substances. He must completely avoid alcohol. He must acquire meats that are suitable and auspicious. If we fail to accomplish, properly and one-pointedly, the activities that are our accomplishments, then we will have insulted the Blessed One and we will have failed to protect the Dharma. This is our oath. Oṃ vaiśravaṇa arthakathama.”
EN
“Great Vaiśravaṇa, that is excellent. So very excellent!” said the Blessed One. “So very excellent! The secret of which you have spoken will be of great benefit for the people of the future. In order that their benefit will certainly be accomplished, I also will pronounce this mantra. Listen!”
EN
“Excellent!” said Vaiśravaṇa and the others to the Blessed One, and listened accordingly.
EN
The Blessed One then said, “Oṃ vajrapāṇi nīlāmbaradhara vajrasphoṭa hūṃ phaṭ svāhā. This incantation is a mantra that brings control over activities. Great Vaiśravaṇa brings about possession of the secret just as he promised.”
Sutraya