Then, once again, the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi requested the Blessed One, “Lord, for the sake of sentient beings of the future, please teach a wheel that strikes all wicked ones!”

The Blessed One mentally consented to this request, yet remained completely silent. Instead he projected an all-pervading light from his heart center that embraced all sentient beings with love.

Then he told Vajrapāṇi, “Vajrapāṇi, I shall now teach a wheel that strikes the obstructors within the ground below. So listen one-pointedly, and I will teach.”

Vajrapāṇi listened accordingly, and the Blessed One began to speak:

“Whoever wishes to construct such a diagram Should go to pleasant and solitary places And perform the practice of Vajrapāṇi. Visualize the world and its contents as Vajracaṇḍa.

“From the element of wind up until the central mountain, Imagine it to consist of enlightened bodies as numerous as there are particles. Amid this, cultivate the practice of Vajrapāṇi. His feet are placed on the holder of the hare.

“On this moon, the size of the trichiliocosm, Visualize the great obstructor, utterly shaking. Vajrapāṇi’s body shines with the splendor of a thousand suns.

“Visualize that this light, which is unbearable to watch, Burns away all obstructors without exception. The mantra chain recited from the tongue Is seen to fill the trichiliocosm.

“The eight adorning nāgas Release a giant breath of steam That terrifies all gods and nāgas. Wrathful ones are projected from his heart center And, like the winds at the end of an eon, cause them to disperse.

“With his hand, he strikes with the vajra; Like a bolt shot from a crossbow, it strikes down. Hūṃ hūṃ resounds like thunder; They are thoroughly suppressed by his voice.

“Act like that, and all will be accomplished; Karmic torment will come to an end. If one does not know Vajrapāṇi, Other accomplishments will be inferior.

“Whatever is accomplished hereby accomplishes all— In particular, the supreme and the common.”