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Authors: Jeffrey Hopkins
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Bless these into magnificence by reciting once:
O
ṃ
vimaladhaha h
ūṃ
.
Imagine Mount Meru with lotus and divine residence:
a
Tsong-kha-pa indicates (
Deity Yoga,
103-104) that it is easier for beginners to meditate on the deity in front first and then oneself as a deity, since meditation on a deity in front requires many activities whereas self-generation is aimed at developing
steady
concentration on oneself in divine form. Thus, the order of the first two of the branches could be reversed.
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and topaz anthers with silver lines surrounding the top at its center. From the lotus stalk hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, and millions of lotus latticeworks emerge. The syllable
bhr
ūṃ
,
standing upright in the middle of the lotus, transforms into an empty inestimable mansion. In the middle of the palace is another lotus, the deity’s seat.
With seal 19 bless the imagined residence into magnificence by reciting a hundred times:
Nama
ḥ
sarvatath
ā
gat
ā
n
āṃ
sarvath
ā
udgate sphara
ṇ
ahima
ṃ
gaganakha
ṃ
sv
ā
h
ā
.
Imagine a canopy over the divine residence:
Instantaneously, a canopy appears over the residence.
Inviting the deity
You have previously prepared an oblation; the substance of the ves-sel (gold, silver, stone, wood, and so forth) and the contents (barley and milk, sesame and yogurt, cow urine and rice, and so forth) are determined by the feat that you are seeking to receive from the deity after the meditations are completed. Infuse the oblation with incense, and bless it into a magnificent state by reciting the appropriate mantra seven times.
O
ṃ
namo mah
ā
-
ś
r
ī
y
ā
yai, sau me siddhi siddha s
ā
dhaya,
ś
ivi
ś
iva
ṃ
- kari, abhaha, sarva-artha-s
ā
dhani sv
ā
h
ā
.
Facing in front where a painting, or the like, of the deity is placed, bow down, saying the mantra:
O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata k
ā
ya-v
ā
k-citta-vajra-pra
ṇ
amena sarvatath
ā
ga-ta-vajra-p
ā
da-vandana
ṃ
karomi.
Then, kneeling, invite the deity through making the seal of invitation (seal 20), which is a beckoning gesture, saying:
Ā
rolik, ehyahi.
Assuming the same posture as Avalokiteshvara, that is, sitting, hold up the oblation at the level of your head, and offer it, saying:
O
ṃ
avalokite
ś
vara argha
ṃ
prat
ī
ccha sv
ā
h
ā
.
If the proper ingredients have not been obtained, beg the deity’s pardon:
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Then:
Offer a seat while reciting:
Displaying the pledge vajra seal (seal 24), recite once:
Ś
a
ṃ
kare samaye sv
ā
h
ā
.
Make seal 26, and say the essence-mantra for the lotus lineage:
Ā
rolik
.
Make the great pledge seal of the lotus lineage (seal 2) and revolve it to protect against obstructors. Dispel obstructors from the articles of offering, saying:
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and repeating into scented water:
Namo ratnatray
ā
ya, nama
ṣ
ca
ṇḍ
a-vajrap
āṇ
aye, mah
ā
yak
ṣ
asenapa- taye, namo vajrakrodh
ā
ya, tadyath
ā
o
ṃ
hulu hulu ti
ṣṭ
ha ti
ṣṭ
ha bandha bandha hana hana am
ṛ
te h
ūṃ
pha
ṭ
and sprinkle the flowers to clear away obstructors. Putting scented water in the left hand, repeat the mantra for the lotus lineage into the water and dispel obstructors with it:
Ā
rolik
.
With the seal of generating magnificence (seal 14), spread magnificence on top of the offerings and say the appropriate mantra for generating magnificence:
O
ṃ
divya divya dhipaya, ave
ś
a mah
āś
r
ī
yaye sv
ā
h
ā
.
(Lotus lineage) With the oblation seal (seal 28), offer oblation, saying:
O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata-avalokite
ś
vara-sapariv
ā
ra argha
ṃ
prat
ī
ccha sv
ā
h
ā
.
With the foot-bath seal (seal 29), offer a foot-bath, saying:
You have come blissfully, Supramundane Victor.
O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata-avalokite
ś
vara-sapariv
ā
ra pravarasatkara
ṃ
prat
ī
ccha sv
ā
h
ā
.
With the seal of washing the body (seal 30), imagine washing the deity’s body with great clouds of perfumed water which have risen from many precious gold vases and so forth filled with fragrant perfumes; say:
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