持〈古魯古里佛母心咒〉觀想法    林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體

弟子敬行以此題目請我作文開示,並望能由之申明一般持咒之觀法。

持咒(或佛號)時,可以不加觀想,只專心於咒(佛號)之持續上。但在開始時及結束時宜加法界四聖六凡,上顧下仰,之觀想。

持〈古魯古里佛母心咒〉,如自觀為佛母,即可依〈證契儀軌〉中之〈成就、轉咒〉二節所述修觀。

若平日持咒於行住坐臥之中,可觀佛母於面前上方虛空中,垂顧行者。或觀佛母與行者同一面向,而在行者頂上一肘高處。佛母身高為一肘。

若以佛母為本尊,在日常生活中不斷持其咒,也可加修觀心輪中之咒輪放紅光加持法界一切有情。至於轉咒輪,則僅於座上修之。

如上所述,行者極易推知如何應用於他尊之持咒觀法。


                     二〇〇八年十月六日
                     養和齋   於加州

附答

敬行:觀想古魯古里佛母與上師「無二無別」,是指與上師一體,對嗎?又有何作用?
師答:對。法界本來無限一體,故佛母與上師一體乃本來如此。提醒「無二無別」以冀能消除行者之分別心態,而得以早證此本來之一體。信佛母即上師,易得佛母之直接加被。信上師即佛母,易領上師之加持。


----- Original Message -----
From: Yutang Lin
To: Dharma Friends
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 2:58 AM
Subject: New Work

As requested by disciple Jing Xing below I had written a short article on Visualization of Kurukulla Mantra Practice.
應弟子敬行以下之提請,我己寫好一篇關於〈持古魯古里佛母心咒觀想法〉的短文。

One file attached.
一檔案附呈。

I will translate it into English soon.
我將很快的將之譯成英文。

May all beings attain Enlightenment soon!
願一切眾生早日成佛!

Yutang
鈺堂

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From: Yutang Lin
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:02 AM
To: 'jui khin yeo'
Subject: RE: 觀想

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From: jui khin yeo
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 3:34 AM
To: Guru Yutang Lin
Subject: 觀想

尊貴的上師,

問:『觀想古魯古里佛母如彩虹般安住行者前面上方虛空之中,與上師無二無別的。』此處之無二無別,即是指上師與佛母是一體,對嗎?而如此描述,是有何作用?
The appearance is Kurukulla but the essence is no different from Guru.
雖然表相是古魯古里佛母,然而其實質則與上師無別。

弟子恭請上師寫一篇〈持古魯古里佛母心咒觀想法〉包含持咒之始及結尾,俾使弟子眾及行者能了解持咒觀想法.同時此觀想法也可應用在其他持咒法門上.
I will do so later.
我一會兒就做。

謝謝!

法安


Visualization of Kurukulla Mantra Practice Yutang Lin

Disciple Jing Xing proposed the title of this article in Chinese and asked me to expound on the subject, with the hope that the explanation would also make it clear as to how to do visualization during recitation of mantras in general.

Repetition of a mantra, or a holy epithet, need not be accompanied by visualization. One need only concentrate on continuation of the repetition. However, at the very beginning and the end of the repetition practice it would be better to visualize that all holy beings and all those sentient beings in Samsara are also doing the practice together.

Repetition of Kurukulla's Heart Mantra as done by a practitioner visualizing oneself as Kurukulla can be performed according to the "Accomplishment" and "Spinning" sections in "Kurukulla Unification Sadhana." (They are quoted below for easy references.)

During recitation of Kurukulla Heart Mantra in daily activities, be it walking, standing, sitting or lying, one may visualize Kurukulla as one fore-arm length in height and staying in the space above and in front of one, watching over one with compassion, or as staying one fore-arm length above one's head, and facing in the same direction as one.

If Kurukulla had been adopted as one's Yidam, one would incessantly repeat the Heart Mantra in daily life, and in addition, one may visualize that the mantra wheel in the heart chakra continuously radiates red lights to bless all sentient beings. As to spinning of the mantra wheel, it is to be practiced only during a formal session of practice.

As expounded above, a practitioner could easily infer therefrom as to how to apply them to visualization of repetition of other Yidams' mantras.


Appendix

Disciple Jing Xing asked: Visualizing Kurukulla and Guru as "non-dual" means that Kurukulla and Guru are in oneness; is this correct? What would be the function of such view?

Guru Lin replied: Correct. The whole Dharmadhatu is originally in limitless oneness; therefore, Kurukulla and Guru are originally in oneness. Reminding that they are "non-dual" so as to diminish the differentiating mentality of the practitioner, and thereby help the practitioner to attain sooner the original oneness. Believing that Kurukulla is Guru, one could easily receive Kurukulla's blessing directly. Believing that Guru is Kurukulla, one could easily receive Guru's blessing.

October 6, 2008
El Cerrito, California

Quoted from Kurukulla Unification Sadhana:

7. Accomplishment
Visualize that, through the nectar blessing of Kurukulla, all sentient beings in the whole Dharmadhatu have returned to the original purity; they all transform and merge into a boundless sky-blue light. Kurukulla, having thus purified all sentient beings, also transforms and merges into this light of original purity. The whole Dharmadhatu becomes a limitless and indiscriminative Oneness.

In this vast expanse of blue brilliance, suddenly there appears a karma vajra. Above the karma vajra, there appears a magnificent Dharma seat supported by eight lions. Then above the seat there appears, one after the other and one above the other, a lotus, a moon cushion and a sun cushion. At the center of the sun cushion there appears a red seed word "Hrih" standing upright. Hrih transforms into Kurukulla with red brilliant rainbow body, appearing as a teenage maiden, who has one face, three eyes, four arms and complete with all adornments of a Sambhogakaya. Her red-orange hair streams upwards, she wears a crown of five skulls, a necklace of fifty freshly severed human heads. Her earrings, bracelets, necklaces, armlets, anklelets, etc. are ornaments of bone and jewels. Her first left hand holds a red upala flower bow and her first right hand holds an arrow, decorated with red upala flower, in shooting position and stretches the bow to its full. Her second right hand holds a red upala flower hook upwards, and her second left hand holds a rope of red upala flower downwards. She wears a tiger-skin skirt, standing in a dancing posture with the right leg drawn up and the left leg pressing on the heart area of the corpse of a female demon. She is completely surrounded by a circle of burning flames of wisdom fire, emitting great bright red lights. In the heart chakra of Kurukulla there is a lotus, above which is a moon cushion, and a sun cushion atop. Standing upright at the center of this sun cushion is a red seed word "Hrih," . Evenly distributed around and above the circumference of the sun cushion are the words constituting the Heart Mantra of Kurukulla. All words of this mantra wheel are red in color and are arranged clockwise in their regular order (as in the diagram below).

The Mantra Wheel of Kurukulla’s Heart Mantra

Weng Gu Lu Gu Li Ye Suo Ha

8. Spinning
Recite the Heart Mantra and simultaneously visualize that the mantra wheel in the heart chakra is spinning. The word Hrih at the center remains still. The mantra wheel spins counterclockwise (left spin) with ever increasing speed. After a long while of spinning, the mantra wheel gradually slows down until it comes to a complete stop.
As the mantra wheel spins, it simultaneously emits waves of red light spreading in all directions throughout the whole Dharmadhatu. With each wave of red light countless numbers of transformations of the Kurukulla are sent forth. These Kurukullas surf the waves of light to all corners of the Dharmadhatu in order to salvage all sorts of sentient beings.


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