INVOCATION
O God, Boundless Light of this Reality, O loving and fierce
celestial beings, angels and guides, O great spiritual teachers and
saints I acknowledge the oneness of the Infinite Potential.
RECOGNITION BY THE INFINITE, IMMORTAL SPIRIT OF THE PERFECT CLEAR
LIGHT OF THE INFINITE POTENTIAL IN THE POST PHYSICAL DEATH SPIRITUAL
REALITY
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! The time has come for
you to find your path in the reality of the spirit. Your physical
breath has stopped; the perfect clear light of the Infinite
Potential of the first phase of your transition into the spiritual
reality has begun to manifest. Your physical breath has stopped and
you begin to experience the spirit reality; barren and void like
space. Your immortal, infinite spiritual awareness begins to awaken,
clear and empty; perceiving no horizon or center. You must
immediately recognize this void as yourself. You must stay centered
within this experience.
Now the vision that begins to manifest in the void is the image of
mud which represents the earth merging into water. The image of
smoke which represents water merging into fire. The image of sparks
which represents fire merging into the wind. The image of a candle
flame which represents the wind merging into consciousness. The
image of a moonlit sky which represents consciousness merging into
luminance. The image of the sunlit sky which represents luminance
merging into radiance. The image of the night sky which represents
radiance merging into imminence. The image of the predawn twilight
sky which represents imminence merging into the perfect clear light.
Hey, immortal one, you who was called ______! Now that you have
passed through the doorway of "physical death" and transitioned into
the spiritual reality, you must now reorient yourself. Repeat to
yourself the following words.
"Wake up! I have transitioned from physical life through bodily
death to the point of spiritual awakening. From this point on, I
will awaken my spirit and my consciousness by contemplating the
Infinite Potential of the spirit. I must meditate on peace and
harmony and love and compassion. For the sake of all beings in all
realities, I must remain centered in the oneness of the Infinite
Potential. Now for the sake of all beings, I will acknowledge the
perfect clear light as the representation of the Infinite Potential.
Within this experience of Infinite oneness, I will attain the
supreme peace and harmony of the Infinite Potential and I will
accomplish the purpose of all beings. If I do not attain the supreme
peace and harmony, then, at the least, while I reside in the
spiritual reality, I will recognize that I am residing within the
spiritual reality.
I will moment to moment recognize and acknowledge the spiritual
reality as a manifestation of the Infinite Potential and I will
moment to moment stay centered on my path of life in the spiritual
reality and thereby accomplish my purposes in this reality by
manifesting whatever I need in order to remain centered in the
Infinite Potential.
Hey immortal one, you who was called _____! Listen to me! Right now
the perfect clear light of Infinite Potential manifests for you.
Recognize it! Acknowledge it! Incorporate it into your experience!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! This, your present
conscious natural clear void awareness, this presence in clear
voidness without any objectivity of substance, sign, or color - just
this is the reality, the Mother, Buddha All-around Goodness! And
this, your conscious awareness natural voidness, not succumbing to a
false annihilative voidness, just your own conscious awareness,
unceasing, bright, distinct, and vibrant - just this awareness is
the Father, Buddha All-around Goodness! Just this presence of the
indivisibility of your awareness' naturally insubstantial voidness
and the vibrant bright presence of your conscious awareness- just
this is the Buddha Body of Truth. Your awareness thus abides in this
vast mass of light of clarity-void oneness. You are free of birth or
death - just this is the Buddha Changeless Light. It is enough just
to recognize this. Recognizing this you own conscious awareness'
purity nature as the Buddha, yourself beholding you own awareness
-that is to dwell in the inner realization of all Buddhas.
Hey, immortal one, you who was called ____! Meditate on the Infinite
Potential! Do not be distracted! Focus your entire being on the
Infinite oneness! Meditate on manifesting the spiritual reality! Do
not meditate on it manifesting the material reality!
Center yourself within the Infinite Oneness!
THE LOVING DEITY REALITY BETWEEN
Hey, immortal one, you who was called ____! Listen resolutely with
intense concentration! There are seven kinds of between: 1) the
physcial birth point between, 2) the physical life consciousness
between, 3) the dream consciousness between, 4) the
contemplation-meditation between, 5) the physical death-point
consciousness between, 6) the spiritual reality between, 7) and the
spiritual existence consciousness between.
Hey, immortal one, you who was called ____! At the end of physical
life, the three spiritual betweens will dawn for you; 5) the
death-point consciousness between, 6) the spiritual reality
consciousness between, 7) and the spiritual existence consciousness
between.
In the death-point consciousness between, the reality clear light
manifested. But unfortunately, you did not recognize it, so you
arrived here. Now the spiritual reality consciousness between and
the existence consciousness between will manifest for you. As I
describe them, you must make every effort to recognize them without
fail.
Hey, immortal one, who was called _____! Now you have arrived at
what is called "physical death". You are transitioning from the
physical reality to the spiritual reality. You are not alone; it
happens to everyone. You must not indulge in attachment to or
insistence on your physical life. Though you are attached to it and
you insist, you have no power to stay. You will not avoid wandering
the life cycle. Do not lust! Do not cling! Be now mindful of the
Three Jewels!
Hey, immortal one, who was called ____! Whatever terrifying visions
of the spiritual reality consciousness between may dawn upon you,
you should not forget the following words. You must proceed
remembering in your mind the meaning of these words. Herein lies the
key to your peaceful orientation within the spiritual reality.
"Hey! Now when the spiritual reality consciousness between dawns
upon me, I will let go of the illusion of instinctive terror. I will
recognize all objects as my mind's own visions and understand this
as the pattern of perception in the spiritual between; Come to this
moment, arrived at this most critical cessation, I will not fear my
own visions of the loving and fierce deities!"
Hey, immortal one, you who was called ______! You should proceed
clearly repeating these words aloud in your mind and remembering
their meaning. This is very important! It is the key to recognizing
whatever terrifying visions dawn as being a manifestation of your
own mind.
Hey, immortal one you who was called _____! At this time when your
spirit and body have parted ways, pure reality manifests in subtle,
dazzling visions, vividly experienced, naturally frightening and
worrisome, shimmering like a mirage on the desert. Do not fear them!
Do not be terrified! Do not panic! You now have what is call an
"instinctual spiritual body," not a material, flesh and blood body.
Thus whatever sounds, lights, and rays may come at you, they cannot
harm you. You cannot die. It is enough for you to recognize these
experiences as a manifestation of your own mind. Remember your are
now in the spiritual between.
Hey, immortal one, you who was called ____! If you do not recognize
these visions as a manifestation of your own mind in this way -
whatever other meditations and achievements you may have experienced
in the human world, if you did not meet this particular instruction
- the lights will frighten you, the sounds will panic you, the rays
will terrify you. If you do not know the key of this instruction,
you will not recognize the sounds, lights, and rays and you will
become confused in the cycle of life between the physical and
spiritual realities. This is why I am reading this information to
you. To help you find your way in the spiritual between reality.
THE FIRST PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Having been without
your physcial body for a time, you are now proceeding. You have
awakened in the confusion of anxiety with the worry asking yourself,
"What is happening to me?" Recognize that you are in the spiritual
between! Now, your life cycle is transcending and all things
manifest as lights and deities. All space manifests full of blue
light. Now, from the central Buddha-land, All-pervading Drop, the
Lord Vairochana appears before you, white bodied, sitting on a lion
throne, holding in his hand an eight-spoked wheel, united with his
consort Akasha Dhatvishvari. The natural purity of the consciousness
mosaic, the blue light of the Reality Perfection wisdom, a clear and
vivid color blue, frighteningly intense, shines piercingly from the
heart center of the Vairochana couple, dazzling yours eyes
unbearably.
Simultaneously the soft white light of the gods shines upon you and
penetrates you along with the bright blue light. Confused in the
manifestation of the spiritual reality, you panic and are terrified
of that bright blue light of Reality Perfection wisdom and you
attempt to flee from it. You tend to feel an attraction to the soft
white light of the gods, and you approach it.
Listen! You must not panic at the blue light; the clear, piercing,
brilliant, frightening supreme wisdom clear light! Do not fear it!
It is the light ray of the Transcendent Lord, the Reality Perfection
wisdom, the oneness of th Infinite Potential. Feel attracted to it
with faith and reverence! Make it answer to your prayer, thinking,
"It is the light ray of compassion of Lord Vairochana - I must take
refuge in it!" It is the way Lord Vairochana comes to escort you
through the straits of the spiritual between. It is the light ray of
the compassion of Vairochana. Do not be enticed by the soft white
light of the gods. Do not be attached to it! Do not long for it! If
you cling to it, you will wander into the realm of the gods, and you
will continue to cycle through the seven realms of driven existence
in the life cycle. It is an obstacle to merging into the Infinite
oneness, the path of peace and harmony, so do not look upon it.
Become devoted to the brilliant penetrating blue light, aim your
intense willpower toward Vairochana, and repeat after me the
following prayer:
"When I roam the life cycle driven by confusion in the
manifestations of the Infinite, May the Lord Vairochana lead me on
the path of clear light of reality-perfection wisdom! May his
Consort Buddha Dhatvishvari back me on the way, deliver me from the
perilous straits of the between, and carry me to the perfect
Buddhahood!"
Thus praying with fierce devotion, you dissolve into rainbow light
into the heart of the Vairochana couple. There you will enter the
central pure land Ghanavyuha, Dense Array, and become a Buddha by
way of the Body of Perfect Beatitude!
THE SECOND PERIOD
Hey, immortal one you who was called _____! Listen without wavering!
In this second period, the white light that is the purity of the
element water dawns before you. At this time, from the blue eastern
pure land of Abhirati, Intense Delight, the blue Lord Vajrasattva
Akshobhya arises before you seated on an elephant, carrying a
five-pronged vajra scepter, in union with his consort Buddhalochana,
attended by the male Bodhisattvas Kshitigarblh and Maitreya and the
female Bodhisattvas Lasya and Pushpa - a group of six Archetype
Deities. The white light of Mirror wisdom, purity of the form
mosaic, white and piercing, bright and clear, shines from the heart
of the Vajrasattva couple before you, penetrating, unbearable to you
eyes.
At the same time the soft smokey light of the hells shines before
you along with the wisdom light. At that time, under the influence
of hate you panic, terrified by that brilliant white light, and you
attempt to flee from it. You feel a liking for that soft smokey
light of the hells and you approach it. But now you must fearlessly
recognize that brilliant white, piercing, dazzling clear light as
wisdom. Be gladdened by it with faith and reverence! Pray, and
increase your love for it, thinking, "It is the light of the
compassion of Lord Vajrasattva! I take refuge in it!"
It is Lord Vajrasattva's shining upon you to escort you through the
terrors of the between. It is the guiding beam of the light of
compassion of Vajrasattva - have faith in it! Do not be enticed by
that soft smoky light of hell! Hey! That is the path of destruction
from the confusion you have accumulated by your strong hatred! If
you cling to it, you will fall into the hells; you will be stuck in
the mire of unbearable ordeals of suffering, without any escape. It
is an obstacle to the path of peace and harmony. Do not look upon it
and abandon all hate! Do not cling to it! Do not long for it! Have
faith in that dazzling bright white light! Aim your intense
willpower toward Lord Vajrasattva and make the following prayer:
"Alas! When I roam the life cycle by strong hate, may the Lord
Vajrasattva lead me on the path of clear light of the mirror wisdom!
May his consort Buddhalochana back me on the way, deliver me from
the dangerous straits of the spiritual between, and carry me to
perfect Buddhahood!"
By praying in this way with intense faith, you will dissolve into
rainbow light in the heart of Lord Vajrasattva, and you will go to
his eastern pure land Abhirate and attain Buddhahood in the Body of
Perfect Beatitude.
THE THIRD PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, who was called _____! Listen without wavering! In
this third period, the yellow light that is the purity of the
element of earth manifests. At this time, from the yellow southern
Buddha-land of Shrimat, the yellow Lord Ratnasambhava appears seated
on a fine horse, carrying a precious wish-granting gem, in union
with his consort Mamaki, attended by the male Bodhisattvas
Akashagarbha and Samantabhadra and the female Bodisattvas Mala and
Dhupa - a group of six Buddha deities in a background of rainbows,
rays and lights. The yellow light of the Equalizing wisdom, the
purity of the sensation mosaic, yellow and piercing, dazzling and
clear, adorned with glistening drops of droplets, shines from the
heart of the Ratnasambhava couple before you, penetrating your heart
center, unbearable to behold with your eyes.
At the same time, the soft blue light of the human realm shines
before you, penetrating your heart in parallel with the wisdom
light. At that time, under the influence of pride, you panic and are
terrified by that brilliant, energetic yellow light, and you flee
it. You feel a liking for that soft blue light of the human realms
and you approach it. But you must fearlessly recognize that
brilliant yellow, piercing, dazzling clear light as wisdom. Upon it
place your mind, relaxing you awareness in the experience of nothing
more to do. Or again be gladdened by it with faith and reverence! If
you can recognize it as the natural energy of your own awareness,
without even having to feel faith or make prayers, you will dissolve
indivisibly with all the images and light rays and you will become a
Buddha.
If you do not recognize it as the natural energy of your own
awareness, then pray and increase your love for it, thinking, " It
is the light ray of the compassion of Lord Ratnasambhave! I take
refuge in it!" It is the tractor-beam of the light rays of
compassion of Lord Ratnasambhave - have faith in it! Do not be
enticed by that soft blue light of the human realms - that is the
path of confusion in the transgressions you have accumulated by your
fierce pride! If you cling to it, you will fall into the human
realms; you will experience the suffering of birth, sickness, old
age, and death, and you will find no time from liberation for the
life cycle.
The soft blue light is an obstacle blocking the path of liberation.
Do not look upon it, and abandon all pride! Abandon all instinct! Do
not cling to it! Do not long for it! Have faith in that dazzling
bright yellow light! Aim your one-pointed willpower toward the Lord
Ratnasambhava and make the following prayer:
" Hey! When I roam the life cycle driven by strong pride, may the
Lord Tarnasambhava lead me on the path of the clear light of the
equalizing wisdom! May his consort Buddha Mamaki back me on the way,
deliver me from the dangerous straits of the spiritual between, and
carry me to perfect Buddhahood!
By praying in this way with intense faith, you will dissolve into
rainbow light in the heart of the Lord Ratnasambhava couple and you
will go to the southern pure land Shrimat and attain Buddhahood in
the Body of Perfect Beatitude.
THE FOURTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one you who was called _____! Listen without wavering!
In this fourth period, the red light that is the purity of the
element of fire dawns. At this time, from the red western world of
Sukhavate, the red Lord Amitabha appears before you seated on a
peacock throne, carrying a lotus, in union with his consort
Pandaravasini, attended by the male Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and
Manjushri and the female Bodhisattvas Gita and Aloka - a group of
six Buddha deities in a background of rainbows and lights.
the red light of the Discriminating wisdom, purity of the conceptual
mosaic, red and piercing, dazzling and clear, adorned with drops and
droplets, shines from the heart of the Amitabha couple, precisely
penetrating your heart center, unbearable to see with you eyes. Do
not fear it!
At the same time a soft yellow light of the hungry ghosts realm
shines before you, penetrating your heart in parallel with the
wisdom light. Do not indulge in it! Abandon clinging and longing! At
that time, under the influence of the fierce passion, you panic and
are terrified by that brilliant, energetic red light, and you want
to flee it. You feel a liking for that soft yellow light on the
hungry ghosts realms and you approach it.
But at that time you must fearlessly recognize that brilliant red,
piercing, dazzling clear light as wisdom. Upon it place you mind,
relaxing your awareness in the experience of nothing more to do. Or
again be gladdened by it with faith and reverence! If you can
recognize it as the natural energy of your own awareness, without
feeling faith, without making prayers, you will merge indivisibly
with all the images and light rays and you will become a Buddha.
If you do not recognize it as the natural energy of your own
awareness, then pray and hold your aspiration for it, thinking, "It
is the light ray of the compassion of the Lord Amitabha! I take
refuge in it!" It is the tractor-beam of the light rays of the
compassion of Lord Ambitabha - have faith in it! Do not flee it! If
you flee it, it still will not leave you! Do not fear it! Do not be
enticed by that soft yellow light of the hungry ghosts realms! It is
the path of the instincts of the transgressions you have accumulated
by your fierce attachment! If you cling to it, you will fall into
the hungry ghosts realms; you will experience the intolerable
suffering of hunger and thirst, and it will be an obstacle blocking
the path of peace and harmony. Without clinging to it, abandon your
instinct for it! Do not long for it! Have faith in the dazzling
bright red light Aim your one-pointed will toward the Lord Amitabha
couple and make the following prayer:
"When I roam the life cycle driven by strong passion, may the Lord
Amitabha lead me on the path of the clear light of the
discrimination wisdom! May his consort Buddha Pandaravasini back me
on the way and deliver me from the dangerous straits of the
spiritual between and carry me to perfect Buddhahood!
By praying in this way with intense faith, you will dissolve into
rainbow light in the heart of the Lord Amitabha couple and you will
go to the western pure land Sukhavati and attain Buddhahood in the
body of Perfect Beatitude.
THE FIFTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Listen without
wavering! In this fifth period, the green light that is the purity
of the element of wind dawns. At this time, from the green northern
Buddha-land of Prakuta, the green Lord Amoghasiddhi appears seated
on an eagle throne, carrying a vajra cross, in union with his
consort Samayatara, attended by the male Bodhisattvas Vajrapani and
Sarvanivaranaviskambhin and the female Bodhisattvas Gandha and
Nartya - a group of six Buddha Deities in a background of rainbows
and lights. The green light of the All-accomplishing wisdom, purity
of the creation mosaic, green, piercing, dazzling and clear, adorned
with glistening drops and droplets, shines from the heart of the
Amoghasiddhi couple, precisely penetrating your heart center,
unbearable to see with your eyes.
Not fearing it, knowing it as the natural force of the wisdom of
your own awareness, enter the experience of the great, unoccupied
equanimity, free of attraction to the familiar and aversion to the
alien!
At the same time a soft, envy-made red light of the titan realm
shines upon you together with the wisdom light ray. Meditate upon it
with attraction and aversion in balance. If you are of inferior
mind, do not indulge in it! At that time, under the influence of
fierce jealousy, you panic and are terrified by that brilliant,
piercing green light, and you flee it in alarm. You enjoy and are
attached to that soft red light of the titan realm and you approach
it. But at that time you must fearlessly recognize that brilliant
green, piercing, dazzling clear light as wisdom. Upon it relax your
awareness in the experience of transcendence with nothing to do. Or
again pray and increase your love for it, thinking, "It is the light
ray of the compassion of Lord Amoghasiddhi! I take refuge in it!" It
is the All-accomplishing wisdom, the light ray of the tractor-beam
of the compassion of Lord Amoghasiddhi - have faith in it! Do not
flee it! If you flee it, it still will not leave you! Do not fear
it!
Do not be enticed by that soft red light of the titan realms! It is
the path of destruction from the negative evolutionary actions you
have committed through your powerful jealously! If you cling to it,
you will fall into the titan realms; you will experience the
intolerable suffering of interminable fighting, and it will be an
obstacle blocking the path of liberation. Without clinging to it,
abandon your instinct for it! Do not long for it! Have faith in that
dazzling bright green light! Aim your one-pointed willpower toward
the Lord Amoghasiddhi couple and make the following prayer:
"Hey! When I roam the life cycle driven by strong envy, may the Lord
Amoghasiddhi lead me on the path of the clear light of the
all-encompassing wisdom! May his consort Buddha Samayatara back me
on the way, deliver me from the dangerous straits of the spiritual
between, and carry me to perfect Buddhahood!
By praying in this way with intense faith, you will dissolve into
rainbow light in the heart of Lord Amoghasiddhi couple and you will
go to the northern pure land Prakuta and attain Buddhahood in the
Body of Perfect Beatitude!
THE SIXTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Listen without
wavering! Up until yesterday, the visions of the five Buddha-clans
appeared to you one by one. Though they were clearly described,
under the influence of negative evolution you were panicked, and
still up to now are left behind here. If you had already recognized
the natural shining of one of the wisdoms of the five clans as your
own vision, it would have caused you to dissolve into rainbow light
in the body of one of the five Buddha clans and to attain Buddhahood
in the Body of Beatitude. As it is, you did not recognize the light
and you are still wandering here. Now, behold without distraction!
Now the vision of all the five clans and the vision of the joining
of the four wisdoms have come to escort you in their direction.
Recognize them!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! The purity of the four
elements is dawning as the four lights. In the center the Vairochana
Buddha couple as described above appears from the pure land
All-pervading Drop. In the east the Vajrasattva Buddha couple with
retinue appears from the pure land Abhirati. In the south the
Ratnasambhava Buddha couple with retinue as described above appears
from the pure land Shrimat. In the west the Amitabha Buddha couple
with retinue as described above appears from the lotus-heaped pure
land Sukhavate. In the north the Amoghasiddhi Buddha couple with
retinue as described above appears from the pure land Prakuta, in a
rainbow light background.
Hey, immortal one you who was called _____! Outside of those five
Buddha-clan couples appear the fierce male door guardians Vijaya,
Yamantaka, Hayagriva, and Amertakundali; the fierce female door
guardians Amkusha, Pasha, Sphota, and Ghanta; and the six Lord
Buddhas: Indra Shatakratu, the Buddha of the gods; Vemachitra, the
Buddha of the titans; Shakyamuni, the Buddha of the humans: Simham
the Buddha of the animals; Jvalamukha, the Buddha of the hungry
ghostss; and Dharmaraja, the Buddha of the hells. Also appearing is
the All-around-goodness Samantabhadra Father-Mother, the general
ancestor of all Buddhas. Altogether the host of the forty-two
deities of the Beatific Body emerges from you own heart center and
appears to you. Recognize it as you own pure vision!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Those pure lands are
not anywhere else - they abide in your own heart within its center
and four directions. They now emerge from out of your heart and
appear to you! Those images do not come from anywhere else! They are
primordially created as the natural manifestation of your own
awareness - so you should know how to recognize them!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Those deities, not
great, not small, symmetrical, each with ornamentation, color,
posture, throne, and gesture: those deities each pervaded by five
mantras, each of the five circled by a five colored rainbow aura;
with male Bodhisattvas of each clan upholding the male part and
female Bodhisattvas of each clan upholding the female part, with all
the mandalas arising simultaneously whole - they are your Archetype
Deities, so you should recognize them!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called ____! From the heart of those
five Buddha-clan couples, four combined wisdom light rays dawn in
your heart center, each extremely subtle and clear, like sun rays
woven together in a rope.
Now first, from Vairochana's heart center, a cloth of the
frightening brilliant white light rays of the reality-perfection
wisdom dawns connecting to your heart center. Within that light-ray
cloth, white drops glisten with their rays, like mirrors facing
toward you, very clear, brilliant, and awesomely penetrating, with
each drop itself naturally adorned with five other drops. Thus that
light-ray cloth is adorned with drops and droplets without limit or
center.
From the heart of Vajrasattva, the mirror wisdom, a cloth of blue
light rays shines brilliantly upon you connecting to your heart
center, on which shining blue drops like turquoise bowls facing down
toward you, adorned by other drops and droplets, all shine upon you.
From the heart of Ratnasambhave, a cloth of the equalizing wisdom
yellow light rays shines brilliantly upon you, on which golden drops
like golden bowls adorned by other golden drops and droplets face
down and dawn upon you.
From the heart center of Amitabha, the discriminating wisdom red
light cloth shines brilliantly upon you, on which radiant red drops
like coral bowls facing down to you, endowed with the deep luster of
wisdom, very bright and penetrating, each adorned by five natural
red drops - all these shine upon you adorned by drops and droplets
without center or limit. These also shine upon you connecting to
your heart center.
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! These all arise from
the natural exercise of your own awareness. They do not come from
anywhere else! So do not be attached to them! Do not be terrified of
them! Relax in the experience of nonconceptualization. Within that
experience all the deities and light rays will dissolve into you and
you will become a Buddha!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Since the exercise of
the wisdom of your awareness is not perfected, the all-encompassing
wisdom's green light does not shine.
Hey, immortal one you who was called _____! These are the visions of
the four wisdoms in combination, the inner passageway of
Vajrasattva. At that time, you should remember the orientation
previously given by your spiritual teacher! If you remember that
orientation, you will trust those visions, you will recognize
reality like a child meeting its mother, or like the greeting of a
long familiar person; and you will cease all reifying notions.
Recognizing your visions as your own creations, you will trust your
being held on the changeless path of pure reality, and you will
achieve the samadhi of continuity. Your awareness will dissolve into
the body of great effortlessness, and you will become a Buddha in
the Beatific Body.
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Along with the wisdom
lights, there also arise impure, misleading visions of the six
species; namely, the soft white light of the gods, the soft red
light of the titans, the soft blue light of the humans, the soft
green light of the animals, the soft yellow light of the hungry
ghostss, and the soft smoky light of the hells. These six arise
entwined in parallel with the pure wisdom lights. Therefore, do not
seize or cling to any of those lights. Relax in the experience of
nonperception! If you fear the wisdom lights and cling to the impure
six-species life-cycle lights, you will assume a body of a being of
the six species. You will not reach the time of liberation from the
great ocean of suffering of the life cycle. You will experience only
trouble.
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! If you lack the
orientation given in the instruction of the spiritual teacher, and
you fear and are terrified by the above images and pure wisdom
lights, you will come to cling to the impure life-cycle lights. Do
not do so! Have faith in those dazzling, piercing pure wisdom
lights! Trust in them, thinking, "These light rays of the wisdom of
the compassion of the Blissful Lords of the five clans have come to
me to hold me with compassion - I must take refuge in them!" Not
clinging, not longing for the misleading lights of the six species,
aim your will one-pointedly toward the five Buddha-clan couples, and
make the following prayer:
"Hey! When I roam the life cycle driven by the five strong passions,
may the Lord Victors of the five clans lead me on the path of the
clear light of the four wisdoms in combination! May the supreme five
Consort Buddhas back me on the way, and deliver me from the impure
lights of the six realms! Delivering me from the dangerous straits
of the between, may they carry me to the five supreme pure lands!
THE SEVENTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! You continue to wander
in the between! Listen without wavering! In the seventh period, a
five-colored, rainbow light will dawn to purify your instincts by
immersion into reality. At that time, from the pure land of the
angels, the Scientist Deity host will come to escort you. In the
center of a mandala wreathed in rainbows and lights, the unexcelled
Scientist of evolutionary development, Padmanarteshvara, will arise,
his body lustrous with the five colors, his consort the Red Angel
wound round his body, performing the dance of chopper and
blood-filled skull bowl, striking the gazing posture toward the sky.
From the east of that mandala the Stage-contemplating Scientist will
arise, white, his expression smiling, his consort the White Angel
wound round his body, performing the chopper and skull-bowl dance
and the gesture of gazing into space. From the south of that mandala
the Lifespan-master Scientist will arise, yellow with beautiful
signs, his consort the Yellow Angel wound round his body, performing
the chopper and skull-bowl dance and the gesture of gazing into
space. From the west of that mandala the Great Seal Scientist will
arise, red with a smiling expression, his consort the Red Angel
wound round his body, performing the chopper and skull-bowl dance
and the gesture of gazing into space. From the north of that mandala
the Effortlessness Scientist will arise, green and smiling fiercely,
his consort the Green Angel wound round his body, performing the
chopper and skull-bowl dance and the gesture of gazing into space.
Positioned outside of those scientists, the infinite Angelic host
arises in order to escort the vow-holding devotee, and to punish the
breakers of vows; they are the eight death-ground Angels, the four
classes of Angels, the three holy place Angels, the ten holy place
Angels, the twenty-four holy land Angels, and the Heroes, the
Heroines, and the warrior deities, along with all their defenders,
the Dharma-protectors. All wear the six human bone ornaments, carry
drums, thigh-bones trumpets, skull drums, human skin victory
standards, human skin parasols and pennants, singed flesh incense,
and play infinite different kinds of music. They fill the entire
universe, rocking, dancing, and shaking, all their musical sounds
vibrating as if to split your head open and performing various
dances.
Hey, immortal one, who was called ____! Spontaneously purifying
instincts in reality, the five-colored wisdom light striped like
colored threads wound together dazzles, shimmers, and shines
steadily, clear and brilliant, startlingly piercing; from the hearts
of the five Scientist Lords it blinds your eyes and penetrates your
heart center. At the same time the soft green light of the animal
realm dawns together with the wisdom light. At that time, under the
influence of your instincts, you fear the five-colored light and
flee from it, enticed by the soft green light of the animal realm.
Therefore, do not be afraid of that energetic, piercing,
five-colored light! Do not be terrified! Recognize it as wisdom!
From within the light comes the thousand rolling thunders of the
natural sound of teaching. The sound is fierce, reverberating,
rumbling, stirring, like fierce mantras of intense sound. Do not
fear it! Do not flee it! Do not be terrified of it! Recognize it as
the exercise of your own awareness; your own perception. Do not be
attached to that soft green light of the animal realms. Do not long
for it! If you cling to it, you will fall into the
delusion-dominated realm of the animals and you will suffer infinite
miseries of stupefaction, dumbness, and slavery, without any time of
escape. So do not cling to it! Have faith in that penetrating,
bright, five-colored light! Aim you will one-pointedly toward the
Lord Scientist Master Deity host! Aim your will with the thought:
"This Scientist Deity host with its Heroes and Angels has come to
escort me to the pure angelic heaven! O, you must know how beings
such as me have accumulated no stores of merit and wisdom. We have
not been taken up by the grip of the light rays of compassion of
such a five-clan Deity host of the Blissful Buddhas of the three
times. Alas! Such am I! Now, you the Scientist Deity host, from now
on do not neglect me no matter what! Hold me with the tractor-beam
of your compassion! Right now draw me to the pure heaven of the
Buddha Angels!
Then you should make the following prayer:
"May the Scientist Deity host look upon me! Please lead me on the
path with your great love! When I roam the life cycle driven by
strong instincts, may the Hero Scientists lead me on the path of the
clear light of orgasmic wisdom! May their consort Angel host back me
on my way, deliver me from the dangerous straits of the between, and
carry me to perfect Buddhahood!"
When you make this prayer with intense faith, you will dissolve into
rainbow light at the heart center of the Scientist Deity host and
without a doubt will be reborn in the perfect Angel heaven realm.
THE EIGHTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one who was called _____! If you can hear me, it is
because you continue to wander in the spiritual between! Listen
without wavering! The peaceful between already dawned, but you did
not recognize the light. So now you still must wander here. Now in
this eighth period, the Heruka Fierce Deity host will arise. Do not
waver! Recognize them!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! The great, glorious
Buddha Heruka appears, wine maroon in color, with three faces, six
arms, and four legs stretched out, his front face maroon, his right
face white, his left face red, his entire body blazing with light
rays. His eyes glare, fiercely terrifying, his eyebrows flash like
lightning, his fangs gleam like new copper. He roars with laughter,
"A la la," and "Ha ha ha," and he makes loud hissing noises like
"shu-uu."
His bright orange hair blazes upward, adorned with skull crown and
sun and moon discs. His body is adorned with black snakes and a
freshly severed head garland. His first right hand holds a wheel,
the middle an ax, and the third a sword; his first left hand holds a
bell, the middle a plowshare, and the third a skull bowl.
His consort Buddha Krodhishvari enfolds his body, her right arm
embracing his neck, her left hand offering him sips of blood from
her skull bowl. She clucks her tongue menacingly and roars like
thunder.
Both are ablaze with wisdom flames, shooting out from their blazing
vajra hairs. They stand in the warrior's posture on a throne
supported by garudas. Thus they arise manifestly before you, having
emerged from within your own brain! Do not fear them! Do not be
terrified! Do not hate them! Recognize them as an image of your own
awareness! He is your own Archetype Deity, so do not panic! In fact,
they are really Lord Vairochana Father and Mother, so do not be
afraid! The very moment you recognize them, you will be liberated!
THE NINTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Listen without
wavering! You continue to wander in the spiritual between! Now in
the ninth period the Lord Vajra Heruka of the Vajra-clan will arise
before you, emerging from within your brain. He is dark blue, with
three faces, six arms, and four legs stretched out. His front face
is dark blue, his right face is white, his left face is red. His
first right hand holds a vajra, the middle a skull bowl, and the
third and ax; his first left hand hold a bell, the middle a skull
bowl, and the third a plowshare.
His consort Buddha Vajra Krodhishvari enfolds his body, her right
arm embracing his neck, her left hand offering him sips of blood
from her skull bowl.
Thus they manifest before you, having emerged from within your own
brain! Do not fear them! Do not be terrified! Do not hate them!
Recognize them as an image of your own awareness! They are your own
Archetype Deity, so do not panic! In fact, they are really Lord
Vajrasattva Father and Mother, so have faith in them! The very
moment you recognize them, you will be liberated!
THE TENTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! You continue to wander
in the spiritual between! Listen without wavering! Now in the tenth
period the Jewel-clan Heruka, Lord Ratna Heruka, will manifest to
you, emerging from within your mind. He is dark yellow, with three
faces, six arms, and four legs stretched out, his front face dark
yellow, his right face white, his left face red. His first right
hand holds a jewel, the middle a khatvanga staff, and the third a
club; his first left hand holds a bell, the middle a skull bowl, and
the third a trident.
His consort Buddha Ratna Krodhishvari enfolds his body, her right
arm embracing his neck, her left hand offering him sips of blood
from her skull bowl.
Thus they arise manifestly before your eyes, having emerged from
within the southern part of your own brain! Do not fear them! Do not
be terrified! Do not hate them! Recognize them as an image of your
own awareness! They are you own Archetype Deity, so do not panic! In
fact, they are really Lord Tatnasambhava Father and Mother, so have
faith in them! The very moment you recognize them, you will be
liberated!
THE ELEVENTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! You continue to wander
in the spiritual between! Listen without wavering! Now in the
eleventh period, the Lotus-clan Heruka, Lora Padma Heruka, will
manifest before you, emerging from within your mind. He is dark red,
with three faces, six arms, and four legs stretched out, his front
face dark red, his right face white, his left face blue. His first
right hand holds a lotus, the middle a khatvanga staff, and the
third a rod; his first left hand holds a bell, the middle a skull
bowl filled with blood, and the third a small drum.
His Consort Buddha Padma Krodhishvari enfolds his body, her right
arm embracing his neck, her left hand offering him sips of blood
from her skull bowl.
Thus they manifest before you, standing in sexual union, having
emerged from within your own brain! Do not fear them! Do not be
terrified! Do not hate them! Feel delight! Recognize them as an
image of your own awareness! They are your own Archetype Deity, so
do not panic! In fact, they are really Lord Amitabha Father and
Mother, so have faith in them! The very moment you recognize them,
you will be liberated!
THE TWELFTH PERIOD
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! You continue to wander
in the spiritual between! Listen without wavering! Now in the
twelfth period, the Lord Karma Heruka of the Karma-clan will
manifest before you, emerging from within your brain. He is dark
green, with three faces, six arms, and four legs stretched out, his
front face dark green, his right face white, his left face red. His
first right hand holds a sword, the middle a khatvanga staff, and
the third a rod; his first left hand holds a bell, the middle a
skull bowl, and the third a plowshare.
His Consort Buddha Karma Krodhishvari enfolds his body, her right
arm embracing his neck, her left hand offering him sips of blood
from her skull bowl.
Thus they manifest before you, standing in sexual embrace, having
emerged from the north of your own brain! Do not fear them! Do not
be terrified! Do not hate them! Recognize them as an image of your
own awareness! They are your own Archetype Deity, so do not panic!
In fact, they are really Lord Amoghasiddhi Father and Mother, so
have faith in them, feel deep reverence for them! The very moment
you recognize them, you will be liberated!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! You continue to wander
in the between! Listen without wavering! The eight Gauri goddesses
will emerge from within your brain and appear to you! Do not fear
them! From the east of your brain appears to your east a white
Gauri, her right hand holding a corpse as a club and her left hand
holding a blood-filled skull bowl. Do not fear her! From the south,
a yellow Chauri, aiming a bow and arrow; from the west, a red
Pramoha, holding a crocodile victory standard; from the north, a
black Vetali, holding a vajra and a blood-filled skull bowl; from
the southeast, an orange Pukkasi, her right hand holding intestines,
her left feeding them into her mouth; from the southwest, a dark
green Ghasmari, her left hand holding a blood-filled skull bowl and
her right hand holding a vajra, with which she stirs the blood and
feeds it into her mouth; from the northwest, a pale yellow Chandali
holding a body and head across her shoulders, her right hand holding
a heart and her left hand feeding herself with the corpse; from the
northeast, a dark blue Shmashani, feeding on a headless body; all
these eight holy-ground Gauri goddesses emerge from within your
brain and appear to you surrounding the five Herukas! Do not fear
them!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Listen without
wavering! After that, the eight Pishachi ghouls of the holy lands
will appear to you! From the east a dark maroon, lion-headed
Simhasya, crossing her arms over her chest, holding a corpse in her
mouth, and tossing her mane; from the south, a red, tiger-headed
Vyaghrasya, crossing her arms downward, staring hypnotically and
gnashing her fangs; from the west, a black, jackal-headed
Shrgalasya, with a razor in her right hand, holding and feeding on
intestines in her left hand; from the north, a dark blue,
wolf-headed Shvanasya, lifting a corpse up to her mouth with her two
hands and staring hypnotically; from the southeast, a light yellow,
vulture-headed Grdhrasya, carrying a corpse over her shoulder and
holding a skeleton in her hand; from the southwest, a dark red,
hawk-headed Kankhasya, carrying a corpse over her shoulders; from
the northwest, a black, crow-headed Kakasya, with a sword in her
right hand, eating lungs and hearts; from the northeast, a dark
blue, owl-headed Ulukasya, eating flesh and holding a vajra in her
right hand and a sword in her left hand; all these holy-land
Pishachi ghouls emerge from within your brain and appear to you
surrounding the five Herukas! Do not fear them! Recognize whatever
arises as the creativity of your own visionary awareness!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Listen without
wavering! The four Door-guardian goddesses will emerge from your own
brain and appear to you, so recognize them! From the east of your
brain, a white, horse-headed Ankusha, with an iron hook in her right
hand, and a blood-filled skull bowl in her left hand, will appear to
your east. From the south, a yellow, pig-headed Pasha holding a
noose; from the west, a red lion-headed Shernkhala, holding an iron
chain; from the north, a green, serpent-headed Ghanta holding a
bell; these four Door-guardian goddesses will emerge from your brain
and appear to you! Recognize them as being your own Archetype
Deities!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! Outside of these thirty
fierce Heruka deities, the twenty-eight Ishvari goddesses with their
various heads and their various implements will emerge from within
your brain and appear to you. Do not fear them, but recognize them
as the creativity of your own visionary awareness! At this time when
you have arrived at the crucial moment of cessation, remember the
instructions of your spiritual teacher!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! From the east, the dark
maroon, yak-headed Rakshasi holding a vajra; the orange,
serpent-headed Brahmi holding a lotus; the dark green,
leopard-headed Maheshvari holding a trident; the blue,
mongoose-headed Lobha holding a wheel; the red, mule-headed Kumari
holding a javelin; the white, bear-headed Indrani holding an
intestine-noose; these six eastern Yoginis emerge from your own
brain and appear before you! Do not fear them!
From the west, the dark green, vulture-headed Bhakshasi holding a
club; the red, horse-headed Rati holding a human torso; the white,
garuda-headed Mahabali holding a club; the red, dog-headed Rakshasi
holding a vajra razor; the red, hoopoe-headed Kama aiming a bow and
arrow; the red-green, deer-headed Vasuraksha holding a vase; these
six western Yoginis emerge from within your brain and appear before
you! Do not fear them!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! From the north, the
blue, wolf-headed Vayavi holding a banner; the red, ibex-headed
Narini holding an impaling stake; the black, boar-headed Varahi
holding a tusk-noose; the red, crow-headed Rati holding a child's
skin; the green-black, elephant-headed Mahanasi holding a fresh
corpse and drinking blood from a skull bowl; the blue,
serpent-headed Varuni holding a serpent-noose; these six northern
Yoginis will emerge from within your brain and appear before you! Do
not fear them!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! The four outer
Door-guardian Yoginis will emerge from within your brain and appear
before you! From the east, the white, cuckoo-headed Vajra holding an
iron hook; from the south, the yellow, goat-headed Vajra holding a
noose; from the west, the red, lion-headed Vajra holding and iron
chain; from the north, the green-black, serpent-headed Vajra holding
a bell; these four Door Yoginis will emerge from within your brain
and appear before you! All these twenty-eight goddesses arise
naturally from the creativity of the self-originating bodies of the
fierce Herukas- so you should recognize them as Buddha-wisdom!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! The Truth Body arises
from the voidness side as the peaceful deities! Recognize it! The
Beatific Body arises from the clarity side as the fierce deities!
Recognize it! At this time when the fifty-eight-deity Heruka host
emerge from within your brain and appear before you, if you know
that whatever arises is arisen from the natural energy of your own
awareness, you will immediately become nondual with the Heruka Body
and become a Buddha!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! If you do not recognize
that, you will cling to superficial reality, feel fear and hate, and
flee these deities. You will go down again into excessive misery! If
you do not recognize them, you will perceive the whole Heruka Deity
host as if they were Yamas, Lords of Death, and you will fear the
Heruka deities. You will hate them! You will panic! You will faint!
Your own visions having become devils, you will wander in the life
cycle!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! These mild and fierce
deities at most will be as big as space, at medium will be as large
as Sumeru, the planetary axis, at the least will be as large as
eighteen times the height of your own body-so do not be afraid of
them! All visible existence will arise as lights and deities! And
all visions arising as lights and deities must be recognized as the
natural energy of your own awareness. When your own energy dissolves
nondually into these natural lights and deities, you will become a
Buddha!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! What you see and
perceive, whatever terrifying visions occur, recognize them as your
own visions! Recognize the clear light as the natural energy of your
own awareness! If you so recognize, there is no doubt you will
become a Buddha right away! The so-called "instantaneous perfect
Buddhahood" will have come to pass! Remember this in your mind!
Hey immortal one, you who was called _____! If now you do not
recognize the light, and if you cling to terror, all the mild
deities will arise as black Mahakala guardians! All the fierce
deities will arise as Yama Dharmaraja deities! Your own visions
having become devils, you will wander in the life cycle!
Hey, immortal one, you who was called _____! When it happens that
such a vision arises, do not be afraid! Do not feel terror! You have
a mental body made of instincts; even if it is killed or
dismembered, it cannot die! Since in fact you are a natural form of
voidness, anger at being injured is unnecessary! The Yama Lords of
Death are but arisen from the natural energy of your own awareness
and really lack all substantiality. Voidness cannot injure voidness!
Except insofar as they arise from the natural creativity of your own
awareness, you must firmly decide that all that you see- the mild
and fierce deities, the Herukas, the animal-headed angels, the
rainbow lights, and the Yama deities- none is substantially,
objectively existent! Once you understand that, then all the fears
and terrors become liberated on the spot, you dissolve into
nonduality and become a Buddha! If you so recognize them, you must
feel intense faith, thinking, "They are my Archetype Deities! They
have come to escort me through the straits of the between! I take
refuge in them!"
Be mindful of the Three Jewels! Remember whoever is your Archetype
Deity! Call him or her by name! Pray to him or her, "I am wandering
lost in the between - by my savior! Hold me with your compassion, O
precious deity!" Call on your spiritual teacher by name, praying, "I
am wandering lost in the between - be my savior! For compassion's
sake, do not let me go!" Feel faith in the Heruka Deity host, and
pray to them:
When I wander in the life cycle driven by powerful instincts, may
the host of mild and fierce Lords lead me on the path of the clear
light that conquers terror-visions of hate and fear! May the fierce
Ishvari goddess hosts back me on the way, deliver me from the
dangerous straits of the spiritual between and carry me to perfect
Buddhahood!
Now that I wander alone, apart from my loved ones, and all my
visions are but empty images, may the Buddhas exert the force of
their compassion and stop the fear- and hate-drawn terrors of the
between!
When the five lights of brilliant wisdom dawn, fearless, bravely,
may I know them as myself! When the forms of the Lords mild and
fierce arise, bold and fearless, may I recognize the between! Now
when I suffer by the power of negative evolution, may the Archetype
Deities dispel that suffering! When reality crashes with a thousand
thunders may they all become OM MANI PADME HUM!
When I am pulled by evolution without recourse, may the Compassion
Lord provide me refuge! When I suffer due to evolutionary instincts,
may the clear light bliss samadhi dawn upon me!
May the five main elements not arise as enemies! May I behold the
pure lands of the five Buddha-clans!
Thus you should pray with intense reverence and faith! It is
extremely important, since your fear and terror will thus disappear
and you will surely become a Buddha in the Beatific Body! Do not
waver!
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