The Annotated Repentance Sadhana [Shri Vajrasattva Sadhana of the Four Preliminary Practices]

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Shri Baghavan

Maha Acharya Vajrasattva

Sadhana

of the Four Preliminary Practices

A TRUE BUDDHA SCHOOL SADHANA TEXT

Transmitted by Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu.

With annotations by Lotuschef Lama.

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About Living Buddha Lian-sheng

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Living Buddha Lian-sheng, also revered as Grand Master, is the root lineage guru of True Buddha School. His emanation is from Mahavairocana to Locana to Padmakumara. Grand Master holds lineages from the Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

He is a prominent religious figure throughout the world. As of 2006, over 5 million people have taken refuge in his True Buddha School. With over 300 chapters worldwide, the True Buddha School is recognised as a major component in Buddhism today. Living Buddha Lian-sheng has written over 220 books in Chinese on topics such as Tantric Buddhism, Geomancy, Zen Buddhism, and Taoism. Many of these books are now being translated into English and various other languages.

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Caveat

Anyone who wishes to engage in any practice (sadhana) in this article must first take refuge in True Buddha School and receive empowerment from Living Buddha Lian-sheng or authorised True Buddha Masters.

In this article, mantras are translated using simple English phonetics. Sutras, verses, and praises are translated using both English and Han Yu pinyin. Students should not assume that the translations can possibly emulate the exact pronunciations of the Root Guru.  It is highly recommended that students obtain mantra tapes from local True Buddha temples or chapters, or consult with authorised masters.

This article serves as a guideline for your daily practice. Please refer to Living Buddha Lian-sheng’s books or consult with authorised masters for more detailed explanations.  If you have further questions, please write to the True Buddha Foundation.

May the compassionate Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Dharma Protectors bless this translated sadhana. May the True Buddha Tantric Dharma liberate all beings in the Six Realms of Transmigration.

Please read the content with Open Mind. These are to be used as reference only, therefore you use it at your own risk if you do not have the proper empowerment or have not built the relevant foundations yet.

For more information and other True Buddha material, please visit the following websites:
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Transmitted by Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu.
Original translation by Janny Chow, Luljeta Subasic, and Alice Yang.
Edited with annotations by Lotuschef Lama and Lotus Nino.
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Version 2.2 – as per February 4, 2015

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Table of Contents 

1. The Preliminaries
2. Purification Mantras
3. Invocation Mantra
4. The Great Homage
5. The Great Mandala Offering
6. The Fourfold Refuge
7. Armour Protection
8. High King Avalokiteshvara Sutra
9. Amitabha Rebirth Dharani
10. The Four Immeasurable Vows
11. Guru Yoga
12. The Core Section
13. Recitation of the Hundred-syllable Dharani
14. Emergence from Samadhi and the Praise
15. The Heart Mantra of The Eight Principal Deities
16. Intonation of Amitabha Buddha's Names
17. Dedication of Merits
18. Edification and Perfecting the Sadhana with the Hundred-syllable Dharani
19. The Great Homage
20. The Completion Mantras
21. Addendum

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1. The Preliminaries

First empty the mind and then perform the following 3x:
Deeply breathe in the air slowly and hold it for a moment, afterwards spread them to all parts of your body. When you feel the air or the light is pushing just under the surface of your skin, visualise all your skin pores opening up like blooming flowers and release the breath and emit the light – you share the light with all around you, and all beings are then transformed into light.

Next, visualise the True Buddha Lineage – Namo Vairocana Buddha, Buddha Locani, Amitabha Buddha, Padmakumara,  Living Buddha Lian-sheng,  appear from the Universe and radiate light on all sentient beings. 

The Padmakumara Mudra

Form the Padmakumara Mudra and recite the Root Guru long mantra:

OM. AH. HUM. GURU BEI. A-HE-SHA-SA-MA-HA. LIEN-SHEN. SIDDHI. HUM. (7x)

Visualise beings from all the 6 realms join you in this practice. Request that Root Guru and all Divinities empower all with great blessing so that all will be auspicious.

Wake Up Call Mudra: 

Clap twice, then cross hands and snap thumbs and middle fingers.

2. Purification Mantras

As you recite each one, visualise the corresponding part brightens up.

Speech Purification:
OM, SYULEE SYULEE, MAHA SYULEE, SYUSYULEE, SOHA.

Body Purification:    
OM, SYUTOLEE, SYUTOLEE, SYUMOLEE, SYUMOLEE, SOHA.

Mind Purification:    
OM, WADZILA DAM, HO HO HUM.

Earth God Mantra:  
NAMO SAMMANTO, MOTOHNAM, OM, TULU TULU TEIWEI, SOHA.

3. Invocation Mantra

Visualise that you emit a strong beam of brilliant white light towards the Universe as if out-stretching both hands to humbly request the Root Guru and all Divinities and Deities to descend and grace our altar, accept our offerings and bless all of our endeavours.

Recite: OM AH HUM, SOHA. (3x)

We sincerely invoke:
Namo The Holy Red Crown Vajra Root Guru Living Buddha Lian-sheng.
Namo Great White Padmakumara.
Namo Lotus Light Self-Mastery Buddha.
Namo the Great Compassionate Lineage Gurus of True Buddha School.
Namo the Five Dhyani Buddhas and deities residing in the shrine.
Namo the Tripitaka and Twelve Sutras.
Namo Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Dharma Protectors from the three times and ten directions and all enshrined in this and surrounding altars.

4. The Great Homage

The Buddha Shrine Mudra

First, homage to the Root Guru and all Buddhas in all times and directions by using the Buddha Shrine Mudra.

Visualise in the space before and above you the Root Guru, all past lineage gurus, the eight Personal Deities, all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Dharma Protectors. They appear like multitudes of twinkling stars, pervading the Empty Space.

[Left-Right] Touching the Brow point – Throat – Heart

Touch the brow point with the mudra and visualise the Root Guru emitting a white beam of light from his brow point to your brow point. Touch the throat with the mudra and visualise the Root Guru emitting a red beam of light from his throat to your throat. Touch the heart with the mudra and visualise the Root Guru emitting a blue beam of light from his heart to your heart. Touch the brow point again and then release the mudra.

If you are performing the Great Prostration by using visualisation, visualise yourself prostrating fully on the floor to pay homage to the Root Guru and Buddhas in all times and directions.

The Lotus Mudra

Second, homage to all Bodhisattvas by using Lotus Mudra.

Employ the mudra and repeat as above to pay homage to all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas.

The Vajra Mudra

Third, homage to all Dharma Protectors by using Vajra Mudra.

Employ the mudra and repeat as above to pay homage to all Dharma Protectors.

The Equality Mudra

Fourth, half-bow to the Sages and Sanghas by using Equanimity Mudra.

Bow and touch the mudra against the brow point before releasing it.

5. The Great Mandala Offering

The Mandala Offering Mudra

Form and then place the Offering Mudra in front of the chest. After performing the following visualisation, bring the mudra to touch upon the brow point before release. 

Visualisation: 

Visualise the offerings at the altar multiply to first form a row, then multiply again to form a field, and multiply once more to fill all space. 

Dedicate this space-filling offering to the Root Guru, past lineage gurus, eight Principal Deities of the True Buddha School, all Buddhas in all times and directions, all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas, and all Dharma Protectors. 

Visualise glad acceptance of your offering and the Universe is filled with Golden Yellow light. Then visualise fine strands of rain-like white light from the Universe descending and upon contact with beings of the 6 realms. These beings then transform into multi-coloured lights and you can also hear happy sounds of laughter to signify their glad acceptance!

Recite the Offering Verse:   

Mount Sumeru together with the Four Continents, the sun and the moon, 

Transforms into precious treasures to offer to the Buddhas. 

May the immeasurable merits arisen from these treasures 

Quickly remove negative karma to realise Buddhahood. 

Recite the Offering Mantra:  

OM, SAERWA, TATHAGATA, EEDAMUH, GURU LANA, MENCHALA, KAN, NELEYEH, DAHYEMI.

6. The Fourfold Refuge 

Visualise the Root Guru, all past lineage gurus, all Buddhas, Dharma, and Sanghas merge into a great white light that empowers you. Visualise the light fills you up, and in turn you share it with all beings around you!

Recite the Fourfold Refuge Mantra:
NAMO GURU-BEI, NAMO BUDDHA-YE, NAMO DHARMA-YE, NAMO SANGHA-YE. (3x)

7. Armour Protection

Form the Vajra Mudra before the forehead.  Visualise you draw a beam of brilliant white light from the Universe, it fills and engulf you.

The Vajra Clasp Mudra

Recite the mantra:  OM, BO LEE LAN ZE LEE. (7x)

After recitation, bring the mudra to touch the brow point, then throat, heart, left shoulder, right shoulder, then back to the forehead.Visualise that you are now actually a lighted up Crossed-Dorje.

The Crossed Dorje (Vishva-Vajra)

At the moment of releasing the mudra, visualise you send a beam of brilliant blue light upwards and then draw it down, placing it in front, back, left and right around you. Then visualise these 4 beams of light start to turn in a clockwise direction forming a cylindrical column all around you. Visualise it spins continuously – this means that the Dharma Protectors are protecting you all the time.
As you dismiss the mudra, thank all the Dharma Protectors for protecting you all the time.

8. High King Avalokiteshvara Sutra

The High King Avalokiteshvara wearing
the Seven-Buddha Crown

Visualise an 8-petalled lotus flower blooming slowly in your Heart Chakra. The lotus is milky white in colour and emits brilliant light. The High King Avalokiteshvara is in the centre of this lotus; and all around her are the Buddhas and Boddhisattvas from this sutra.

Visualise them as bright dots or tiny star lights twinkling non-stop. As we chant each of the name within the sutra, the twinkling hastens and the lights become even brighter and brighter as well. 

Maintain this visualisation while chanting the sutra; or if you chant more than once, you can proceed with visualising yourself enlarging gradually and merging into the Universe. 

觀世音菩薩。
Namo Guan Shi Yin Pu Sa.
Homage to Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva.

南無佛。南無法。南無僧。
Namo Fo. Namo Fa. Namo Seng.
Namo Buddhaya, Namo Dharmaya, Namo Sanghaya.

佛國有緣。
Fo Guo You Yuan.
I have affinity with the Pure Lands and

佛法相因。
Fo Fa Xiang Yin.
I attain yoga with the Dharma.

常樂我淨。
Chang Le Wo Jing.
I am always happy, pure and at peace.

有緣佛法。
You Yuan Fo Fa.
I have affinity with the Dharma.

南無摩訶般若波羅蜜。是大神咒。
Namo Mohe Boye Boluomi. Shi Da Shen Zhou.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a great spiritual mantra.

南無摩訶般若波羅蜜。是大明咒。
Namo Mohe Boye Boluomi. Shi Da Ming Zhou.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a great wisdom mantra.

南無摩訶般若波羅蜜。是無上咒。
Namo Mohe Boye Boluomi. Shi Wu Shang Zhou.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a supreme mantra.

南無摩訶般若波羅蜜。是無等等咒。
Namo Mohe Boye Boluomi. Shi Wu Deng Deng Zhou.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, an unequaled mantra.

南無淨光秘密佛。
Namo Jing Guang Mi Mi Fo,
Namo the Pure Light Secret Buddha,

法藏佛。
Fa Zang Fo,
the Dharma Treasury Buddha,

獅子吼神足幽王佛。
Shi Zi Hou Shen Zu You Wang Fo,
the Tranquil King Buddha with Lion’s roar and divine speed,

佛告須彌燈王佛。
Fo Gao Xu Mi Deng Wang Fo,
the Sumeru Light King Buddha announced by Buddha,

法護佛。
Fa Hu Fo,
the Dharma Protector Buddha,

金剛藏獅子遊戲佛。
Jin Gang Zang Shi Zi You Xi Fo,
the Vajra Treasury Roaming Lion Buddha,

寳勝佛。
Bao Sheng Fo,
the Precious Victory Buddha,

神通佛。
Shen Tong Fo,
the Supernatural Power Buddha,

藥師琉璃光王佛。
Yao Shi Liu Li Guang Wang Fo,
the Medicine Crystal Light King Buddha,

普光功德山王佛。
Pu Guang Gong De Shan Wang Fo,
the Universal Light Merit Mountain King Buddha,

善住功德寳王佛。
Shan Zhu Gong De Bao Wang Fo,
the Merit Retaining Jewel King Buddha,

過去七佛。
Guo Qu Qi Fo,
the Seven Past Buddhas,

未來賢劫千佛。
Wei Lai Xian Jie Qian Fo,
the Future Thousand Buddhas of this fortunate eon,

千五百佛。
Qian Wu Bai Fo,
the Fifteen Hundred Buddhas,

萬五千佛。
Wan Wu Qian Fo,
the Fifteen Thousand Buddhas,

五百花勝佛。
Wu Bai Hua Sheng Fo,
the Five Hundred Flower Victory Buddhas,

百億金剛藏佛。
Bai Yi Jin Gang Zang Fo,
the Ten Billion Vajra Treasury Buddhas,

定光佛。
Ding Guang Fo.
and the Samadhi Light Buddha.

六方六佛名號。
Liu Fang Liu Fo Ming Hao:
The Buddhas of Six Directions:

東方寳光月殿月妙尊音王佛。
Dong Fang Bao Guang Yue Dian Yue Miao Zun Yin Wang Fo,
To the East the Precious Light Moon Palace Venerable Wonderful Voice King Buddha,

南方樹根華王佛。
Nan Fang Shu Gen Hua Wang Fo,
To the South the Tree-Root Flower King Buddha,

西方皂王神通燄花王佛。
Xi Fang Zao Wang Shen Tong Yan Hua Wang Fo,
To the West the Spiritual Power Flower Blazing King Buddha,

北方月殿情淨佛。
Bei Fang Yue Dian Qing Jing Fo,
To the North the Moon Palace Purity Buddha,

上方無數精進寳首佛。
Shang Fang Wu Shu Jing Jin Bao Shou Fo,
Above, the countless Vigor Jewel Crown Buddhas,

下方善寂月音王佛。
Xia Fang Shan Ji Yue Yin Wang Fo.
Below, the Tranquil Moon Sound King Buddha.

無量諸佛。
Wu Liang Zhu Fo,
All the Immeasurable Buddhas,

多寳佛。釋迦牟尼佛。
Duo Bao Fo, Shi Jia Mou Ni Fo,
Prabhutaratna Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha,

彌勒佛。阿閦佛。彌陀佛。
Mi Le Fo, A Chu Fo, Mi Tuo Fo.
Maitreya Buddha, Aksobhya Buddha, Amitabha Buddha.

中央一切眾生。在佛世界中者。
Zhong Yang Yi Qie Zhong Sheng, Zai Fo Shi Jie Zhong Zhe,
All beings in the Central Realm, and those in the Pure Lands,

行住於地上。及在虛空中。
Xing Zhu Yu Di Shang. Ji Zai Xu Kong Zhong
while moving upon the Earth and through the Heavens,

慈憂於一切眾生。各令安穩休息。
Ci You Yu Yi Qie Zhong Sheng, Ge Ling An Wen Xiu Xi,
shower limitless compassion upon all beings, affording them equanimity and peace,

晝夜修持。
Zhou Ye Xiu Chi.
that they might cultivate day and night.

心常求誦此經。
Xin Chang Qiu Song Ci Jing,
By constantly invoking this sutra,

能滅生死苦。
Neng Mie Sheng Si Ku,
one is liberated from the suffering of birth and death,

消除諸毒害。
Xiao Chu Zhu Du Hai.
and freed from all the many kinds of suffering.

南無大明觀世音。觀明觀世音。
Na Mo Da Ming Guan Shi Yin, Guan Ming Guan Shi Yin,
Namo the great wisdom Avalokiteshvara, the observant Avalokiteshvara,

高明觀世音。開明觀世音。
Gao Ming Guan Shi Yin, Kai Ming Guan Shi Yin.
the noble Avalokiteshvara, the expansively-minded Avalokiteshvara.

藥王菩薩。藥上菩薩。
Yao Wang Pu Sa, Yao Shang Pu Sa,
the Medicine King Bodhisattva,  the Supreme Medicine Bodhisattva,

文殊師利菩薩。普賢菩薩。
Wen Shu Shi Li Pu Sa, Pu Xian Pu Sa,
Manjushri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva,

虛空藏菩薩。地藏王菩薩。
Xu Kong Zang Pu Sa, Di Zang Wang Pu Sa,
Akasagarbha Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha Raja Bodhisattva,

清涼寶山億萬菩薩。
Qing Liang Bao Shan Yi Wan Pu Sa,
the billions of Clear Cool Treasure Mountain Bodhisattvas,

普光王如來化勝菩薩。
Pu Guang Wang Ru Lai Hua Sheng Pu Sa.
the Universal Light Venerable King Tathagata Bodhisattva.

念念誦此經。
Nian Nian Song Ci Jing,
Chanting this sutra continually,

七佛世尊。即說咒曰。
Qi Fo Shi Zun. Ji Shuo Zhou Yue:
the Seven World-Honored Buddhas recite this mantra:

(7x:) 離婆離婆帝。求訶求訶帝。陀羅尼帝。你訶羅帝。

Li Po Li Po Di. Qiu He Qiu He Di. Tuo Luo Ni Di. Ni He Luo Di.

毗黎尼帝。摩訶迦帝。真陵乾帝。梭哈。

Pi Li Ni Di. Mo He Jia Di. Zhen Ling Qian Di. Suo Ha.

9. Amitabha Rebirth Dharani

The Great Sea of Deliverance Mudra

Form the Great Sea Deliverance Mudra (like forming the Vajra Mudra and you turn the fingers inside) and visualise Amitabha Buddha appears in the Universe. From his heart chakra, a strong beam of pinkish light (combination of red, pink and white) radiates and blesses all the beings you knowingly or unknowingly harm during the course of your daily activities. These are animals like pig, cow, lamb, chicken, duck, fish, crab, prawn, ants, cockroaches; bacteria, virus, and so on.

Visualise their karma are cleansed by the light and their karmic differences are resolved (visualise they are hugging each other).

Afterwards, visualise them boarding onto lotus vessels and these in turn are transformed into golden dots of light forming a golden river, flowing into Amitabha Buddha’s Heart Chakra.

While forming the mudra and maintaining this visualisation, recite the following dharani:

NAMO AMEE-TO POYE, TOTA KYA TOYE, TOTE YETA,
AMEE-LEE-TO POPEE, AMEE-LEE-TO SYE THAN POPEE,
AMEE-LEE-TO PEGYA-LANTE, AMEE-LEE-TO PEGYA-LANTO,
KYANEENEE, KYAKYANA, ZHEEDO KYALEE, SOHA. (7x)

10. The Four Immeasurable Vows

Visualise all beings around you as you sincerely share with all of them when making the following Bodhicitta vows:

• May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness; this is immeasurable loving-kindness.
• May all beings be liberated from suffering and the causes of suffering; this is immeasurable compassion.
• May all beings be free of suffering and always stay happy; this is immeasurable joy.
• May all beings be free of grasping and aversion towards others, develop faith and equality; this is immeasurable equanimity.

Recite the Bodhicitta Verse:

Student Lotus [your name] shall take refuge in the Root Guru and Triple Jewels until reaching enlightenment. I will never recede on the path. May all my virtues be dedicated to all beings for their speedy enlightenment.

Recite the Bodhicitta Mantra:
OM, BODHICITTA, BEDZA, SAMAYA, AH HUM. (3x)

Recite the Repentance Verse:
[Kneel and humbly repent. Visualise great white light cleansing all of our negative karma.]

All my transgressions committed since time immemorial which originated from countless greed, hatred, and ignorance; and that manifested through my body, speech, and mind; these I sincerely confess and repent them altogether. (3x)

Recite the Repentance Mantra:
OM, BEDZA, SAMAYA, SU-TE-A. (108x)

11. Guru Yoga

Visualise Guru blessing you with white, red, and blue light. Then a strong beam of white light from his heart chakra shoots directly into your heart chakra. Upon contact, a white lotus throne appears in your heart chakra and this in turn enlarges gradually as you fill up the whole universe. Alternatively, you can visualise yourself abiding serenely in the Maha Twin Lotus Pond of the Western Paradise.

Recite: OM. GURU. LIEN-SHEN. SIDDHI. HUM. (108x)

12. The Core Section

First, empty the mind and recite the Emptiness (Shunyata) Mantra:
OM, SOBAWA, SUTA, SAERWA, DAERMA, SOBAWA, SUTO-HANG. (3x)

The Vajrasattva Mudra

Form the Vajrasattva Mudra and cross it in front of the chest.

The Tibetan "HUM" Syllable

(1) Above an expanse of ocean is a stretch of clear sunny sky. A moon disc rises from the ocean into the sky. Inside the moon disc is the white Tibetan seed syllable “HUM,” emitting great white light.

Shri Bhagavan Maha Acharya Vajrasattva

(2) The seed syllable inside the moon disc revolves and transforms into Lord Vajrasattva. His body is white and he is adorned by a Five-Buddha Crown, celestial garments and ornaments.

Sitting on a moon disc supported by an eight-petalled lotus, Vajrasattva holds, against his heart, a vajra scepter in his right hand (in the Fierce Mudra) and by his left thigh, a vajra bell in his left hand (also in the Fierce Mudra).

At the level of his heart is a recitation wheel containing the Hundred Syllable Mantra. This mantra surrounds his heart chakra, revolves, and radiates brilliant white light.

The 100-Syllable Dharani Wheel

(3) This great white light arcs over and down, pouring through your crown and flooding your entire body. Your whole body now exhibits a great white light, and negative karma and thoughts are expelled as black smoke through all skin pores.

Your body becomes crystal clear, radiating light. You now enter into a state of joy in meditation.

Alternatively: You can just go straight into transformation into a crystal clear mani stone, radiating brilliant and dazzling white light.

Or you can transform into the 100-syllable mantra wheel that keeps rotating in clockwise manner, churning and sharing lots of great white light.

Choose one from the above alternatives. As this also means that you have transformed into the Yidam deity itself and entered into Samadhi already.

13. Recitation of the Hundred-syllable Dharani

ཨོཾ་བཛྲ་སཏྭ་ས་མ་ཡ་མ་ནུ་པ་ལ་ཡ།  བཛྲ་སཏྭ་ཏྭེ་ནོ་པ་ཏིཥྛ།

དྲྀ་ཌྷོ་མེ་བྷ་བ།   སུ་ཏོ་ ཥྱོ་མེ་བྷ་བ།  སུ་པོ་ ཥྱོ་མེ་བྷ་བ།

ཨ་ནུ་ར་ཀྟོ་མེ་བྷ་བ།  ས་རྦ་སི་དྡྷི་མེ་པྲ་ཡ་ཙྪ།  ས་རྦ་ཀ་རྨ་སུ་ཙ་མེ

ཙི་ཏྟཾ༌ཤེ་ཡཿ་ཀུ་རུ་ཧཱུྂ།  ཧ་ཧ་ཧ་ཧ་ཧོཿ  བྷ་ག་བ་ན  ས་རྦ

ཏ་ཐཱ་ག་ཏ་བཛྲ་མཱ་མེ་མུ་ཉྩ།  བཛྲཱི་བྷ་བ་མ་ཧཱ་ས་མ་ཡ་སཏྭ  ཨཱཿ །།

ཧཱུྂ ཕ་ཊ

Om, bedza, sato samaya, manu palaya, bedza sato tenupa teecha, 

checo meebawa, suto kayu meebawa, supo kayu meebawa,
annulato meebawa, saerwa, siddhi, meebulayecha,
saerwa, kaerma, suchamee, cheetamu, sheleeren, 

guru hom, ha ha ha ha he, 

bagha-wen, saerwa, tathagata, bedza, mamee mencha, pechebawa, 

maha samaya, sato a, hom, phei! 

(21 or 49x)

14. Emergence from Samadhi and the Praise

Recite the following praise:

Living Buddha Lian-sheng teaches the Great Tantric Practice,
Vajrasattva transforming into Vajra-Heart (Vajracitta),
An authentic spiritual response when the two merge into one,
Eradicating negative hindrances, therefore attaining purity. 

15. The Heart Mantra of the Eight Principal Deities 

OM, AMI TEHWAH SEH.
(Amitabha Buddha Heart Mantra)

OM, MANI PEMI HUM.
(Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Heart Mantra)

OM, PENLAMO LEEN-TO-LEEN, SOHA.
(Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Mantra that Removes Fixed Karma) 

OM, HA HA HA, WEI, SAMMODEI, SOHA.
(Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Heart Mantra)

OM, CHALE CHULE, CHUNDEE, SOHA.
(Maha Cundi Bodhisattva Heart Mantra) 

OM, CEMPALA, CHALEN CHANAYA, SOHA.
(Yellow Jambhala Heart Mantra)

OM AH HUM, BEDZA GURU PEMA SIDDHI, HUM, SEH.
(Guru Padmasambhava Heart Mantra) 

OM AH HUM, GURU BEI, AH-HE-SHA-SA-MA-HA, LIEN-SHEN SIDDHI HUM.
(Padmakumara Bodhisattva Heart Mantra – the long version) 

TEYATHA, OM, BEKACHE-YE, BEKACHE-YE, MAHA BEKACHE-YE,
LADZA SAMOGATE-HEY, SOHA.
(Medicine Buddha Heart Mantra)

16. Intonation of Amitabha Buddha’s Name

Namo the 36 trillion 119 thousand and 500 Amitabha Buddhas. (3x)

17. Dedication of Merits

May all who uphold the name of Amitabha Buddha
Be born together in the Pure Land of His Western Paradise.
Repaying the Fourfold Generosity from above,
And aiding those who suffer in the Three Paths below.
Upon seeing the Buddha,
May I be liberated from the cycle of birth and death,
And may I develop the qualities of Buddhahood,
And thus free all who suffer.

I, [your name], dedicate the merits of this practice to the Root Guru, Living Buddha Lian-sheng. May the Root Guru always be healthy, happy, at ease, willing to remain in Samsara to forever turn the Dharma Wheel. May everyone be healthy, free of hindrances, strong in cultivation, and may all circumstances become auspicious.

May all supplications be completely fulfilled.
May all hindrances be removed. WUN!

18. Edification and Perfecting the Sadhana with the Hundred-syllable Dharani

Om, bedza, sato samaya, manu palaya, bedza sato tenupa teecha,
checo meebawa, suto kayu meebawa, supo kayu meebawa,
annulato meebawa, saerwa, siddhi, meebulayecha,
saerwa, kaerma, suchamee, cheetamu, sheleeren,
guru hom, ha ha ha ha he,
bagha-wen, saerwa, tathagata, bedza, mamee mencha, pechebawa,
maha samaya, sato a, hom, phei!
(3x)

19. The Great Homage 

[same as step 4]

20. The Completion Mantras

OM, BU LIN. (3x)
OM MANI PEMI HUM.

Dismissal mudra:
Clap twice, then cross hands and snap thumbs and middle fingers.

End of Practice:
May all endeavors be auspicious.
Xiu-fa yuan-man, ru-yi ji-xiang.


[The End Part of the Sadhana]

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Verses of dedication and the vow of salvation from The High King Avalokiteshvara Sutra

The following part is the continuation of the sutra, elucidating the dedication and the vow of salvation from reciting the High King Avalokiteshvara sutra. You can recite it if you wish so:

十方觀世音　　一切諸菩薩　　誓願救眾生　　稱名悉解脫
Shí fāng guānshìyīn yīqiè zhū púsà shìyuàn jiù zhòngshēng chēng-míng xī jiětuō
Avalokiteshvaras of the ten directions, together with the bodhisattvas, have vowed to guide sentient beings, liberating them through the method of reciting the holy epithets.

若有智慧者　　慇懃為解說　　但是有因緣　　讀誦口不綴
Ruò yǒu zhìhuì zhě yīnqín wèi jiěshuō dànshì yǒu yīnyuán dú-sòng kǒu bù zhui
Sentient beings with wisdom shall propagate it, and those with affinity shall recite perpetually.

誦經滿千遍　　念念心不絕　　火燄不能傷　　刀兵立摧折
Sòng jīng mǎn qiān-biàn niàn-niàn xin bù-jué huǒyàn bùnéng shāng dāobīng lì cuīzhé
With the completion of 1000 times of recitation, and yet keeping constant recitation in the heart, fires hence cannot injure one, and all weapons shall be rendered harmless.

恚怒生歡喜　　死者變成活　　莫言此是虛　　諸佛不妄說
Huì-nù shēng huānxǐ sǐzhě biànchéng huó mòyán cǐ shì xū zhū fo bù wàngshuō
The furious shall turn joyful, and the dead be resurrected. Never say that these all are falsity, as all Buddhas do not lie.

高王觀世音　　能救諸苦危　　臨危急難中　　死者變成活
Gāo-wáng guānshìyīn néng jiù zhū kǔ wēi lín wéi jínàn zhōng sǐzhě biànchéng huó
The High King Avalokiteshvara is capable of succouring one from any kind of sufferings and perils; and bestowing firm conviction.

諸佛語不虛　　是故應頂禮　　持誦滿千遍　　重罪皆消滅
Zhū fo yǔ bù xū shì gù yīng dǐnglǐ chí sòng mǎn qiān biàn zhòngzuì jiē xiāomiè
What Buddhas say are no mendacity, therefore one should pay homage, recite it thousands times, thus all heavy sins get abolished. 

薄福不信者　　專貢受持經
Bo fú bùxìn zhě zhuān gòng shòu chí jīng
Those who have no conviction from lacking good merits are advised to pass this sutra to those who aspire to practise.

念八大菩薩名號
Niàn bādà púsà mínghào:
Chanting the names of the Eight Bodhisattvas:

南無觀世音菩薩摩訶薩　　南無彌勒菩薩摩訶薩
Námó guānshìyīn púsà móhēsà, Námó mílè púsà móhēsà
Namo Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Namo Maitreya Bodhisattva Mahasattva

南無虛空藏菩薩摩訶薩　　南無普賢菩薩摩訶薩
Námó xūkōngzáng púsà móhēsà, Námó pǔxián púsà móhēsà
Namo Akasagarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Namo Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Mahasattva

南無金剛手菩薩摩訶薩　　南無妙吉祥菩薩摩訶薩
Námó jīngāngshǒu púsà móhēsà, Námó miàojíxiáng púsà móhēsà
Namo Vajrapani Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Namo Manjushri Bodhisattva Mahasattva

南無除蓋障菩薩摩訶薩　　南無地藏王菩薩摩訶薩
Námó chú gàizhàng púsà móhēsà, Námó di záng wáng púsà móhēsà
Namo Sarva-nivarana-viskambhin Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Namo Ksitigarbha-raja Bodhisattva Mahasattva

南無諸尊菩薩摩訶薩
Námó zhū zūn púsà móhēsà
Namo Sarva Bodhisattva Mahasattva

願以此功德　　普及於一切　　誦滿一千遍　　重罪皆消滅
Yuàn yǐ cǐ gōngdé pǔjí yú yīqiè sòng mǎn yīqiān biàn zhòngzuì jiē xiāomiè
May all the good merits be dedicated to all sentient beings, that with the completion of 1000 times of recitation, all heavy sins disappear.

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How to Take Refuge in Buddha Guru Lian-sheng

(1) In person

Make an appointment ahead of time to visit the True Buddha Quarter in Redmond, Washington, USA or to travel to the location where His Holiness will be teaching the dharma to receive a direct empowerment from him.

(2) By “Remote Empowerment”

It is not often possible for someone who lives far away to take refuge in person. Students who desire to take refuge can, on the first or fifteenth of any lunar month, at 7:00 a.m., while facing the direction of the rising sun, recite the Fourfold Refuge Mantra three times: “Namo Guru bei, Namo Buddha ye, Namo Dharma ye, Namo Sangha ye. Seeking Living Buddha Lian-sheng’s guidance, I am taking refuge in the True Buddha” and prostrate three times.

On the first or fifteenth of every lunar month, His Holiness performs a ceremony of “remote empowerment” at the True Buddha Quarter to give the empowerment to all students who could not journey there in person.

A student who takes refuge from a distance after performing the rites at home, only needs to send a letter to the True Buddha Quarter stating one’s intent to seek refuge, along with one’s name, address, age, and an offering in any amount to the Buddhas.

Upon receiving the letter, His Holiness will send a certificate, a picture of the guru, and a note stating the level of practice that one should begin with.

(3) Through local chapters of True Buddha School

Contact nearby local chapters of True Buddha School to request assistance in taking refuge.

Address of the True Buddha Quarter:

Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu

17102 NE 40th Ct.

Redmond, WA 98052-5479

U.S.A.