Amitabha Buddha Personal Deity Yoga
First empty the mind. Next, visualize the Root Guru appearing above your crown and radiating light on everyone present. Chant the Root Guru Heart Mantra 7 times. Pray to the Root Guru to empower you so that the practice will be auspicious. Visualize your presents, children, relatives, friends, and enemies join this practice.
Wake Up Call: Clap twice, then cross hands and snap thrums and middle fingers.
1. Recite the Purification Mantra
Speech Purification: Om, syo-lee syo-lee, ma-ha syo-lee, syo-syo-lee, so-ha.
Body Purification: Om, syo-do-lee, syo-do-lee, syo-mo-lee, syo-mo-lee, so-ha.
Mind Purification: Om, wa-dzi-la-dam, ho ho hum.
Earth God Mantra: Man sam-man-do, moo-toh-nam, om, doo-loo doo-loo dei-wei, so-ha.
2. Recite the Invocation Mantra
We sincerely invoke:
Namo Root Guru Living Buddha Lian-shen
Namo Great White Padmakumara
Namo Lotus Light Self-Mastery Buddha
Namo the lineage gurus of True Buddha School
( In the place of this note, each local chapter may invoke the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Dharma Protectiors enshrined at its altar accordingly. When practicing at home, one may invoke the deities present at one’s shrine.)
Namo all Buddha of the Ten Directions and Three Times, all Bodhisattvas.
3. Great Homage Using Visualization
First homage to the Root Guru and all Buddhas in all times and directions (using Buddha Shrine Mudra)
(Visualize in the space before and above you the Root Guru, all past lineage gurus, the eight Personal Deities, all Buddhas, Bodhidattvas, and Dharma Protectors. They appear like multitudes of twinkling stars, pervading the empty space. Touch the bow point [third-eye chakra) with the mudra and visualize the Root Guru emitting a white beam of light from his brow point to your brow point. Touch the throat with the mudra and visualize the Root Guru emitting a red beam of light from his throat to your throat. Touch the heart with the mudra and visualize 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. Visualize yourself prostrating fully on the floor to pay homage to the Root Guru and Buddhas in all times and directions.)
Second homage to all Bodhisattvas (using Lotus Mudra)
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Emloy the mudra and visualize as avove to pay homage to all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas.
Third homage to all Dharma Protectors ( using Vajra Mudra)
Employ the mudra and visualize as above to pay homage to all Dharma Protectors.
Fourth half-bow (using Equanimity Mudra)
Bow and touch mudra against the bow point before releasing the mudra
4.Mandala Offering
Offering Mudra: Interlace fingers (with hands back to back) so that palms and figers face upwards. Hook the index finger of the left hand over the middle finger of the right. Hook the index finger of the right hand over the middle finger of the left. Press the thrum of the left hand over the little finger of the roght. Press the thrum of the right hand over the little finger of the left. Manipulate the ring fingers so that the stand vertically, back to back.
Place the Offering Mudra in front of the chest. After visualization, bring the mudra to touch upon the brow point before release.
Visualization: Visualize the offerings all 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 Personal deities of the True Buddha School, all Buddhas in all times and directios, all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas, and all Dharma Protectors.
Recite the Offering Verse:
Mount Meru together with the Four continents, sun and moon,
Transforms into precious treasures to offer to the Buddhas,
May the immeasurable merits arisen from these treasures
Quickly remove negative karma to realize Buddhabood.
Xu mi si zhou bing ri yue,
Hua zhu zhen bao gong yang fo.
Zhong zhong zhen qi zhu gong de,
Xiao ye su su zheng pu ti.
Om, sa-er-wa, da-ta-ga-ta,ee-da-mooh, gu-ru la-na, man-cha-la, kan, nee-lee-yeh, dah-yah-mee.
5. Fourfold Refuge
Visualization: Visualize the Root Guru, all past lineage gurus, all Buddhas, Dharma, and Sanghas merge into a great white light that empowers one.
Recite the fourfold Refuge Mantra:
Namo Guru bei, Namo Buddha ye, Namo Dharma ye, Namo Sangha ye. (3 times)
6. Armor Protection:
Form the Vajra Mudra before the forehead.
Recite the mantra:
Om, bo ru lan ze lee. (7 times)
7. Recite the High King Avalokitesvara Sutra:
Namo Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva,
Namo Buddhaya,
Namo Dharmaya,
Namo Sanghaya.
An affinity with the Pure Lands opens the Dharma Doors.
By engaging permanence, bliss, identity, and purity, one is blessed with the Dharma.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a great spiritual mantra.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a great wisdom mantra.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a supreme mantra.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, an unequaled mantra.
Namo the Pure Light Secret Buddha,
the Dharma Treasury Buddha,
the Tranquil King Buddha with Lion’s Roar and Divine Speed,
the Sumeru Light King Buddha announced by Buddha,
the Dharma Protector Buddha,
the Vajra Treasury Roaming Lion Buddha,
the Supernatural Power Buddha,
the Medicine Crystal Light King Buddha,
the Universal Light Merit Mountain King Buddha,
the Merit Retaining Jewel King Buddha,
the Seven Past Buddhas,
the Future Thousand Buddhas of this fortunate eon,
the Fifteen Hundred Buddhas,
the Fifteen Thousand Buddhas,
the Five Hundred Flower Victory Buddhas,
the Ten Billion Vajra Treasury Buddhas,
The Buddhas of Six Directions:
To the East the Precious Light Moon Palace Venerable Wonderful Voice King Buddha,
To the South the Tree-Root Flower King Buddha,
To the West the Spiritual Power Flower Blazing King Buddha,
To the North the Moon Palace Purity Buddha,
Above, the countless Vigor Jewel Crown Buddhas,
Below, the Tranquil Moon Sound King Buddha.
All the countless Buddhas,
All beings in the Central Realm,
and those in the Pure Lands,
while moving upon the Earth and through the Heavens,
shower limitless compassion upon all beings,
affording them equanimity and peace,
that they might cultivate day and night.
By constantly invoking this sutra,
one is liberated from the suffering of birth and death,
and freed from all the many kinds of suffering.
Namo the great wisdom Avalokitesvara,
the observant Avalokitesvara,
the noble Avalokitesvara,
the expansively-minded Avalokitesvara,
the Medicine King Bodhisattva,
the Supreme Medicine Bodhisattva,
the billions of Clear Cool Treasure Mountain Bodhisattvas,
the Universal Light Venerable King Tathagata Bodhisattva.
Chanting this sutra continually,
the Seven World-Honored Buddhas recite this mantra:
Lee-poh-lee-poh-deh, kyo-ho-kyo-ho-deh,
toh-loh-nee-deh, nee-ah-la-deh,
pee-lee-nee-deh, mo-ho-kya-deh,
jen-len-chen-deh, so-ha. (7 times)
8. Recite the Rebirth Mantra:
Na-mo a-mi-doh-poh-ye, doh-ta-ga-doh-ye, doh-deh-ye-ta, a-mi-lee-dohpoh- pee, a-mi-lee-doh seh-dan-poh-pee, a-mi-lee-doh pek-ga-lan-deh, a-milee- doh pek-ga-lan-doh, ga-mee-nee, ka-ka-nah, zhi-doh-ka-lee, so-ha. (7 times)
9. Recite the Root Guru Heart Mantra (108 times)
Na-mo a-mi-doh-poh-ye, doh-ta-ga-doh-ye, doh-deh-ye-ta, a-mi-lee-dohpoh- pee, a-mi-lee-doh seh-dan-poh-pee, a-mi-lee-doh pek-ga-lan-deh, a-milee- doh pek-ga-lan-doh, ga-mee-nee, ka-ka-nah, zhi-doh-ka-lee, so-ha. (7 times)
10. Mudra and Visualization
Meditation Mudra: Hold both hands below the navel chakra, with the right hand over the left and palms facing up. From a circle with the thumb and index finger of the right hand, and from another with the thumb and index finger of the left so that both circles meet.
Root Mudra: Hold both hands in front of the chest and interlace fingers to form a fist. Extend the two middle fingers to touch and form a circle.
Visualization: First empty the mind.
Chant the Emptiness mantra
Om, si-ba-wa, su-da, sa-er-wa, da-er-ma, si-ba-wa, su-do-hang. (3 times)
- (1) Above the expanse of ocean is a strech 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.
- (2) The seed syllable inside the moon disc revolves and transforms into Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha holds a nectar-filled bowl with his Meditation Mudra and looks compassionately at all beings.
- (3) Visualize the nectar from the bowl held by Amitabha transform into a stream of white light which rises up in an arc and comes down to enter one's body through the crown chakra. As a result, one's entire body becomes crystal clear and purified of all karmic hindrances .( or the lotus in Amitabha's hand emits white lights on oneself)
11. Recite the Amitabha Heart mantra
Visualization: Hold mala beads in front of the chest and move each bead with the thumb during chanting. Visualize the left hand transform into a vajra bell and the right hand into a vajra scepter. The mother bead or emblem transforms into the Many Jewels-Buddha’s Stupa and the four “ divider deads” transform into the Four Deva Kings. The tassel transforms into a “lotus hand while the string threading through the breads transforms into a circle of inherent white light of Vajrasattva. During mantra chanting, when a bead is moved, visualize Amitabha appear inside the bead and become to the forefront.
Mantra: Om, ah-mee-deh-wah-she. (108 times)
12. Entering Samadhi
(Nine clcle Breathing, Entering of the Deity into Oneself, Release of Oneself into the Cosmic Consciousness, Breath Counting)
13.Emerging from Samadhi:
Praise Verse
Homage to Amitabha
Whose majestic, pure vow brings peace and bliss
To all sentient beings in the turbid worlds
Guiding them to No-birth in His Western Pure Land
13. Chant the Principal Heart Mantras:
(Amitabha Buddha Heart Mantra)
(Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Heart Mantra)
Om, pun-lah-moh lin-toh-lin, so-ha
(Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Mantra that removes Fixed Karma)
Om, ha ha ha, wei sam-mo-yeh, so-ha
(Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Heart Mantra)
Om, dze-lee dzu-lee, zhun-tee, so-ha
(Maha Cundi Bodhisattva Heart Mantra)
Om, jum-bah-lah, chan-lan chah-nah-yeh, so-ha
( Yellow Jambhala Heart Mantra)
Om ah hum, be-dza, gu-ru, beh-ma, sid-dhi, hum, she
(Guru Padmasambahva Heart Mantra)
Om ah hum, gu-ru-bei, ah-ha-sa-sa-ma-ha, lian-sheng sid-dhi-hum
(Padmakumara Boddhisattva Heart Mantra)
(medicine Buddha Heart mantra)
14. Recite the Buddha’s Name:
Namo the 36 trillion 119 thousand and 500 Amitabha Buddhas. (108 times)
Na-mo san-shi-liu-yi yi-shi-yi-wan jiu-qian-wu-bai tong-ming-tong-hao ah-mi-tuo-fo
15. Dedication:
With reverence I practice the yoga of Holy Guru Lian-sheng
The True Buddha School helps all beings
The Padmakumara Mantra delivers one to the Twin Lotus Ponds
Where the Eighteen Lotuses have manifested
Such a pupreme and rare secret transmission
I now practice and make a universal offering.
By engendering a deep and sincere vow
May I soon ascend to his Buddha Land Also:
And empower me to attain a lotus-birth
May I attain Perfection and Self-mastery
Liberating the self and others to the Buddha Land.
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
May I be liberated from the cycle of birth and the 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, May the Root Guru always be healthy, remain in Samsara, never enter Nirvana, and 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 hindrances be removed. Wun!
16.Recite the Hundred Syllable Mantra:
Om, be-dza, sah-do sa-ma-ya, ma-nu bah-la-ya, be-dza sah-do deh-nu-pahdeh- cha, zhe-jo mi-bah-wa, soo-do ka-yu mi-bah-wa, soo-poo ka-yu mi-bahwa, an-nu-la-do mi-bah-wa, sa-er-wa, sid-di, mi-bu-la-ya-cha, sa-er-wa, kaer- ma, soo-cha-mi, ji-ta-moo, see-li-yam, gu-ru hum, ha-ha-ha-ha-hoh, bahga- wan, sa-er-wa, da-ta-ga-ta, be-dza, ma-mee mun-cha, be-dzi-ba-wa, ma-ha sa-ma-ya, sah-do-ah, hum, pei. (3 times)
17.Great Homage Using Visualization:
(Same as step 3)
18.Recite the Completion Mantra:
Om, bu lin. (3 times)
Dismissal:
Clap twice, then cross hands and snap thumbs and middle fingers.
End of Practice:
May all endeavors be auspicious.
