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Clear comprehension of the Chakrasamvara body mandala

    I prostrate before the holy guru!
     The mandala of the body in the yoga of the glorious Chakrasamvara is understood as the intrinsic nature of the living being, which is arrived at on the basis of the concluding actions.
     First. Possessing all accumulations, manifest the unsurpassed essence. Fall asleep with joy. Due to the four [appear] the four faces of close prompting. A great hero appears that subdues the demon-Maru.
     Perform ablution and sit on a good seat. Concentrate on the surface of a small lamp. By the light from the blue syllable hūṁ in the heart, one's own body is purified. By the five kinds [of light] that are emitted from the hairs, the bodies of all beings are purified and the three gates become pure. With the light that is like a cloud, visualize with clarity in the space in front of you the chakra of the teacher-guru and the deities of the eye of the mighty direction, manifesting the foundation and stability. Having performed veneration, offerings, etc., realize entering into your own body from the place in the curl of hair [on the forehead]. Contemplate, approaching the clear visualization in your own body of the base [deity] and stable chakra. If one delights in thoughts and additions, [visualize] in the dharmachakra the four petals. Visualize the essence of wisdom and methods in the middle, [appearing] from the clear syllable hūṁ. From the seed-slogs of the family on the petals of the directions, four four-hearted yoginis appear. In the parts of the body above and below, by means of the twenty-four ]syllables[ such as pujā, etc. [appears by virtue of] remembering the essence of the three chakras.
     On the eight petals outside the dharmachakra, the eight Wrathful [goddesses] appear on the basis of the prolonged of hūṁ. Thus all deities become like the reflection of form in a mirror. Contemplate this as similar to the outer mandala. In all channels that are not clear, [visualize by] remembering with faith the essence of pure deities. Possessing the essence of seals-mudras and mantras, invoke the original wisdom and make good offerings. Having made, by means of the four syllables enter into your own places and entangle the armor of the blessings of the three places. Concentrate on all the Enlightened Ones, heroes and yoginis that are near in space.
     Realize with the mind the prayer of initiation. Hold with the nectar of the vajras and the bosom in all initiations. In the chakra of body, speech and mind, the Wrathful [goddesses] and the four principal [yoginis], thou shalt be marked on the crown [with a diadem] according to the sequence from Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amoghasiddha, the constant dancing of lord, mind and vajra. The compressed path [appears as] the essence of the diadem that unites [all]. Then realizing the offerings by a sequence of mantras. Having manifested complete satisfaction with the nectar, show joy and visualize the arising sounds of the mantras. Realize a great hymn for experiencing the nectar. All deities dissolve in their own places. And on the path of deeds and great meditative immersion, realize staying blissfully in the stage of completion.
     Then realize the stage of torma deeds and perform the prayer of benediction. Realize the arising [of manifestation] again.
     This is how the direct comprehension of the bodily mandala is completed, the oral instructions of the great acharya Vajraghanta.
     Translated by Karma Paljor (O.E. Filippov).