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śrī-saṁvara-sāccha-vidhi

Sachchha ritual of Chakrasamvara

     I will proclaim the sachchha of the glorious Samvara.
     Then when you have prepared the clay, place it in front of you. Having performed ablution, conceive an [enlightened] attitude. Meditate on the fact that you yourself instantly appear as a deity. When you have done so, realize meditation on the four measureless ones. Realize purification and becoming invisible by means of the mantra of perfect purity, dharmata.
     Visualize the syllable hūṁ. From it [appears] the vajr. From it arises the Heruka in union. Then by rays of light from the syllable hūṁ in one's own heart, the Enlightened Ones and bodhisattvas are invited and dissolve into Heruka in union.
     Then, immersed in the equilibrium of [deity] in union, dissolve in light. When abiding in the enlightened mood, bless by reciting the number twenty-one times the heart of Heruka or the heart of approach. Also blow with the mantra.
     When you present each Heruka in each sachchha, visualize that the goals of the vehas, self, and living beings are completely completed by emanating numerous Herukas from each [sachchha]. Through the recitation of the mantra of interdependence realize completion.
     Then, if one realizes [such actions], offer the five aspects of offerings. If you do not, scatter flowers and surround [them] with them.
     [You possess] grinning fangs and a terrifying [form]! Adorned with a garland of mantra flowers! Fully devouring the great meat! Before thee, O Heruka, I prostrate and praise!
     Then perform a prayer of benediction. Perform the offering of the roots of virtue. Thus the tradition [of preparing] the sachchha of Samvara is completed.
     Then, if you perform sanctification in an extensive manner, then perform everything regarding sachchha in accordance with the above. When you do so, then meditate on the fact that instantly you yourself appear in the yoga of the deity.
     Visualize these sachchhas [turning] into emptiness. Meditate on the lotus seat [appearing] from it. On top of it, from the syllable a [arise] the disk of the moon. On top of it, visualize the syllable hūṁ. From it light is emitted and by it the veils of all living beings are purified. Having purified, the light is again collected and dissolved in the syllable hūṁ. The hūṁ dissolves into light again. Then meditate that having dissolved, appears as Heruka in union. By the light from the syllable hūṁ in one's own heart, the Heruka of original wisdom in union is invoked and dissolved. Then meditate on Akshobhya on the top of your head for initiation.
     Then present the offerings and jewelry. Perform the recitation of the heart of Heruka. Repeat the mantra of interdependence three times. Then perform the prayer of benediction. Then perform the offering of the roots of virtue for the sake of enlightenment. Perform the prayer of abiding in pure sachchha.
     oṁ śrī vajra he he ru ru kaṁ hūṁ hūṁ phaṭ
     ṭākini jāla samvara svāhā
     oṁ hrīḥ ha ha hūṁ hūṁ phaṭ ye dharmā hetu prabhavā hetunte ṣān tathāgato hyavadat te ṣāñcayo nirodha e vaṁ vādī mahā śramaṇaḥ
     The stanzas on sachchha are compiled by Mahāprajña Rakshita. Translated by the translator Shenyen Pari.
     Translated by Lama Karma Paljor (O.E. Filippov).