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prajñā-pāramitā-sādhana
The Practice of Prajnaparamita
I prostrate before the Blessed Prajnaparamita!
Following the previously explained rituals, visualize a white lotus and a moon disc within your own heart. Place the white syllable praṁ upon it and carry out the procedure as previously described. Upon doing so, the Blessed One—white in color, with one face and two arms—manifests from the perfected syllable praṁ and the lotus. She wears a precious ornament upon her head and holds two lotuses at her left and right sides, each marked with a volume of the Prajnaparamita. Her hands, while holding these, form the mudra of expounding the Teaching.
She sits cross-legged in the vajra posture upon a white lotus and a moon disc, radiating freshness and youth. She appears in full form, adorned with ornaments and multicolored robes. A mass of perfectly radiating, multicolored light rays fills the space. Countless Prajnaparamitas indestructible and resembling butter lamps radiate forth and gather back. Practice this meditation with the intention that, through the yoga [of radiation and dissolution], all things appear in the nature of oneness, until Prajnaparamita clearly manifests.
Then, once stability is achieved, visualize this proportioned like a chanaka bean at the center of the white lotus, and meditate on that aspect. Having done so, practice meditation by repeatedly clarifying, with one-pointed concentration, the form of Prajnaparamita residing there, which is proclaimed to be extremely subtle.
Next comes the mantra associated with the generation stage.
oṁ praṁ svāhā
There is no mantra for the completion stage aspect.
A yogin of the ultimate-level Prajnaparamita [must practice] by receiving the instructions. Sanghadanaputra, striving in accordance with his lineage name, revealed the aims of all sentient beings and recorded this clear practice.
This is the Prajnaparamita practice composed by Acharya Sanghadanaputra. Translated and verified by Pandita Amoghavajra and the Khampa translator-monk Bari.
Translated by Lama Dondrub Dorje Tulku.