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śrī-ajitā-nātha-sādhana

The Practice of the Glorious Ajitanatha

    I prostrate myself before the noble Maitreya!
     Lord of the ten levels, protector of the universe! I prostrate myself before Ajitanatha, [possessor] of great love!
    Prostrating myself, for the sake of my own remembrance, [I will compose] a concise practice of his.
First, every mantrik must be in a place that corresponds to the mind. He must act in a place, practicing pure behavior and being in a pure abode. When you have done so, meditate on the emptiness of all phenomena. In this nature [appears] a lotus and [a disc] of the moon. Above, I myself am visible in the form of the syllable maiṁ, the color of gold. Imagine that, thanks to the preliminary realization of radiation and the gathering of rays of light, I become marked with the vessel of bodhi, the tree of the nagas.
    Do as shown earlier again, and while completely cleansing the land of the Enlightened One, gaze upon the noble Maitreya, who is nearby in bodily form. Being the noble Maitreya, he is the color of pure gold. He is eighty cubits tall. He is adorned with perfectly pure marks and features. He is adorned with the attributes of diligence and possesses perfection. His right hand is in the gesture of explaining the Teaching. His left hand holds the trunk of a vast naga tree, marked with a circle. His body is incomprehensibly beautiful, shining like a perfect mandala of light of his own nature. Being beautiful and possessing a diadem of hair, it is adorned with a stupa in a knot-usnisa. It is adorned with garlands and pure fabrics. It holds a skin at the heart. [I] invoke the essence of the protector with these substances and capture the primordial wisdom [samasattva] from Tushita:
    jaḥ hūṁ baṁ hoḥ
    Through this knowledge, realize dissolution in samayasattv.
     Then perform the ritual of offering, etc. Have great compassion for Maitreya, recite the secret mantra of realization. Through ten repetitions of one hundred thousand, you will achieve approximation. When you see in reality and in dreams, you will proceed to the immeasurable Tushita, see his two attributes, or see the regent Ajita. This life will be free from such defilements. And since there will be no effort corresponding to the green tree used when fighting the river, everything [negative] will be exhausted in this life.
    oṁ maiṁ maitri maitriyai svāhā
    Every practitioner, repeatedly [demonstrating] faith in the Noble One and [possessing] love for beings, should also constantly [offer] prayers of good wishes. After that, it will be born before the saint.
    Thus ends the practice of the glorious Ajitanatha, composed by Acharya Niriti. Translated by the translator from Nub, Jampai Pal.
     Translated by Lama Karma Paljor.