All that appears and exists is viewed as purified, as the infinite display.
OM VAJRA SATTVA HUNG
Recite this mantra as much as you can. At the end, the universe and beings
visualized as a Buddhafield and deities all melt into light and dissolve into
you. You yourself then dissolve into the vital seed syllable in the heart. This
again dissolves in stages from the bottom up into the nada,m and the nada in
turn vanishes into the state of emptiness, the nonconceptual clear light.
Rest in evenness as long as you can, completely relaxed in the inexpressible
state of great bliss, pure from the very beginning, free of all concepts of an
object to be purified and a subject that purifies. Then, when you rise out of
that state, dedicate the merit with such prayers as,
By the merit of this
May I swiftly accomplish the nature of Vajrasattva,
And, not leaving out a single being,
May I establish them all in his level.
Then continue with your everyday activities.
Until you have signs that you have purified your negative actions and
obscurations, it is important to be completely concentrated on the
visualization and to do the recitation without distraction. As the Great
Master said,
If you are distracted, with your mind elsewhere,
Even reciting for a kalpa will bring no result.
What are the signs of success in this practice? Meditational experiences or
dreams in which you vomit or purge, are washing, are dressed in white,
cross a wide river, fly through the sky, see the sun and moon rising, and so
forth, are signs that you have purified negative actions. Dreams or
experiences in which dirt, pus, blood, and lymph come out of your body are
some of the indications that you have purified illnesses. Those in which
minute animals such as ants emerge show that you have expelled negative
forces. In particular, you may have real, direct experiences of clear
awareness, of physical lightness, and of spontaneous devotion and
determination to be free.
In general, if you have genuine confidence in the law of cause and effect,
there is no way that you will not feel regret for your negative actions, and
when this is so, your parting from faults too will be authentic. From
purifying your mindstream in this way, you will certainly have more and
more good experiences, and your realization will increase. Nowadays,
however, we are not fundamentally interested in purifying our obscurations
and do not make the effort. Even if we do, we follow the prayers and rituals
merely as a duty, but without real, heartfelt confidence or shame and
regret. This is why the qualities of experience and realization are as rare as
stars in the daytime. So never underestimate the importance of this method
for purifying obscurations, and make every effort to practice it so that it is
truly effective.
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