Revoking One’s Dharma Power (三)

 

■Book 148 - The Power of Mantra

■Written by master Sheng-yen Lu

 

I was greatly shaken by these words from Sonam Lama, but I felt no fear because I reckoned that 'A clear conscience has no room for evil.'

Sonam Lama said, 'You must take precaution!'

'But how?'

'By summoning one Dharma Protector to fight against another Dharma Protector!' Sonam Lama said.

After giving me this warning, Sonam Lama left in a hurry. I took this warning from Sonam Lama very seriously because it somehow tied in with the two recent dreams I had. However, when faced with such a pressing issue, you can only stay alert and remain still and unmoved in the eye of the storm.

* * *

As expected, Dorje Shugden descended from the heaven, and this is how he appeared:

While the four hoofs of his horse step magnificently, 

Unperturbed, he supports the heaven with his straw hat. 

He roams freely without barriers, 

Riding his horse impressively up the highest clouds. 

Dorje Shugden hit the top of my head with a Vajra. If I were just an ordinary cultivator, a hit from Dorje Shugden would have crushed my head fatally, sending me to report to the Lord Yama.

However, I do keep up my practice of Dharma protection, thus Yamantaka is always by my side. Naturally, Yamantaka will appear above my head and shield me in all directions. Yamantaka appears in a wrathful form with many heads, arms and legs.

I observed the situation and realized if I had to summon Yamantaka to fight Dorje Shugden, there would be nothing wrong with it. But why let it come to this stage?

I instructed Yamantaka to step back immediately. 

I willed my skull to break open into eight petals. A cracking sound was heard and my skull unfolded like a lotus in full bloom. Sitting in meditation on the lotus was Amitabha Buddha himself, manifesting all of his thirty-two major and eighty minor physical marks.

Thus:

Just as the lotus pond that reflects the moon mirrors only Emptiness

And the bamboo forest seems to sing as the wind blows across it

How many cultivators living on Earth 

Have mistakenly thought Amitabha resides on another mountain peak?

When Dorje Shugden realized it was none other than the Amitabha Tathagatha himself in all his compassion and radiance, blossoming like a single lotus in the lotus kingdom, he quickly withdrew his Vajra, held his palms together in respect and left. 

Thus, a battle was averted.

At first, I assumed that when Dorje Shugden left, this matter would close. Yet, there was more to it that met the eyes.

Normally, whenever I cultivated and chanted the Invocation Mantra: 

'Om Sobawa Suda Sarva Dharma Sobawa Sudo Han.'

And added,

'Om Ah Hum Svaha'

The deities that I invoked would manifest themselves. Now, they were nowhere to be found. There was not a trace of wind or shadow, nothing. I felt very strange. It seemed that my mantra power had disappeared. 

So, I summoned the presence of the most fundamental?he Earth Gods of the four directions: 

'Namo Samanta Buddanam Om Duru Duru Devi Svaha.'

I formed a mudra with my hands and stamped my foot on the ground. Usually, the Earth Gods of the four directions would immediately appear. Yet, this time they did not show up. It seemed that my chanting had fell on deaf ears and was not working at all. It was as good as not reciting the mantra at all. I was really worried. My Dharma power had disappeared. Feeling like a punctured leather ball, I could not effectively express my power. 

Usually, as I made my offering and recited the Elixir (or Nectar) Mantra:

'Namo Surupaya Tathagataya Tadyatha Om Suru Suru Prasuru Prasuru Svaha.'

As I would sprinkle the nectar, spiritual beings would gather to receive the offering. Yet none came. The water was simply water and not the elixir it should have been.

Now this was serious! The Food Transformation Mantra that I had recited was also ineffective. My attempts to summon any deity were futile. Chanting and empowering the Great Compassion Dharani Water did not work. No matter what mantra I chanted, none of them worked. I had indeed lost all my power. Losing all the power of mantra meant that I was no better than an ordinary mortal being. That was scary.

I thought about my ability of seeking divination through my fingers, as I wanted to find the cause of this predicament. I extended my hand and prayed to the gods who were passing by to give me some directions. How strange! My fingers did not dance and quiver. Without the spiritual current, I cannot get a divination, as this type of divination requires that the fingers bend automatically. If they don't, then I cannot predict!

 

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