Scripture of the Primordial Manifestations and Transformations

The pure assembly, with sincere hearts?, speaks of longevity and salvation. Next, regarding the scrolls and the mountains of obstacles that return; those who destroy their cultivation of practice are many. In this grotto, those with sinful hearts should swiftly cross over; this is the task of the Sramana Sramana: a monk or seeker who has left worldly life for spiritual practice. Upon hearing this, the virtuous ones turned their hearts and increased their vows. They swear to dwell in the Heavens of Internal Profit, far from anxieties, avoiding the "extinguishing thunder" likely a metaphor for sudden karmic retribution. Through the joy of faith and the destruction of delusion, sins are extinguished.

Setting up this ritual feast is the highest of actions among blessings. Partaking in this food brings longevity.

The source of the mind is inexhaustible; one is constantly reborn in the heavens, wandering freely within the transformation of things. The blessing of scattering flowers is the crown of ● being born in the Flower World of the Way above. According to the power of one's vows, the mind travels through the Pure Lands. Using these flowers to offer to all the Saints, in the time it takes to eat a meal, one passes through kalpas kalpas: vast eons of time in Buddhist cosmology to serve the ten directions ●?.

Those who are able to arouse this aspiration themselves will receive the resulting fruit, which is an eternal original and a forever treasure.

As stated above, the blessings and celebrations are many, while the thoughts are few. For the deceased spirit ●●? on a certain year, month, and day, this appeared meaning even if the body and mind have been unvirtuous, facing many obstacles and difficulties during life, ●●? creating various karmas of arrogance, greed, and jealousy. My verses carry a high ●? ● and I have practiced licentiousness, drinking wine, and eating meat. I have called upon spirits and summoned ghosts original: "呼神喚鬼," referring to non-Buddhist shamanistic practices seen as sinful in this context, ● creating evil obstacles and not believing in karmic retribution. I have made light of the Three Jewels Three Jewels: The Buddha, his teachings (Dharma), and the monastic community (Sangha), neglected the Four Kindnesses Four Kindnesses: traditionally gratitude toward parents, sentient beings, rulers, and the Three Jewels, and been as lazy as a marriage-bound traveler. I have scolded servants and lightheartedly damaged small things in the Precept Chamber. I have deceived people to their faces and hoped for the smallest of profits. All day long without change, I see that this is not a common matter. I, a humble official, declare: The requests for turning toward the light in previous days were not just one but numbered in the tens of thousands. Breaking the fast and breaking the precepts, snatching from the public and snatching ●●?.

Blessing vows are entrusted like this; I have fully possessed these karmas in this life, whether right or wrong, whether teaching others or rejoicing in what I have seen and heard. Now, taking advantage of this ritual feast, the assembly of monks, with pure hearts, collectively presents this declaration on your behalf.

Through the feast, we await repentance and thanks. We only wish that within the Dharma-heart, all will be pardoned and praised. For the sake of those killed, we pray for purity and that sins be extinguished. We only wish for the cessation of suffering, and by requesting the removal of darkness through setting up this feast—a superior canopy—the deceased's "good field" field of merit will be strictly prepared. May the soul of the deceased take great strides and desire to ascend to the upper realms of the spirit, proclaimed in the dawning sky. Awaiting to serve the Compassionate Honored One The Buddha, awaiting the time ● again under the ●? tree. During the period of offering and practicing meditation, thoughts are scattered into the void, and the fruit of the reward covers the emptiness, achieving success as in the future world.

The vow for the relatives to be nurtured like flowers: The donor, from the Central Plains, Luyong ●?, holds a new position at this time. Celebrating the Qi-tree Blessings are as high as mountains and peaks. Sons and daughters are loyal and filial, their reputation spreading like smoke and leaves. The relatives praise him, daring to support a hundred generations. how many With thick virtue and refined culture, even his sisters follow the likeness of water metaphor for following the natural flow of virtue, wearing special conduct and yearning for pure connections, their hearts like gold.

Truly, he is a heavy weight of a modest household and a pillar of the Buddhist temple. On the meditation bench, his virtue is praised; his compassionate wife Yang Hui This name may be a title or specific reference to the deceased mentioned on the previous page had a countenance that was broad and natural. Her heart was peaceful and thoroughly attentive, her beauty reaching the finest detail. Though extremely virtuous, she did not cling. Far from the capital, she could maintain the secular world. The four heavens intersect, and the eight sufferings circulate. The force of the "wind-affliction" often used to describe strokes or sudden illnesses in traditional medicine increased the heat and cold of the illness, which was extremely troubling. Truly, her life did not last long; her breath became as light as frost. Thus, she was able to set the "spear-chamber" ●? in order. How could her resources be so few and beautiful?

Relying on... after the stars of the Natha army, the beauty is even deeper. The spiritual power of the ritual is established, preceded by the talent of the lord and parents. The name of the Nine Heads moves the Eastern Lapis Lazuli reference to the Medicine Buddha's Pure Land. The master of the frequent mountain streams ●? always relies on the heart of the mountain catalpa, forever a Han...