狮面空行母：简短开示

I was asked to comment on Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche’s Short Practice of Sengé Dongma. It is a practice for averting obstacles associated with Sengé Dongma. I don’t have anything special to say about this particular practice.

有人请我讲解怙主敦珠仁波切的《狮面空行母略修》。这是一项与狮面空行母相应的回遮障碍修法。对于这个特定修法，我没有什么特别的话可说。

In general, the way you perform the various types of practices for averting obstacles are similar. On this basis, you visualize yourself instantaneously as an enormous Sengé Dongma. Visualize the syllable Jo at her heart. This syllable, the life force of Sengé Dongma, is surrounded by the mantra ah ka sa ma ra tza sha da ra sa ma ra ya phat. In terms of the meaning, there is nothing to explain, since these are simply syllables. It is a Ngakgö.^[1]

一般来说，各种回遮障碍修法的修持方式都相似。在此基础上，你观想自己刹那成为身形巨大的狮面空行母。在她心间观想Jo字，这是狮面空行母的命字，周围环绕ah ka sa ma ra tza sha da ra sa ma ra ya phat咒语。就意义而言，没有什么可解释的，因为它们只是字音。这是一种咒甲。^[1]

What is this mantra? In ancient India, some tirthikas were throwing curses and spells on a Buddhist pandita. The pandita invoked the wisdom dakinis and asked how to avert the curses. From the heart of all the dakinis appeared the ‘Inestimable Great Golden Casket’. When it opened, the mantra ah ka sa ma ra tza sha da ra sa ma ra ya phat emerged.

这是什么咒语？在古印度，有些外道对一位佛教班智达施加诅咒与巫术。班智达祈请智慧空行母，询问如何回遮这些诅咒。从一切空行母心间，出现了“无价大金箧”。金箧打开时，ah ka sa ma ra tza sha da ra sa ma ra ya phat咒语从中出现。

The dakinis said, “This mantra is a mantra to be worn.” What is meant by ‘a mantra to be worn’? It means that all you have to do is wear the mantra and all negativity, curses and spells will be averted. The individual syllables of the mantra have no specific meaning. You wear the mantra around your neck.

空行母们说：“这个咒语是供佩戴的咒语。”“供佩戴的咒语”是什么意思？意思是，你只需佩戴它，一切恶害、诅咒与巫术都会被回遮。咒语中的各个字音没有特定含义。你把咒语戴在颈间。

The pandita did not understand the dakinis’ advice. When the tirthikas put an incredibly powerful curse on him, he prayed to the dakinis. The dakinis gave him the mantra and told him, “You don’t need to recite or do anything else. All you need to do is wear it and think of it.” In spite of this advice, the pandita remained extremely frightened by the curses, and he spent an entire week reciting the mantra. All the tirthikas fainted, were driven insane or died, and so they all disappeared without any more trouble. Such is the power of this mantra.

班智达没有理解空行母的指示。当外道对他施以极其强大的诅咒时，他向空行母祈祷。空行母把咒语给他，告诉他：“你不必念诵，也不必做其他事。只要佩戴并忆念它就够了。”尽管有这样的指示，班智达仍极其害怕这些诅咒，整整一周都在念诵咒语。所有外道不是昏厥，就是发疯或死亡，就这样全都消失，再也没有带来麻烦。这个咒语的力量就是如此。

When the dakinis returned, they asked the pandita to hand back the mantra: “You totally messed it up! We told you to put it around your neck and not to recite it, but you’ve been reciting it around the clock! The power of this mantra is so great that you have destroyed the entire company of tirthikas. You made a really big mistake when you started reciting this mantra.”

空行母回来后，要求班智达交还咒语：“你把事情全搞砸了！我们告诉你，把它戴在颈间，不要念诵，可你却昼夜不停地念！这个咒语力量如此强大，你把那一整群外道全都毁掉了。你开始念诵这个咒语，实在犯了一个大错。”

After that, the pandita hid the mantra as a terma. Later, Guru Rinpoche revealed it when he manifested in the form of Guru Sengé Dradrok^[2] , and then read it and transmitted it. Later on, he hid it again. There are many different accounts concerning the history of this mantra.

此后，班智达将咒语封藏为伏藏。后来，莲花生大师示现为莲师狮子吼声^[2]时，取出了它，随后阅读并传授。再后来，他又将它隐藏起来。关于这个咒语的历史，有许多不同记述。

When revealing the terma, Guru Rinpoche also revealed many sadhanas of Sengé Dongma, and he added the mantra to these practices. At the heart is the syllable Jo, surrounded by the syllables of the mantra mala, ah ka sa ma ra tza sha da ra sa ma ra ya phat, arranged clockwise. Shimmering and turning counter-clockwise, the mantra eliminates all obstacles to the Dharma, as if they were being shredded with a razor blade. So you need to recite the mantra when you do these sadhana practices.

取出伏藏时，莲花生大师也取出了许多狮面空行母成就法，并将这个咒语加入其中。心间是Jo字，周围的咒鬘ah ka sa ma ra tza sha da ra sa ma ra ya phat按顺时针方向排列。咒鬘闪耀着光，逆时针旋转，摧除一切佛法的障碍，如同用剃刀将它们切碎。因此，修这些成就法时，就需要念诵咒语。

Looking at the sadhana, it says that you appear as Sengé Dongma, the self-radiance of the mantra, instantaneously. At the exact moment you begin to recite the mantra, based on its power, all adversaries, enemies, evil influences, gods, demons and so on completely dissolve into the hands of Sengé Dongma. The sun of the right hand and the moon of the left hand are clapped together. In some other practices, the right hand is the earth, and the left the sky; in such cases it would be the sky and the earth clapping together.

看这个成就法，文中说，你刹那显现为咒语自光的狮面空行母。开始念咒的那一刻，凭借咒语的力量，一切敌对者、仇敌、邪恶影响、天神、魔众等，全部融入狮面空行母双手中。右手的太阳与左手的月亮相击。在另外一些修法中，右手是大地，左手是天空；这种情况下，就是天地相击。

Whatever the case may be, visualize the sun and the moon (or the sky and the earth) clearly. Clap your hands as if you were crashing cymbals together. Through this collision of the sun and moon all enemies, negativity, obstacles, noxious spirits, curses, spells and all gods and demons are crushed into dust and disappear, so that not even their names remain.

无论是哪一种，都要清楚观想太阳与月亮，或天空与大地。拍击双手，如同将两面铙钹撞击在一起。通过日月相撞，一切仇敌、恶害、障碍、有害鬼神、诅咒、巫术，以及所有天神与魔众，都被粉碎成尘，消失无踪，连名字也不复存在。

This is the way to direct your practice. I didn’t receive specific instruction on Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche’s practice, but this is the way Sengé Dongma is practised in general.

修法时应当这样作意。我没有领受过怙主敦珠仁波切这一修法的专门指导，不过，一般而言，狮面空行母就是这样修的。

When you practise Sengé Dongma daily, direct it as I have explained. You don’t need to do anything else.

每日修狮面空行母时，就依我所讲的这样作意，不需要做其他事。

As I’ve already explained, the mantra of Sengé Dongma is a mantra to wear. In Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s tent, there was a piece of paper with the handwriting of Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche on it. When I looked at it, I saw that it was the mantra ah ka sa ma ra tza sha da ra sa ma ra ya phat. It was written in black ink on ordinary paper. Also, Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche wrote some copies of the mantra in gold and tied them onto strings; everybody was wearing them around their necks.

正如我已经解释的，狮面空行母咒是供佩戴的咒语。蒋扬钦哲确吉罗卓的帐篷里，曾有一张写着雪谦嘉察仁波切手迹的纸。我看了看，上面写的就是ah ka sa ma ra tza sha da ra sa ma ra ya phat咒语，以黑墨写在普通纸上。此外，怙主顶果钦哲仁波切也曾用金字抄写一些这个咒语，系在绳上，大家都把它们戴在颈间。