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Subduer of Demons

Meditation

of

Vajrapani Bhutadamara

Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center254 Cambridge Ave., Kensington, California 94708

(510) 527-7363, www.ewamchoden.org

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This sadhana was obtained from Lama Kunga Thartse, Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center in 2001. Formatted by Wolfgang Saumweber 2/2004.

One concludes by sharing merits, reciting:

KYAY NAM DRUB CHING SOL WA TAB PAY TU DA SOK KANG DU NAY BAY SA CHOK SU NAY DUN 00 PONG TAP TSO SHI WA TANG CHO TANG TRA SHI PEL WA ZA DU SOL

Through our praise and supplication to you May sickness, poverty, and warfare subside Wherever we may be and may Dharma, And good omens increase.

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Countless tiny Wrathful Ones, similar to myself, issue forth from every pore and annihilate all evil ones. All compassion, blessings, and power of Buddhas and bodhisattvas are gathered in the forms of the bhagavan and rays of light, dissolv-ing into the HUM in my heart.

While visualizing this I recite:

HUM VAJRA PHAT!

and

OM BHUTADAMARA BHUTA ADHIPATI AKSHOBHYA KIRITINA SARVA BHUTA PRETA PISHACANI SADHAYA HUM PHAT

at least 108 times or as much as is possible. Recite the mantra neither too fast nor too slow, neither too loud or too soft, clearly with no mistakes

At the end, recite with palms pressed together at the heart.

Shri Vajrapani, please pacify and stop all discordant conditions and obsta-cles, of myself and all beings; the harm of spirits from above, planets and rishis; the harm of spirits from below, nagas and earth lords; the harm of spirits from the middle, bhutas, king demons and ‘Tsen;’ and I pray, quickly bestow blessings to obtain the stage of the King of Wrath Bhutadamara.

Having prayed thus for the spiritual attainment one seeks, visual-ize that rays of light shine forth from my heart and cause the lotus, moon, and demon beneath my feet to dissolve into rays of light which are absorbed into me. The upper and lower part of my body simultaneously dissolve in light, and is absorbed into the mantra rosary within my heart. The mantra too, is then absorbed into HUM, the HUM is absorbed into its upper bar, then into its point (bindu) and then into the nada. Finally the nada vanishes in the stage of unobjectified emptiness and clear light. The syllable OM is on my forehead, the AH is at my throat, and HUM is at my heart.

One who wishes to perform this meditation upon Shri Vajrapani Bhutadamara should recite the following Formula of Refuge a number of times, with devotion from the heart:

In the most holy Guru who is the Quintessence of the qualities and deeds of the body, voice and mind of all the Tathagatas abiding in the ten directions and three times, the source of the eighty four thousand articles of the Doc-trine and Master of the Noble Assemblies—I and all living beings, equal to the bounds as space, from this time forth until the essence of Enlighten-ment is reached, steadfastly take Refuge in that venerable Root Guru and in the Holy Masters of the lineage; take Refuge in the Blessed Accomplished Buddhas; take Refuge in the Holy Teachings; take Refuge in the Noble Assemblies.

(Recite the following three times)

For the sake of all sentient beings, I must attain to the stage of a Perfectly Enlightened One; for that purpose I practice this recitation and meditation of the Lord Manjushri.

Instantly I clearly arise as Shri Bhutadamara. In my heart above a multicolored lotus rises the red syllable RAM from which rays of light shine forth in the form of hooks, invoking the Lord of the Wrathful Ones, Subduer of Demons, Shri Bhut-adamara, surrounded by all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, as I say:

OM VAJRA SAMADZAH

Here make the sense offerings with mudras;

OM BHUTADAMARA SAPARIVARA ARGHAM PRATICCHA SVAHA, OM BHUTADAMARA SAPARIVARA PADYAM PRATICCHA SVAHA, OM BHUTADAMARA SAPARIVARA PUSHPE PRATICCHA SVAHA, OM BHUTADAMARA SAPARIVARA DHUPE PRATICCHA SVAHA, OM BHUTADAMARA SAPARIVARA ALOKE PRATICCHA SVAHA, OM BHUTADAMARA SAPARIVARA GANDHE PRATICCHA SVAHA, OM BHUTADAMARA SAPARIVARA NAIVIDYE PRATICCHA SVAHA, OM BHUTADAMARA SAPARIVARA SHABDA PRATICCHA SVAHA.

(With hands held together at the heart, recite the following prayer three times)

In the Triple Gem I take Refuge, and confess individually all sins. I rejoice in the virtuous deeds of the Buddhas. In Buddha, Dharma and the Excel-lent Assembly I take Refuge until Enlightenment is reached. In order to accomplish my own and others’ aim, I produce this excellent Enlightenment thought. Having produced this excellent Enlightenment Thought, I invite all beings. I practice this pleasing and excellent conduct of the Enlighten-ment and dedicate (this merit) that all beings may achieve Enlightenment.

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(Recite the Four Immeasurables)

May all living beings have happiness and the cause of happiness. May all be apart from sorrow and the cause of sorrow May all never be separated from the Bliss that is sorrowless. May all abandon attachment and aversion to things by living with equanim-ity.

Then recite:

OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM.

All of your sense organs and skandhas (elements of your being) become void.

From emptiness arises a syllable HUM, dark blue in color which transforms into a large spacious palace of vajras. Within it is a syllable HRIH, out of which arises a multicolored lotus with eight petals. From this arises the letter OM on a clear and sparkling moon disc. On top, from a transformation of a blue-black letter HUM arises a black five pointed vajra, with the tines open, the middle marked with HUM, from which issues many rays of light, offering to the Noble ones, purifying diseases, malignant spirits, sins and pollutions; and benefits all sentient beings by removing all suffering. Again the rays of light return to the HUM syllable and I become Shri Bhutadamara; King of the Wrathful

and Subduer of Demons, dark blue in color with one face and four arms.

Held aloft in the first right is a blue vajra with slightly open prongs. My upper left hand, with a threatening forefinger holds a vajra noose. My two main hands at my heart perform the Demon-Subduing Mudra. My fangs are bared and my tongue curls upward. My three, round red eyes glare fiercely, while my orange hair, eyebrows and moustache blaze upward. My head is adorned by five dry skulls, and I wear a necklace of fifty fresh skulls. Adorned by eight great Nagas, I wear a lower garment of tiger skin and a cape of blue silk. Standing in the midst of blaz-ing flames of transcendent wisdom, my right leg is bent inwards and my left leg is stretched out.

I trample on the white demon of Aparajita who lies face downward and has three eyes and four hands; in his right hands he holds a drum and a curved knife, while the left hands hold a skull cup and trident. His lower garment is a tiger skin and his yellow hair is knotted on top of his head. On my forehead is the white syllable OM; a red syllable AH is at my throat; a blue HUM is at my heart from which emanates the rays of light to the invoke from His abode Lord of the Wrathful Ones, Shri Bhutadamara, surrounded by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and all the other deities of the ten directions in the sky above.

With the recitation:

OM VAJRA SAMADZA DZA HUM BAM HO

All these deities are absorbed into me. Again from the seed syllable light rays are extended and invoke the five initiating Dyhani Buddhas. I recite:

OM VAJRA SAMADZA

And make this request:

Please all Tathagathas, bestow on me all empowerments.

Then the Tathagathas say:

OM SARWA TATHAGATHA ABISHINKA SAMAYA SHIRIYA HUM

(Even as the Blessed One was bathed by gods at the time of his own birth, So with the pure water of the Celestial Realms, do we bestow consecration upon you.)

They pour water from a vessel on top of my head. Water pours down into the body and purifies all the negative passions. The water flows to my crown, where then Buddha Akshobhya (blue in color) appears.

Now follows the Mudra:

Bind each of the four places, heart, throat, forehead, and crown, with the basic Mudra, which is performed as thus: interlocking the two ring fingers, bend the fore-fingers inward; and press together one’s middle fingers, little fingers and thumbs. While binding them with this Mudra, bless each of the four places by uttering:

HUM VAJRA PHAT!

Maintain this visualization as clearly as possible for as long as possible.

Resembling a garland of fire, brilliant rays of light extend out infinitely, from the mantra rosary of syllables surrounding the blue HUM resting on a sun disc within my heart. They pervade my body, within and without, making it luminous, burning away and purifying all diseases, plagues, malignant spirits, obstacles, bad language, evil spells and the mischief caused by nonhumans and humanity.

Recite the Mantra as follows:

OM BHUTADAMARA BHUTA ADHIPATI / AKSHOBHYA KIRITINA / SARVA BHUTA PRETA PISHACANI SADHAYA HUM PHAT