A Commentary on “Blessing the Speech According to the Instructions of Great Yogi Khyungpo”
Visualizing Hooking Back the Power and Blessings of Speech
Light beams radiate from the syllable OṂ and the mantra garlands, hooking back the blessings and power of the speech of those beyond and not beyond the world in the form of the three mantras, the seven sublime precious objects of a king’s reign, the eight auspicious signs, [and the eight auspicious substances].
* Those who are beyond the world are the buddhas, arya bodhisattvas abiding on the three pure bhumis, and arhats. Those who are not beyond the world are the yogis who are accomplishing the path and the sages who have actualized words of truth. Due to the power of abiding in silence and living in the morality of abstaining from negative karmas of speech, the words of these sages have much power and so whatever they pray for is successful.
All their blessings and power of speech are hooked back in the form of the three mantras, the seven precious objects of a king’s reign, the eight auspicious signs, and the eight auspicious substances, filling the whole sky. They absorb into the mantras on the moon disk on your tongue, like rain falling on the ocean.
Visualize that light beams are emitted from the syllable OṂ and the three mantra garlands on your tongue. They hook back the blessings and power of speech of those who are beyond the world and those who are not beyond the world.
“Those who are beyond the world” does not mean those who are distant from the world, but those who are beyond samsara; that is, beyond aggregates caused by karma and delusions. They are the buddhas, arya bodhisattvas abiding on the three pure bhumis, and arhats—those who have achieved liberation from samsara through developing their minds in renunciation and the wisdom realizing emptiness.
First, visualize that beams are emitted from the syllable OṂ and the three mantra garlands on your tongue and hook back all the blessings and power of their holy speech in the form of the three mantras—the vowels, consonants, and Heart Mantra of Dependent Relation, which absorb into the mantras on your tongue. Then, beams are emitted and hook back all the blessings and power of their holy speech in the form of the seven precious objects of a king’s reign, the eight auspicious signs, and the eight auspicious substances. These fill the sky in different layers, like the layers of clouds you see when you travel by plane. Visualize that many sets of the seven precious objects of a king’s reign absorb into the mantras on your tongue, like snowfall or rainfall. Then visualize that many sets of the eight auspicious signs absorb into the mantras on your tongue, like snowfall or rainfall. Then visualize that many sets of the eight auspicious substances absorb into the mantras on your tongue, like snowfall or rainfall.
Those who are not beyond the world are samsaric beings—those whose aggregates are caused by karma and delusion. They include some yogis. Yogis can be of different levels—those who have achieved high realizations of secret mantra and are beyond samsara and those who are still samsaric beings. The beings who are not beyond the world also include sages who have actualized words of truth. Due to living their whole life in silence and practicing the morality of abandoning negative karmas of speech by abstaining from telling lies, gossiping, and so forth, their words have power and so their prayers are quickly actualized.
Visualize that the blessings and power of the speech of these yogis and sages are hooked back in the form of the three mantras, the seven precious objects of a king’s reign, the eight auspicious signs, and the eight auspicious substances. These are not material things; they are of the nature of light. They absorb into the mantras on the moon disk on your tongue, like rain falling on the ocean.