Hum! This is the shell which perfectly represents the expression of Buddha Vajrapani,

I now put it upon your throat

And impart to you the Initiation of Speech of Vajrapani. Recite the main Mantra and add: Shan Kha Lam Ah Be Ahi Tsa Mong! Then repeat the basic prayer:

"O Lord Vajrapani
Manifesting in a form with braided hair...
Through the power of speech of Lord Vajrapani,
May I attain the blessing and prosperity."

The hindrances of your speech are now cleared; thus, you have attained the power of expression and the capability of achieving the unique sixty merits of the voice of Buddha.

Then the guru holds the thunderbolt in his hand and says:

"From the Heart-Center of Vajrapani emanate infinite beams of light shining upon Buddha's Pure Land in the ten directions and attracting numerous thunderbolts with five spokes, which symbolize the wisdom of Buddha, to

come down here. All these thunderbolts then enter into your heart and unite with you.

Hum! This thunderbolt itself is Vajrapani,

Possessing all qualities of Buddha's wisdom.

I now put it upon your heart

And impart to you the complete Initiation of Wisdom. Recite the main incantation and add: Ba-tsa Ah Bi Ahi Tsa Mong!

Also recite the basic prayer: "O, Lord Vajrapani...

Through the power of wisdom of Lord Vajrapani

May I attain the blessing and prosperity."

Now you have attained the Initiation of Wisdom; thus, the hindrances that block your mind are cleared; from now on hundreds and thousands of Samadhis will grow within you.

Then the guru holds the picture of Vajrapani in his hand and says:

"This picture clearly represents Buddha Vajrapani himself. From it emanate infinite beams of light shining upon the Pure Lands in the ten directions, and attracting numerous Vajrapanis from the eternal Heaven Aog-min and also from the Pure Land of the North to come down here. These Vajrapanis are in different sizes and numerous forms: the large ones are as big as Mount Sumeru, and the small ones are as tiny as mustard seeds. Now you should think that all these Vajrapanis enter into you and merge with you.

Hum! This picture is Vajrapani himself

I now put it upon your head

And impart to you the Initiation of Merits of Vajrapani. Recite the main incantation and add: Gaya Ahbi Ahi Tsa Mam!

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PLATE II

Folio 10 (ii) recto (Muses MS, vol. II), the second of two folios bearing the same number. The Holy Thunderbolt, Vajra or rDorje, symbolic of the power of wisdom, especially in its most potent or esoteric form; and hence symbolic of the entire Tibetan Tantra (rGyud) or Vajrayana.

Also recite the main prayer:

"O, Lord Vajrapani...
Through the power of the merits of Vajrapani
May I attain the blessing and prosperity!"