Bu Dhi Sa Ta Ah Bi Yi Tsa Ah!

(The Guru makes a wish as follows.)

O well-gifted disciples, through the attainment of this Initiation your eight consciousnesses are purified. Thus having attained the Initiation of the Eight Bodhisattvas, you will act as the Eight Bodhisattvas to carry out the

great career--to further the welfare of all sentient beings.

FOLIO 19

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The Pointing-Out Practice:

O, well-gifted disciples, the so-called Eight Bodhisattvas are nothing else but your own eight consciousnesses. The non-extinct but brightened eight consciousnesses of one's self are the Eight Bodhisattvas themselves. The eye-consciousness, aware and non-extinct, is the Bodhisattva Earth-Essence. The ear-consciousness, the one that hears, is the Bodhisattva Space-Essence. The nose-consciousness, the one that smells, is the Bodhisattva Self-Seeing. The tongue-consciousness, the one that tastes, is the Bodhisattva Thunderbolt-Holder. The body-consciousness, the one that penetrates all[r_7:7], the illumined wisdom, is the Bodhisattva Purger-of-Obstacles. The kles'a-bound Mind-Consciousness, the one that perpetuates the ego, is the Bodhisattva [called] All-Merits. The base-of-all consciousness, the all-pervading and illumined, is the Bodhisattva [called] Meritorious Youth.

FOLIOS 20-21

Picture: The Eight Consort-Bodhisattvas.

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The Initiation of the Eight Consort-Bodhisattvas:

Hum! To you well-gifted disciples

I now impart the Initiation of the Eight Consort-Bodhisattvas.

Having purified but not destroyed the eight (outer) objects,

[paragraph continues] May you obtain the Initiation of the Eight Consort-Bodhisattvas.

Ahbi Yitsa Ah!

(The Guru makes a wish as follows:)

O, well-gifted disciples, through the attainment of this Initiation of the Eight Consort-Bodhisattvas, the eight objects are purified but not abandoned. Thus, you will act as the Eight Consort-Bodhisattvas to further the welfare of sentient beings.

(The Pointing-Out Practice.)