度母手珠
簡繁轉換 - 繁體
林鈺堂
七月十四日晨忽得靈感，可以特別結構之手珠，表徵二十一度母，以供繫念度母恩德及修持度母諸咒。
以紅珠為父珠，表紅觀音，並以白珠為母珠，表白觀音，此即度母化現之根源。子珠二十一粒，分表二十一度母。二十一度母有多種色，分表其各類救渡功德，但以綠度母為主尊，又以白度母為其主伴，因此以二十綠珠及一白珠表之。此白珠置於第十一位，正好與代表白觀音之白母珠在手珠之圓環上相對應，而各十綠珠分列兩側，均勻對稱，巧成美觀。
清晨將此構想以簡圖表示，交一佛友。當日下午即收到彼依之做成之度母手珠。隨即展示來訪佛友眾，咸表讚可其表法之完整。因此撰文公佈，分享法益。
二○○四年七月十七日
紅觀音火供前
養和齋 於台北陽明山
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Bracelet Mala of Taras
Yutang Lin
In early morning of July 14 I suddenly got the inspiration that I could
use a specially designed bracelet mala (prayer beads) to represent the
twenty-one Taras so as to maintain constant remembrance of their gracious
merits and for practice of chanting Tara mantras.
Use a red bead as the father-bead to represent Red Chenrezig (Guan Yin), and
a white bead as the mother-bead to represent White Chenrezig; this is the source
of miraculous origination for all Taras. Use twenty-one beads as offspring beads
to represent the twenty-one Taras respectively. Among the twenty-one Taras the
color of their individual bodies are variegated to signify their various salvation
activities and merits. Nevertheless, the main Yidam is Green Tara and the main
companion Tara is White Tara. Hence the Taras are to be represented by twenty
green beads and one white bead. This white bead is to be placed at the 11th place,
and hence it will be on the exact opposite side of the mala circle in correspondence
with the white bead that represents White Chenrezig. While the pair of ten green
beads each will be on two sides forming a balanced symmetric correspondence that
would look nice and neat.
Right then I drew a simple figure to express this idea and gave it to a Buddhist
friend. That afternoon she came back with a bracelet mala made according to this
idea. When I showed it to visiting Buddhists they all expressed approval and
appreciation of its full representation of the essential significance of Taras.
Hence I wrote this article to share the Dharma idea and its benefits with all
Buddhists.
Written in Chinese on July 17, 2004
Before the fire puja to Red Chenrezig
Yang Ming Mountain, Taipei, Taiwan
Translated on August 8, 2004
El Cerrito, California
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