The Sadhana of (Buddha Mother) Sitatapatra with the White Parasol
Ushnisha-sitatapatra
The most respectful (crown of the head) White Parasol
Invocation- The Visualization and Mantra Recitation
First, visualize the universe in the color white.
Then, the whole universe dissolves into a white "Om" syllable. Then from
the white "Om," arises the Buddha Mother Sitatapatra. (Sitatapatra has
one head, two arms, three eyes (the third eye in located between the eyebrows),
her left hand holds a parasol, the right hand is in the wish-bestowing
mudra, and she sits in the meditation style on a lotus). Recite the
long mantra 7, 14 or 21 times:
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Om sarva tathagata anika sita'tapatra hum phat svaha
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Om! All blessed-one splendour White-Umbrella Hum Phat! All hail!
Entering the Samadhi of Sitatapatra
Visualize that the parasol of Sitatapatra covers you and any thing you want to be protected
(family of this life and previous lifes, community, country,.. etc. Be sure to visualize those
images clearly around you). Then visualize Sitatapatra's crown chakra opening, and a white "Om"
comes out and forms a parasol. This parasol also covers all things to be protected.
While fixing your mind on the last mental image, recite the short mantra hundred times
until you enter Samadhi (a pure, single mind fixed on the deity) and even forget reciting the
mantra itself.
Hum Ma Ma Hum Ni Svaha!
Purport: Don't let the counting to interupt your visualization. Recite many times
as required to enter Samadhi when one's mind power put to work and the transformation begins.
Uniting with the deity (yoga) and receiving blessing is the belief of other schools,
it is NOT according to the Vajrayana tradition. However,
the blessing, the power and the qualities of the deities are regarded
as being innate, as being within ones own mind. Through regarding oneself as the deity, defects
are gradually eradicated and good qualities gradually revealed because the potential to transcend
our problems is innate rather than external to us. The ritual is only a vehical which might not
be needed at the ultimate end (Dharma nirvana).
Praising Protectress Sitatapatra
Leave Samadhi and recite the following praise:
Abiding in the selfless void,
manifests a white Sitatapatra
With one face, two arms, and three eyes;
Wearing a jeweled crown and layers of celestial garments.
Every palm possess an eye,
Her left hand holds a parasol and her right forms the wish-fulfilling,
She sits in the in the Full Lotus position on the lotus-moon;
Om Vajra samaya Jah!
Dedication
Recite the dedication prayer once:
The Supreme Crown of all Tathagatas,
Manifest on the clouds in the heavens.
The powerful and liberated White Parasols,
I prostrate to every one of them;
May my practice of the White Parasol,
speedily accumulate the invincible Dharma Light,
Shielding all beings and subjugating all maras;
Together, may we all soar to the Buddha-Lands!
