度母手珠
林钰堂
七月十四日晨忽得灵感，可以特别结构之手珠，表征二十一度母，以供系念度母恩德及修持度母诸咒。
以红珠为父珠，表红观音，并以白珠为母珠，表白观音，此即度母化现之根源。子珠二十一粒，分表二十一度母。二十一度母有多种色，分表其各类救渡功德，但以绿度母为主尊，又以白度母为其主伴，因此以二十绿珠及一白珠表之。此白珠置于第十一位，正好与代表白观音之白母珠在手珠之圆环上相对应，而各十绿珠分列两侧，均匀对称，巧成美观。
清晨将此构想以简图表示，交一佛友。当日下午即收到彼依之做成之度母手珠。随即展示来访佛友众，咸表赞可其表法之完整。因此撰文公布，分享法益。
二○○四年七月十七日
红观音火供前
养和斋 于台北阳明山
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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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