Shurangama Mantra with Verses and Commentary

by Venerable Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

72. CU LÔ PHỆ TRỤ RỊ DA

俱盧吠柱唎耶

 

 

Dược Sư Như Lai thanh sắc bảo

Cụ túc trang nghiêm chúng tướng hảo

Trần sát hiện thân nhiếp quần loại

Duy vọng tốc phát bồ đề tảo.

 

藥師如來青色寶

具足莊嚴眾相好

塵剎現身攝群類

惟望速發菩提早

JYU LU FEI JU LI YE

 

Medicine Master Thus Come One has a blue-colored light,

And is perfectly adorned with fine marks.

Appearing in lands like motes of dust to gather in creatures of all kinds,

Only hoping that they will hurry up and give rise to Bodhi.

 

COMMENTARY:

 

JYU LU means "Master": FEI JU LI means "Lapis Lazuli," or "Vaidurya." This refers to Medicine Master Buddha's blue-colored jewel.

 

Medicine Master Thus Come One has a blue-colored jewel. /The blue-colored jewel of Medicine Master Buddha emits a blue light.

 

And is perfectly adorned with fine marks./ As a Buddha, he has the thirty-two marks and the eighty fine characteristics.

 

Appearing in lands like motes of dust to gather in creatures of all kinds, / In all lands, as many as motes of dust, he appears to gather in the different kinds of living beings,

 

Only hoping that they will hurry up and give rise to Bodhi. / Medicine Master Buddha hopes that we sentient beings will hurry up and bring forth the Bodhi mind, so that we can leave suffering and attain bliss.