文／蓮生活佛 盧勝彥
據我所知，在「耳報法」方面，是有諸多修練的方法，道家有「靈童耳報法」、「善惡童子耳報法」、「鬼神耳報法」。佛法六神通有「天耳通」等等。
密教也有「耳報法」，在「七佛俱胝佛母心大準提陀羅尼法」中提到「鏡壇耳報法」，其法如下：
「佛言：若有人一心靜思，誦滿二十萬遍、四十、六十萬遍、入世出世法，無不稱遂。若出家人，若在家人，平日清水漱口，面向東方，對鏡結準提印，誦咒一百○八遍，如是不斷四十九日，有吉祥事，準提菩薩令二聖者，常隨其人，心有所念，皆於耳邊一一具說。」
這二聖者是誰？經文中未說，而我知之，是難陀龍神，塢波羅陀龍神，或者是二淨居天子俱素陀。
最早的時候，我修過「善惡童子耳報法」，後來，我將「善惡童子法」傳授家母，因此台灣台中的靈仙精舍供奉著兩尊，一手指天一手指地的善惡童子。
我個人認為：
道家方術的「靈童耳報法」，層次較低些，類似養小鬼。修行正法的人，不宜修學。倒不如修學「鏡壇耳報法」來得便利。此法單以一面淨鏡，未曾使用者，立於準提像前，每月十五日夜，隨力供養花、香、燈、茶、果。
在鏡前持準提咒，手結印，結印誦咒，依鏡為壇，即得成就。
誦完咒後，鏡子要以囊匣裝起，這「鏡壇法」，不使人見之，若見之則不好不成，須祕密之，此法亦不可說出，自己知道就好。
要修成「鏡壇耳報法」是有心要口訣，一定要請求根本傳承上師傳授。
The Mirror Shrine Psychic Hearing Method
Written by Living Buddha Lian-sheng Sheng-yen Lu
Translated by Cheng Yew Chung edited by Victor Hazen
True Buddha Translation Teams
To my knowledge, there are many cultivation methods for developing the listening faculty of gathering information by listening to spiritual beings. The Taoist ways include the Spiritual Child Psychic Hearing Method, the Lads of Good and Evil Psychic Hearing Method, and the Spiritual Beings Psychic Hearing Method. In Buddhism, there is the supernatural faculty of divine hearing and so forth.
Vajrayana Buddhism has its method of psychic hearing. In the Practice of the Dharani of Cundi, the Mother of Seven Kotis of Buddhas, it mentions the method of psychic hearing through the mirror shrine. The practice is detailed as follows:
“The Buddha says: If a person dwells in quiet meditation, and recites the mantra up to two hundred, four hundred or six hundred thousand times, he shall gain accomplishments in all worldly and transcendental practices. Should an ordained Buddhist or a lay Buddhist cleanse his mouth with pure water and face the East, forming the Cundi Mudra in front of a mirror, and recite the mantra 108 times for 49 consecutive days, there shall follow an auspicious occurrence in which Cundi Bodhisattva shall command two sages to keep the person in good company. And whenever the person has a question, he shall receive answers from the two sages who shall whisper the information into his ears.”
Who are these two sages? The sutra does not reveal their names. But I know their identities: they are none other than the two dragon kings Nanda and Upananda. Or they can also be two celestial rulers known as Suddha from Suddhavasa, the Pure Heavenly Abodes.
During the early days, I did cultivate the Lads of Good and Evil Psychic Hearing Method, which I subsequently taught to my mother. Thus, at my home, Ling Xian Jing She (Spiritual Immortal Place) in Taichung, Taiwan were enshrined two statues of the Lads of Good and Evil, whose one hand points to heaven and other hand points to earth.
I personally feel that the Taoist art of the Spiritual Child Psychic Hearing Method is of a lower spiritual level, similar to the psychic art of keeping little ghosts. Those who take the path of proper cultivation should avoid this art. It would be better to learn the Mirror Shrine Psychic Hearing Method. This method utilizes a clean mirror which has not been used previously, and which is erected before a statue or painting of Cundi. Make offerings of flowers, incense, lamp, tea and fruits to Cundi on the night of the fifteenth day of each month.
Recite the Cundi Mantra in front of the mirror, forming the mudra while reciting, and use the mirror as your shrine. In this way, you shall achieve attainment.
Upon the completion of mantra recitation, the mirror must be stored away in a container, as this mirror shrine should not be visible to others. If it were to be seen, accomplishment would be impossible. Therefore one should keep this practice secret to oneself, and should not disclose your practice to anyone.
The Mirror Shrine Psychic Hearing Method involves a set of pith instructions which are required for cultivation success. One must request this transmission from the Root Guru.
