文／蓮生活佛 盧勝彥
有人說：「密教的降伏法就如同巫術的降頭一樣！」
又說：「降伏法是專門害人的，叫人生癌生瘤，叫人出意外，車禍死亡等等。」
這種言論，看來有夠恐怖，然而事實上，並不是如此。
所謂密教降伏法，是為降伏一切惡毒鬼神，及惡龍怪獸損害一切有情者。另外，調伏一切惡人，害國害民，生反道心者。及滅三寶、毀真言者，或與持咒人作諸障難者。如是之惡人，持咒行者運用大慈悲心修法而對治之。
密教經曰：「若為自己私人怨仇，為自己的私利，而修降伏法，必定反招災禍。」
這即是降伏法是為公修法，而非個人怨恨及仇敵。
密教經曰：「如果惡人等身心不安，或得大病，或命欲終，即當勸其懺悔改過，若是已悔過，即為彼等之人作息災唸誦，彼人等即免災難。」
我說，修降伏法，行者要具大慈悲心。
一、為公益而修。
二、為救度惡人而修。
密教的降伏法絕非如外人所說的，和巫術降頭一樣，也絕非是害人的，反而是救人的。
修降伏法，在真言中，要加上：
「吽。吽。吽。發吒。」這幾個咒字。
其「身印」非常特別，作蹲踞坐，左腳押右腳。
我，蓮生活佛盧勝彥，未做降伏法，其原因是，我的人喜歡一切順其自然，這人間世界，自有「天理因果」存在，該來的就會來，該去的自會去，一切不用勉強了！
The Practice of Subjugation
Written by Living Buddha Lian-sheng Sheng-yen Lu
Translated by Cheng Yew Chung edited by Victor Hazen
True Buddha Translation Teams
Someone once said, “The subjugation practice of Vajrayana Buddhism is no different from the spell casting practice of Voodoo!”
Then the person added, “The subjugation practice brings only harm to people, causing them to contract cancer and tumours, encounter accidents, die in a car crash and so forth.”
Such opinions may seem terrifying, but in reality it is far from truth. The subjugation practice of Vajrayana is performed to subjugate all evil spiritual entities, ferocious dragons and beasts that harm all living beings. It is also performed to subjugate all evil men who cause harm to countries and their people, including those who have betrayed the truth, have caused destruction to the Triple Jewels and mantras, or have created hindrances to those who recite mantras. Such evil men shall be dealt with by the mantra practitioner whose great compassion is exercised through cultivating the subjugation practice.
The Vajrayana Tantras state, “If one cultivates the subjugation practice to settle a personal score or do so out of selfish desires, one shall meet with misfortune.”
This explains that the subjugation practice has to be cultivated for the good of all and not for settling personal scores and dealing with enemies. The Vajrayana Tantras add, “If an evil man is feeling unsettled in his body and mind, is down with a grave illness, or near the brink of death, we must advise him to mend his ways and repent. If repentance is genuine, we should perform recitation to bring about purification so that he avoids any calamity.”
Let me say that the cultivation of subjugation practice must be accompanied by great compassion.
1. Cultivate it for the good of all.
2. Cultivate it to deliver evil men.
The subjugation practice of Vajrayana is definitely far from what is being circulated by the uninitiated, which is that it is the same as the spell casting magic of voodoo. The subjugation practice of Vajrayana is not meant to harm others, but intended to save them from further transgressions.
When cultivating the subjugation practice, one must include these syllables in the mantra: HUM HUM HUM VAJRA.
The body mudra of subjugation practice is rather unique in that it requires one to crouch, with the left leg pressed against the right.
I, Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu have never exercised the subjugation practice for the sole reason that I like to let things take their natural course. The Law of Cause and Effect is always at work, and whatever that comes shall come, and whatever that leaves shall leave. I simply let things be.
