文／蓮生活佛 盧勝彥
密教行者修習密教諸法，「護身法」與「結界法」均非常重要，如果沒有壇城結界及自己做護身法，很容易給天魔當點心吃了。
行者每回修法，在《真佛宗》有「披甲護身法」，即手結「金剛印」，唸『金剛手菩薩真言』，將印契印「頭、喉、心、右肩、左肩」五處，即成披甲護身。
行者平時取童男童女所搓之線（或清淨過火之線），唸誦『金剛咒』一遍，打一個結，如是滿二十一結。自己項上繫著，或手臂上繫著，可避一切惡鬼邪魔，這也是護身法。
凡是一切護身之線，護身牌等，均有護身之作用，最好每半個月要唸誦真言二十一遍，再祈請金剛護法加持線牌，如此作法，皆得效驗。
行者做「壇城結界法」，可用淨水或香水一盞，供於壇城，唸誦『金剛護法真言』，百○八遍或一千八十遍，觀金剛護法放光加持淨水或香水，取香水撒於壇城八方上下結界，在撒的範圍之內，一切惡鬼及邪魔不敢進入。
此結界法可適用於壇城，或用於房子結界，甚至土地結界都可以，唯每半個月，須作法一回，才得效驗。
此結界法，也有人施用病患身上，將香水撒於人身，唸誦『金剛護法真言』，病人大叫一聲，惡魔附身、鬼魅干擾等病，即自解脫。
若擇「除日」行法，更有大效應。
The Protection Method and the Boundary Method
Written by Living Buddha Lian-sheng Sheng-yen Lu
Translated by Cheng Yew Chung edited by Victor Hazen
True Buddha Translation Teams
When the Vajrayana practitioner engages in the cultivation of all Vajrayana practices, it is very important to practice the protection method the boundary method. If one does not set a boundary around one’s mandala shrine and perform Armor Protection, one is vulnerable to the attack of the Mara demon.
In the True Buddha School, we teach the practice of Armor Protection. During every practice session, the practitioner forms the Vajra Handclasp Mudra and chants the heart mantra of Vajrapani, and presses the mudra upon the forehead, followed by the throat, the heart, the left shoulder, and the right shoulder. This creates the Armor Protection.
The practitioner may also take threads of string weaved together by young children (or strings purified over fire). Recite the Vajra Mantra once and tie a knot. Complete twenty-one knots, and hang the string of knots around your neck or tie it around your arm. This can protect you from all evil spirits and demons. Thus, this is also a method of protection.
All protective strings and protective amulets have protection power. It is best to recite the mantra twenty-one times every two weeks and pray to the wrathful protectors to empower the strings and amulets. If you do this, they shall be effective.
When the practitioner sets a boundary in the mandala shrine, he may use a bottle of pure water or perfume, and offer it at the mandala shrine. He should recite the wrathful protector’s mantra one hundred and eight times or one thousand and eighty times. He should visualize the protector radiating lights to bless the pure water or perfume. He should take the perfume and sprinkle it in all ten directions around the shrine to set the boundary. Within the parameter of the sprinkled region, no evil spirits and demons would dare enter.
This boundary method is suitable for the mandala shrine, or for the house. You can even set a boundary around larger land areas with this method. But to achieve results you need to strengthen this boundary by practicing the method bi-monthly.
Some have used this protection method on the body of a patient, spraying the perfume onto the body and reciting the vajra protector’s mantra. The patient may react with a loud cry, and any illness due to the possession of evil spirits and demons shall be healed immediately.
If one should choose the Day of Removal as designated on the Chinese lunar calendar, it would yield better results.
