Onto the disk of the autumn moon, clear and pure, you transplant a seed syllable. Cool blue rays of the seed syllable radiate immense, cooling compassion beyond the limits of space, which fulfill the needs and desires of sentient beings. They radiate basic warmth, so that the confusion of sentient beings may be clarified. Then, from the seed syllable you create a buddha, Mahavairochana, white in color, with the features of an aristocrat, with the appearance of an eight-year-old child: beautiful, innocent, and pure, with a powerful royal gaze. He is dressed in the royal robes of the Vedic age or the medieval Indian royal costume. He wears a golden crown inlaid with wish-fulfilling jewels. Half of his long dark hair is made into a topknot, and the other half floats over his shoulders and back. He is seated cross-legged on the lunar disk with his hands in the meditation mudra, holding a vajra in his hand that is carved of pure white crystal.

Now, what do we do with that?

From “Introduction to Tantra, in The Lion’s Roar: An Introduction to Tantra, page 142.

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