"Just as the sea embraces a hundred rivers, the roots of all good are gathered in this single syllable. Therefore it is called the mantra of the ocean mudra samadhi. Thus if you visualize this syllable one time, it surpasses the merit of reciting simultaneously the eighty thousand Buddhist teachings."
From the "Ajikan Yojin Kuketsu", Kukai's Record of Oral Instructions on the A-syllable Visualization transcribed by his student Jichie. (Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Yamasaki, 1988, p. 193)
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