Sasu#TIL that the original source for the Six-Syllable #Mantra
Oṃ maṇi padme hūm̐
is the Kāraṇḍavyūha #Sūtra which was compiled in the 4th or 5th century CE.
An English translation from the #Tibetan is freely available at 84000: https://read.84000.co/translation/toh116.html
#6SyllableMantra #OmManiPadmeHum #Buddhism #Sutras #Mantrayana #Vajrayana #Bodhisattva #Avalokiteśvara #Guanyin #Guanshiyin #Chenrezig #compassion #karuṇā
The Basket’s Display / 84000 Reading Room
The Basket’s Display (Kāraṇḍavyūha) is the source of the most prevalent mantra of Tibetan Buddhism: oṁ maṇipadme hūṁ. It marks a significant stage in the growing importance of Avalokiteśvara within Indian Buddhism in the early centuries of the first millennium. In a series of narratives within narratives, the sūtra describes Avalokiteśvara’s activities in various realms and the realms contained within the pores of his skin. It culminates in a description of the extreme rarity of his mantra, which, on the Buddha’s instructions, Bodhisattva Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin obtains from someone in Vārāṇasī who has broken his monastic vows. This sūtra provided a basis and source of quotations for the teachings and practices of the eleventh-century Maṇi Kabum, which itself served as a foundation for the rich tradition of Tibetan Avalokiteśvara practice.
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