འཕགས་པ་སྤྱན་རས་གཟགས་དབང་ཕྱག་ག་གཟངས་ཞས་བྱ་བ p5

p5

Out of great love and the force of his boundless compassion, noble Avalokiteśvara generated bodhicitta, the heart of awakening. Seated upon a throne of lotus, sun, and moon he appeared through the emanation and reabsorption of light from the syllable hrīḥ. He manifests with one face and four arms: His first two hands are joined in the gesture of prayer. His lower right hand holds a white pearl mālā; his lower left, a white lotus. His body, white in colour, is seated in the full vajra posture, adorned with precious ornaments and a resplendent crown. At his side stand the mother Ṣaḍakṣarī and the father Maṇidhara. Around him gather countless male and female bodhisattvas, forming a vast retinue. Thus it was spoken: