[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Protective spells and dhāraṇī-sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani) › [Dhāraṇīs of Avalokiteśvara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara) › [Avalokiteśvaradhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani) › [འཕགས་པ་སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་དབང་ཕྱུག་གི་གཟུངས་ཞེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo) › [The Dharani of Noble Avalokiteshvara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang) › p5 # འཕགས་པ་སྤྱན་རས་གཟགས་དབང་ཕྱག་ག་གཟངས་ཞས་བྱ་བ p5 The Dhāraṇī of Noble Avalokiteśvara p5 - **Language:** English ### [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.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: - [Previous: p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p4) - [Next: p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p5) · Pramāṇa