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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: ### [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p6) O sons and daughters of noble family! ### [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p7) Whether you recite my mantra but once, ### [p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p8) Whether you hold it in your heart with steady recollection, ### [p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p9) Or write it down and carry it upon your body— ### [p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p10) If done with faith and devotion, ### [p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p11) You will purify the five gravest misdeeds ### [p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p12) And the negative actions that are almost as grave. ### [p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p13) You will be freed from the three lower realms ### [p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p14) And the eight situations that are inopportune for Dharma practice. ### [p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p15) You will never again be born into suffering. ### [p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p16) All harm from humans, non-humans, and wild beasts will be pacified. ### [p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p17) You will be released from all illnesses and obstructing influences. ### [p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p18) By reciting this sacred mantra, you shall behold the face of noble Avalokiteśvara, and at the end of this life, you will be reborn in the pure-land of Sukhāvatī. Have no hesitation, uncertainty, or doubt about this truth. ### [p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p19) This concludes the Dhāraṇī of Noble Avalokiteśvara. ### [p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang.p20) Tibetan Source --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.avalokitesvara.avalokitesvaradharani*bo~en-mang) · Pramāṇa