དཔལ་གྱ་ལྷ་མའ་མཚན་བཅ་གཉས་པ 1

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Homage to the Three Jewels.

Homage to the noble Avalokiteśvara.

Homage to Vajrapāṇi.

Homage to the great goddess Śrī.⁸

Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was residing in the realm of Sukhāvatī. Then the bodhisattva mahāsattva, the noble Avalokiteśvara, set out to where the Blessed One was residing. Having arrived, he bowed his head at the feet of the Blessed One, circumambulated the Blessed One thrice, and sat down on one side. Then the bodhisattva mahāsattva, the great goddess Śrī, also set out to where the Blessed One was residing. Having arrived, she bowed her head at the feet of the Blessed One and sat down on one side.

Then the Blessed One looked at Mahāśrī and said this to the noble Avalokiteśvara: “Avalokiteśvara, whosoever, including monks and nuns, laymen and laywomen, gets to know, upholds, recites, accomplishes, or speaks of the twelve names of Mahāśrī here will escape destitution and become very wealthy.”⁹

Then the entire host of spirits¹⁰ said, “May it be so!”

“These are the twelve names of the great goddess Śrī: