The History of Buddhist Thought c23.18

c23.18

In each of the hair-pores of Avalokiteśvara is a world in which those dwell who know his six-syllabled spell, oṃ maṇipadme hūṃ, and they never again wander in transmigration.² Buddha himself after enormous toils obtained the spell from Padmottama Buddha, who had obtained it from Amitābha. Buddha, however, sends the bodhisattva who has asked him for it to a reciter of the Dharma at Benares to receive it. The bodhisattva does so, and when he asks for it; a voice from the sky orders the reciter to give it. The bodhisattva looks up and sees Avalokiteśvara with a lotus in his hand. He returns to Buddha and 770,000,000 Buddhas