Toh 636The Dhāraṇī-mantra of the One Hundred and Eight Names of Khagarbha [Ākāśagarbha]
Pāli / Sanskrit:Khagarbhāṣṭottaraśatakanāma dhāraṇīmantrasahitam
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The Scripture of the Sacred Names and Mantric Dhāraṇī of Khagarbha
Background
This scripture belongs to the Vajrayāna Tantra collection within the Kangyur—the Tibetan canon of esoteric scriptures. Its original title, Khagarbhāṣṭottaraśatakanāmadhāraṇīmantrasahitam, makes clear that it is a mantra and dhāraṇī—a transcendent mnemonic formula—comprising the one hundred and eight names of the bodhisattva Khagarbha, also known as Ākāśagarbha.
Khagarbha is an efficacious bodhisattva in Tibetan Vajrayāna and other esoteric traditions. He symbolizes boundless wisdom and inexhaustible bliss—all sentient beings may comprehend the meaning of the Dharma from the supreme expanse of space (ākāśa). The name “Space Treasury” refers to the limitless treasury of bodhicitta—the mind that contemplates the cosmos.
In the esoteric tradition, upholding the one hundred and eight names of a deity (iṣṭadevatā) is a profound method of practice. The number 108 is not arbitrary—it symbolizes completeness: one hundred (śatika) plus eight, encompassing the principal categories of the Buddhadharma.
Main Content
The scripture consists of a series of solemn names of the bodhisattva Khagarbha, each name serving as a gateway into his nature. These names are not mere repetitions but embodiments of the great powers (mahāśakti) of Ākāśagarbha.
The mantra accompanying these names is composed of sacred syllables capable of activating the practitioner’s mind. Each name, when recited with mindfulness, opens an aspect of the bodhisattva mind within the practitioner’s heart.
According to esoteric theory, these names are used to invoke and connect with the power of that bodhisattva, thereby calming the disturbed mind, increasing wisdom, and attaining harmony between absolute emptiness (śūnyatā) and the manifestations of skillful means (upāya-kauśalya).
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