Toh 691The Dhāraṇī of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara
Pāli / Sanskrit:[no Sanskrit title]
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The Scripture of the Jeweled Dhāraṇī of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara
Background
This scripture belongs to the Tantra section of the Kangyur and is preserved within the Vajrayāna esoteric tradition. It is an esoteric practice (sādhana) associated with Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, the supreme bodhisattva of compassion in Mahāyāna Buddhism.
In Vajrayāna, Avalokiteśvara is venerated in many different forms, but the image of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara symbolizes limitless wisdom and compassion. Each hand represents the unlimited capacity to deliver beings; each eye symbolizes the wisdom that clearly perceives the suffering of all sentient beings. The dhāraṇī is an esoteric instrument enabling practitioners to penetrate more deeply into the nature of this bodhisattva mind, spiritually equipping them to liberate themselves and deliver sentient beings.
This scripture profoundly reflects the needs of Vajrayāna practitioners: to unite faith with meditation, sacred speech with karmic fruition, and sacred imagery with the mind’s single-pointed purpose.
Main Content
The jeweled dhāraṇī of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara contains sacred syllables drawn from the minds of the buddhas and bodhisattvas. These recited syllables are not ordinary words, but sonic symbols (bīja-mantra) of the very nature of reality.
When practicing this scripture, practitioners are instructed to visualize Avalokiteśvara appearing within golden light that radiates throughout space. Each hand holds a symbolic treasure: a willow branch of purity (symbolizing healing), a wish-fulfilling jewel (deliverance), a sword of wisdom (cutting through ignorance), and so forth. Each eye of the bodhisattva shines everywhere, overlooking not a single sentient being in the ocean of suffering of the six realms of saṃsāra.
The jeweled dhāraṇī is taught to strengthen the practitioner’s spiritual power, transforming a limited mind into a limitless mind and an individual aspiration into the aspiration of a bodhisattva.
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