Summary
s.1The Basket’s Display (Kāraṇḍavyūha) is the source of the most prevalent mantra of Tibetan Buddhism: oṁ maṇipadme hūṁ. It marks a significant stage in the growing importance of Avalokiteśvara within Indian Buddhism in the early centuries of the first millennium. In a series of narratives within narratives, the sūtra describes Avalokiteśvara’s activities in various realms and the realms contained within the pores of his skin. It culminates in a description of the extreme rarity of his mantra, which, on the Buddha’s instructions, Bodhisattva Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin obtains from someone in Vārāṇasī who has broken his monastic vows. This sūtra provided a basis and source of quotations for the teachings and practices of the eleventh-century Maṇi Kabum, which itself served as a foundation for the rich tradition of Tibetan Avalokiteśvara practice.
s.1《大乘莊嚴寶王經》是藏傳佛教中最為流行的咒「唵嘛呢叭咪吽」的來源。它標誌著在第一千年初期，觀世音菩薩在印度佛教中重要性不斷提升的一個重要階段。經文通過一系列層層嵌套的故事敘述，描繪了觀世音菩薩在各個世界中的活動，以及存在於他皮膚毛孔中的世界。經文最後敘述了他的咒極其稀有，根據佛陀的指示，除蓋障菩薩從一位在波羅奈破戒的人那裡得到了這個咒。此經為十一世紀的《摩尼全集》的教學和修行提供了基礎和引用來源，而《摩尼全集》本身又成為了藏傳觀世音菩薩修行傳統的基礎。