《Toh 686 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh686
Homage to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas! Homage to Noble Avalokiteśvara, the great bodhisattva being! Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One stayed on Potala Mountain, in the palace of Avalokiteśvara adorned with various trees such as sal, tamāla, campaka, aśoka, and atimuktaka. These tree species could be, respectively, Shorea robusta, Garcinia xanthochymus, Michelia champaka, Jonesia asoka, and Dalbergia oojeinensis. He stayed there together with the congregation of eight thousand monks, The Tib. reads “one hundred thousand.” surrounded and attended upon by nine hundred and ninety quadrillion crores of bodhisattvas and many hundreds of thousands of gods of the Pure Abode. He was explaining the Dharma, chiefly to the gods such as Īśvara, Maheśvara, and Brahmā. At that time, Noble Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva great being, rose from his seat, draped his upper garment over one shoulder, knelt with his right knee on the ground, and bowed toward the Blessed One with folded hands. Smiling, he said to the Blessed One, “Ninety-one eons ago, in the world sphere called Vilokitā, I obtained from the Tathāgata Lokendrarāja this heart essence of Amoghapāśa The phrase “heart essenc…
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