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EKĀDASAMUKHAM
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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The scene of this sūtra is laid at Sravasti (Karerimandala). Avalokitesvara proposed to utter the Ekadaśabṛdayam which he had heard several kalpas ago from a Tathāgata called Satapadmanayanacuda (p. 36). By this mantra one can attain several benefits and avert all kinds of evils. To one who possesses this mantra no untoward events can happen barring, of course, the unavoidable effects of his past karma (p. 36). Avalokitesvara by acquiring this mantra visualised all the Tathāgatas and obtained the knowledge of anut pattikadharmakṣānti (non-origination of all things of this world). If one recites this mantra every morning 108 times, he will gain ten merits (p. 37) and will be ultimately reborn in the Sukhāvati-lokadhātu. At the time of Mandäravagandha-tathāgata when Avalokitesvara was a householder, he rescued many beings from sufferings with the aid of this mantra. This mantra is so effective, that its utterance can counteract the evil effects of serious offences (mulapattis) and five extreme sins (pañcānantaryāni). Incalculable are the merits of those who practise japa and sādhanā with this mantra. On hearing such eulogies of this mantra, Buddha requested Avalokitesvara to recite the mantra for helping beings to attain sambodhi. The mantra is then recited (see pp. 39-40).
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