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− | Cundī Bodhisattva (准提菩薩). One of the six special forms of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin in Chinese), who is forever active in delivering sentient beings that transmigrate through the six life-journeys. Hailed as mother of seven koṭi Buddhas, Cundī is portrayed in female form with three eyes and eighteen arms, adorned with a white conch shell on her wrist. In text 1076 (T20n1076), the Buddha states that cun means the unsurpassed enlightenment; di means that all phenomena are illusions, irrelevant to being accepted or rejected; Cundī means the inherent purity of the nature of one’s true mind. | + | [[Cundī Bodhisattva]] ([[准提菩薩]]). One of the six special [[forms]] of [[Avalokiteśvara]] [[Bodhisattva]] ([[Guanyin]] in {{Wiki|Chinese}}), who is forever active in delivering [[sentient beings]] that transmigrate through the six life-journeys. Hailed as mother of seven [[koṭi]] [[Buddhas]], [[Cundī]] is portrayed in {{Wiki|female}} [[form]] with three [[eyes]] and eighteen arms, adorned with a white [[conch shell]] on her wrist. In text 1076 (T20n1076), the [[Buddha]] states that [[cun]] means the [[unsurpassed enlightenment]]; [[di]] means that all [[phenomena]] are [[illusions]], irrelevant to [[being]] accepted or rejected; [[Cundī]] means the inherent [[purity]] of the nature of one’s true [[mind]]. |
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Cundī Bodhisattva (准提菩薩). One of the six special forms of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin in Chinese), who is forever active in delivering sentient beings that transmigrate through the six life-journeys. Hailed as mother of seven koṭi Buddhas, Cundī is portrayed in female form with three eyes and eighteen arms, adorned with a white conch shell on her wrist. In text 1076 (T20n1076), the Buddha states that cun means the unsurpassed enlightenment; di means that all phenomena are illusions, irrelevant to being accepted or rejected; Cundī means the inherent purity of the nature of one’s true mind.