Sahasrabhuja Sahasranetra Avalokiteshvara 廣大圓滿無礙大悲心陀羅尼

http://www.virtualvinodh.com/mantra/56-thousand-armed-avalokitesvara http://www.dharanipitaka.net/2011/2008/MBodhisattva/Sahasra-bhuja.pdf 世尊聖者千眼千首千足千舌千臂觀自在菩提薩埵 廣大圓滿無礙大悲心陀羅尼 This is the heart mantra of 千手千眼观世音菩萨 Sahasra-bhuja Sahasra-netra Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva in his utmost majestic form, with a thousand eyes and arms. These eyes and arms represent the miraculous power of his all-seeing and all- embracing compassion. There are 3 versions of the main mantra, called the Dharani of Great Compassion, in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese. I don't know which one is the most accurate, as they are all different in some way. One thing is for certain, though. It is one the greatest mantras taught to sentient beings, praised by all enlightened ones and recited in all worlds. Sahasra-bhuja Sahasra-netra Avalokiteśvara (Thousand Armed Thousand Eyed Avalokiteshvara) is one of the widely venerated forms of Avalokiteśvara. He has 48 principal arms which hold various instruments, and the rest of the arms form a background. He has an eye in each of those thousand palms. In the Kāraṇḍavyūha Sutra, Avalokiteshvara enters the Avici hells, to save the beings there. He converts the fire pits into cool refreshing pools, and makes the Avici Naraka a paradise. The Guardians report this to Yama. Yama wonders whether the being who had done such a transformation, was "Shiva", "Vishnu", a "Rakshasa" or some other supernatural being. When seen through his divine eyes, he finds Avalokiteshvara there. He then appears before Avalokiteshvara, he places his head at the feet of avalokiteesvara and worships Him. He utters the following praises on Avalokitesvara: namo'stvavalokiteśvarāya, maheśvarāya, padmaśriye, varadāya, vaśaṁkarāya, pṛthivīvaralocanakarāya, jagadāśvāsanakarāya, śatasahasrabhujāya, koṭīśatasahasranetrāya, ekādaśaśīrṣāya, vaḍavāmukhaparyantāya,[...] namo'stvavalokiteśvarāya, maheśvarāya, padmaśriye, varadāya, vaśaṁkarāya, pṛthivīvaralocanakarāya, jagadāśvāsanakarāya, śatasahasrabhujāya,koṭīśatasahasranetrāya, ekādaśaśīrṣāya, vaḍavāmukhaparyantāya,[...] The words in bold reads "Hundred-Thousand-Armed" , "Ten-Million-Hundred-Thousand-Eyed", "Eleven-Headed". The God of Death, Yama praises Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara as having hundred-thousand-arms and Ten-millions times that amount of Eyes. But interestingly his heads seems to be constant -- always counting to Eleven There are lots of hymns praising the Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara, the most popular one is the "Mahā Karuṇā Dhāraṇī", popularly known as the Great Compassion Mantra.However there are other less known hymns to the Thousand Armed Avalokiteshvara, many of such hymns are presented in Lokesh Chandra's book, "Thousand Armed Avalokitsvara". One Such hymn is from Caryā Kalpa of the Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara recorded by Amoghavajra