How to learn the Great Compassion Mantra in Sanskrit � Part 1: Invocation of the the Triple Jewel and Gwan Yin Bodhisattva The Great Compassion Mantra/Nilakantha Dharani starts like this: Namo Ratna Trayaya Namah Aryavalolkiteshvaraya Bodhisattvaya Mahasattvaya Mahakarunikaya Explanation...

How to learn the Great Compassion Mantra in Sanskrit � Part 1: Invocation of the the Triple Jewel and Gwan Yin Bodhisattva

The Great Compassion Mantra/Nilakantha Dharani starts like this:

Namo Ratna Trayaya

Namah Aryavalolkiteshvaraya

Bodhisattvaya

Mahasattvaya

Mahakarunikaya

Explanation

Namo Ratna Trayaya

Namo means Homage Ratna means Jewel Trayaya � Tray is like Tri � means 3 or threefold

So the first line of the Great Compassion Mantra means Homage to the Triple Jewel:

The Buddha � The Fully Awakened One The Dharma� � The teachings of the Buddhas, the Truth The Sangha � Those who practice the Buddha�s teachings � the monks and nuns

Namah Aryavalolkiteshvaraya Bodhisattva

Namah � We offer our respectful obeisance unto Arya � Noble Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattvaya � The Contemplator of the World�s Sounds Enlightened being, i.e., Gwan Shi Yin Bodhisattva.� Gwan means Contemplate.� Shi means World.� Yin means Sound.� You usually see him depicted in female form in white in Chinese Temples and homes looking like the Virgin Mary � as female manifestation symbolizes compassion.� Western media calls him/her the Goddess of Mercy but he is not a Goddess � he is an Enlightened being � Great Enlightened being � like a Buddha. Enlightened Being

Mahasattvaya Maha means great.� Great Enlightened Being
Mahakarunikaya Karuna means compassion.� So Great Compassionate One.

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