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The [[sūtra]] known as '''The Basket's Display''' (Skt. ''Kāraṇḍavyūha'', Tib. ཟ་མ་ཏོག་བཀོད་པ།, [[Wyl.]] ''za ma tog bkod pa'') is found in the General Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 116).

This [[sūtra]] is the source of the most prevalent [[mantra]] of Tibetan Buddhism: ''[[Mani mantra|oṁ maṇipadme hūṁ]]''. It marks a significant stage in the growing importance of [[Avalokiteśvara]] within Indian [[Buddhism]] in the early centuries of the first millennium. The [[sūtra]] describes [[Avalokiteśvara]]’s activities in various realms and the realms contained within the pores of his skin, and culminates in a description of the extreme rarity of his [[mantra]], which, on the [[Buddha]]’s instructions, Bodhisattva [[Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin]] obtains from someone in [[Vārāṇasī]] who has broken his monastic vows. This [[sūtra]] provided a basis and source of quotations for the teachings and practices of the eleventh-century [[Maṇi Kabum]], which itself served as a foundation for the rich tradition of Tibetan [[Avalokiteśvara]] practice.

==English Translation==
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