Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
The Importance of Om Manipadme Hum
CHAPTER 1
Background to the Karandavyuha Sutra
CHAPTER 2
Puranic Influence on the Karandavyuha Sutra
CHAPTER 3
Avalokitesvara as the Buddhist Isvara
CHAPTER 4
Om Manipadme Hum and Namah Sivaya
CHAPTER 5
Om Manipadme Hum and the Mahayana
CHAPTER 6
The Meaning of Om Manipadme Hum
CONCLUSION
The Original Six-Syllable Formula?
APPENDIX
Annotated Précis of the Karandavyuha Sutra
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Index to Appendix