The First Encounter

Meeting Avalokiteshvara for the first time

Reading time: About 6 minutes.

Before I bought a book on Bodhisattvas, 

before I encountered Manjushri’s compelling androgynous form holding a flaming sword aloft, 

before I learned of the dakini and dharmapalas, the wrathful wisdom of Ekajati and the protection of Mahakala, 

before I was introduced to Amitabha, Vairocana, Akshobya, Amogasiddhi and Ratnasam…