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Figure 5. Printed illustration from the Kwanseŭm posal yŏnghŏm yakch’o.Sino-Korean. This small book is partly a doctrinal work and partly a
ritual text, the chief purpose of which is to instruct in the use of the
famous mantra for worshipping Ṣaḍaksarī-Avalokiteśvara: ̣ Oṃ-mani-
padme huṃ. Siddham is used for the mantra throughout this work.
It also features a unique mantra chart (figure 6)^69 that includes three
Buddhist talismans.^70 The popularity of the six-character mantra also
found a more decorative expression as adornment on bronze bells, on
ceiling panels in buildings, on screens, and on stone stūpas.
different text from the Ṣaḍakṣaravidyā sūtra, T. 1047, and may be considered an origi-
nal Korean composition. 69
Cf. Yukja myŏngwang tarani kyŏng, 11b.
(^70) Yukja myŏngwang tarani kyŏng, 18ab.