18 Armed Cundi Bodhisattva Thangka | Spiritual Art
18 Armed Cundi Bodhisattva Thangka The Bodhisattva Cundi or Chundi is very popular in Chinese esoteric Buddhism, but her origin is linked to the Indian Karandavyuha Sutra and precisely the Cundi Dharani mantra. The sutra is based on Avalokiteshvara, the concept of Buddhahood, it introduces the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, and Cundi is referred to as the 'mother Goddess of the seventy million Buddhas.'Because of the close relation with the bodhisattva of compassion, Cundi is worshipped as a manifestation of Guanyin in China and Kannon in Japan. In Tibetan Buddhism, Cundi is a secondary female deity considered a dharani Goddess meaning that she is the personification of a powerful spell and is linked to magical practices. She is sometimes also associated with Marici and the Hindu Goddess Chandra.Candi can appear in several forms, but the most common in thangka paintings are with eighteen arms. Being described as a mother of the perfectly enlightened Buddhas in Nepal, Cundi is also linked to