(Tib., “one who looks with compassionate eyes”). The Tibetan name of Avalokiteshvara, the Divine Buddha of Compassion; the Protector of Tibet.
Dhyana Chohan
(Sk.-Tib., “Lord of Contemplation,” “Lord of Light”). A generic name for all celestial beings, the highest gods, answering to the Archangels of Roman Catholicism. Some are Cosmocratores, or impersonal Builders — the Divine Intelligences charged with the supervision of the Cosmos and who execute the plans of Cosmic Ideation. Others are highly evolved self-conscious Beings from past cycles, who are now the guides and instructors of the present humanity.
Ordinarily, a man is said to reach Nirvana when he evolves into a Dhyan Chohan. The condition of a Dhyan Chohan is attained in the ordinary course of Nature after the completion of the Seventh Round in the present Planetary Chain. After becoming a Dhyan Chohan, a man does not, according to the Law of Nature, incarnate in any of the other planetary chains of this Solar System. The whole Solar System is his home.
He continues to discharge his duties in the Government of this Solar System until the time of Solar Pralaya, when his monad, after a period of rest, will have to overshadow in another Solar System a particular human being during his successive incarnations, and attach himself to his higher principles when he in turn becomes a Dhyan Chohan.
There is progressive spiritual development in the innumerable Solar Systems of the Infinite Cosmos. Until the time of the Cosmic Pralaya, the monad will continue to act in the manner indicated above, and it is only during the inconceivable period of Cosmic Sleep, which follows the present period of activity, that the highest condition of Nirvana is realized.
Dolma
Dukkar
(Tib., “white parasol”). A female deity in Buddhism, the Protectress of humanity, known in Sanskrit as Sitatapatra; the Mother of the World. She is depicted with a thousand hands, which represent the rays of her aura, and on each palm of her hand-rays an open eye is depicted as a symbol of all-seeing and all-helping mercy. She is also depicted beneath an umbrella, which is a symbol of gathering moisture, or Supreme Grace.