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不空羂索观音(梵名Amogha-pasa)，全称为不空羂索观世音菩萨，又称不空王观世音菩萨、不空广大明王观世音菩萨、不空悉地王观世音菩萨、不空羂索菩萨。密号为等引金刚。以“不空羂索”为名，是象征观世音菩萨以慈悲的羂索，救度化导众生，其心愿不会落空的意思。

Amoghapasha, which means unfailing lasso(不空羂索), refers to an unfailing compassion like a lasso (羂索) which brings all sentient beings out of suffering and into a state of happiness leading to enlightenment. Amoghapasha is a complicated deity subject in Tantric Buddhist iconography. He is easily mistaken for Avalokiteshvara in most artistic depictions. The two deities are frequently conflated together by scholars. Sometimes Amoghapasha is described as a form, or emanation, of Avalokiteshvara and again at other times a retinue figure when Avalokiteshvara is the central deity in the mandala.

观音菩萨

不空羂索观音的形象并非单一，而是依据不同经典呈现出多种面貌，其最核心的特征在于多面多臂、手持羂索，以及常身披鹿皮衣。最常见一面八臂: 手持念珠、莲花、宝瓶、三叉戟、羂索、经书等，或施予愿印、无畏印。“羂索”是最关键的标识，意为一种捕猎用的绳索。在佛教中，它象征着菩萨以慈悲之心救度众生，其“索”从不空掷，意味着菩萨的救度誓愿永不落空，必定能将沉溺于生死苦海中的众生“捕获”并引向解脱。

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