Maha Chundi,  Zhǔntí Púsà (準提菩薩, “Chundi Bodhisattva”) or Zhǔntí Fómǔ (準提佛母, “Chundi Buddha-Mother”)

Chundi (Sanskrit: चुन्दी, literally “Extreme Purity”) is a bodhisattva venerated in the Mahāyāna Buddhist schools and is also known as a bhagavati, or “mother of buddhas”,

Chundi Bodhisattva is a being of great spiritual status.   Being the mother of all the deities of the Lotus class, she is therefore known as the Mother of Seven Kotis of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. She is all-powerful, and her Tantric epithet is the Most Victorious Vajra, or Subjugation Vajra.

Chundi is attended by two dragon (naga) kings who stand guard by her lotus throne. These two dragon kings are Nanda and Upananda.    Devotees pray to Maha Chundi Bodhisattva for protection from all kinds of harm.  The articles which are held in her hands possess great power and have symbolic meanings.

Chundi is well revered in the Chinese and Japanese Buddhist Esoteric sects.   In China, she is known as Zhǔntí Púsà (準提菩薩, “Chundi Bodhisattva”) or Zhǔntí Fómǔ (準提佛母, “Chundi Buddha-Mother”), while in Japan she is known as Juntei Kannon (准胝観音) or Kanji,and in Vietnam as Phật Mẫu Chuẩn Đề. In Malaysia, among the Fujian Chinese speaking community in Penang, she is known as Tao Bo Hut, translated as Divine Mother or Mother of all Buddhas.

Paying homage to Maha Chundi can be done by reciting her mantra:

 To constantly recite the mantra as follow,

namaḥ saptānāṃ samyaksaṃbuddha koṭīnāṃ tadyathā

oṃ cale cule cundī svāhā

This dharani was revealed by Buddha out of great compassion for sentient beings, to help relieve them from sufferings.