Avalokitesvara

Bodhisattvas such as Avalokitesvara, have also been deified and worshipped.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas S. G. F. BRANDO 1968

"Avalokitesvara" thangka Painting on cloth Asian Art Museum

'Sacred Arts of Bhutan' 2009

The up-swept eves, golden porcelain roof tiles and Chinese-style buildings remind me of a mini-version of China's Forbidden Palace, but there is nothing minuscule about the 85-foot-long Seven Buddha Mural, the largest of its kind on the world, or the golden statue of the Ten Thousand Hand-Ten Thousand Eye Avalokitesvara Bodhisavita.

Margie Goldsmith: Finding My Path At A Buddhist Temple In Vancouver Margie Goldsmith 2011

The Dalai Lama, who is revered by his followers as the 14th reincarnation of the Buddha Avalokitesvara who achieved spiritual enlightenment, said that many of his supporters had asked him not to take the step.

Dalai Lama to retire from political life 2011

Artists from the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe perform the '' Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva '' during a musical dance performance '' My Dream '' in New Delhi, India, May 16, 2010.

India in Photos 2010

Artists from the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe perform the '' Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva '' during a musical dance performance '' My Dream '' in New Delhi, India, May 16, 2010.

India in Photos 2010

This Avalokitesvara/Kwan-Yin male-to-female shift is unmatched in the rest of Buddhism.

Children's literature's defining phrase, Roger Sutton 2007

One beautiful 19th-century thangka depicts Avalokitesvara, the Lord of Compassion, who despaired over his inability to save all beings.

Fierce Imagery, Serene Tone 2009

Avalokitesvara the male Boddhisattva is now known as Kwan-Yin (or Kuan-Yin or Kannon) the FEMALE Boddhisttva of Compassion to whom everyone prays when in distress.

Children's literature's defining phrase, Roger Sutton 2007

For me, one of them is Kwan-Yin, she who used to be Avalokitesvara and is Kannon in Japan, where she and I really got to know each other.

Graven Images yuki_onna 2008