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| | Avalokiteshvara - (11 faces, 8 hands) (Himalayan Art) |
 | | Avalokiteshvara, Ekadasamukha (Tibetan: chen re zi, shal chu chig. | | | The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is the patron deity of Tibet and appears in a variety of forms both peaceful, wrathful and in large mandalas surrounded by numerous deities. | | | As a universal symbol he embodies the compassion of all buddhas of the ten directions and three times. |
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| | Avalokiteshvara |
| | Nepalese Buddhist intricate ritual ( uposadha) worship of Avalokiteshvara with 8 precepts. | | | Here, the deity is the impermanent aspect of Avalokiteshvara acting "in a sea of suffering." He is depicted as a red four-armed Lord of the World in union with his consort Yum Dorje Naljorma (Mother Vajrayogini.) This is the personal practice of the Karmapas and is conducive to profound meditation. | | | Avalokiteshvara, Lord of this Realm of Desire, therefore also assumes the form of Mahakala. |
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| | HEALING DEITIES ~ AVALOKITESHVARA |
| | In the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon of enlightened beings, Chenrezig, Avalokiteshvara, is renowned as the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. | | | Avalokiteshvara is the earthly manifestation of the self born, eternal Buddha, Amitabha. | | | Chenrezig is considered the patron bodhisattva of Tibet, and his meditation is practiced in all the great lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. |
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http://www.souledout.org/healing/healingdeities/avolokiteshvara.html
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| | entities ~ metaxu buddhism |
| | Compassion personified, and in Mahayana Buddhism, deified, as Avalokiteshvara, or the Bodhisattva [ ref ] | | | Avalokiteshvara has vowed that he will not accept the eternal peace of Nirvana until all human souls have found enlightement, because he decided that it would be selfish to enjoy peace and knowledge while the people are still suffering in ignorance. | | | Thus, Avalokiteshvara is described as "the Bhagavan", (i.e., the Lord), who takes the form of a Bodhisattva and whose duty it is to " look around " for the purpose of the welfare and happiness of the people on earth, and to teach them the way towards enlightenment. |
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| | Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of absolute compassion, is one of the most important deities of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | Each syllable in the mantra represents one of the six realms of rebirth, namely the heaven worlds of the devas; the realm of the asuras; the saha, or human world; the animal realm, the pretaloka, or realm of the hungry ghosts; and the various hells. | | | Avalokiteshvara's association with Amitabha, as well as the Bodhisattva's ability to aid all those in need of his help, has made him one of the most popular deities of lay devotion. |
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http://www.purifymind.com/Om20.htm
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| | Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig as he is known in Tibetan, is the Buddhist deity who personifies the ideal of compassion. | | | The sand Mandala of Avalokiteshvara was originated from the tantric teachings of Lord Buddha Shakyamuni. | | | Although depicted on a flat surface, the Mandala is actually three-dimensional, being a “divine mansion” at the center of which resides Avalokiteshvara, surrounded by the deities of his entourage. |
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| | Avalokiteshvara - Chaturbhuja (4 hands) (Himalayan Art) |
| | Avalokiteshvara is foremost a bodhisattva arising from the sutra tradition and secondly a tutelary deity of the Vajrayana tradition. | | | Chaturbhuja Avalokiteshvara Mandala (Tibetan: chen re zi chag shi pa'i kyil khor. | | | "To the Lord unstained by faults, white in colour, the head adorned with the perfect buddha, gazing on beings with eyes of compassion; to Avalokiteshvara I bow." (The great Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo, 557-649). |
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| | Avalokiteshvara's mission and the manifestation of the six Buddhas in the six realms of beings | | | The first Buddhist text that was translated from Sanskrit to Tibetan language is the Twenty-One sutras and tantras of Avalokiteshvara. | | | This text is found in all the Tibetan schools of Buddhism. |
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http://www.purifymind.com/Om10.htm
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| | The Bodhisattva of Great Compassion |
| | This is the Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara, worshipped by all Tibetans as "Chenrezig", the Holder of the White Lotus. | | | In Buddhist art, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is sometimes shown with eleven heads, 1000 hands and eyes on the palms of each hand (Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva). | | | The Sanskrit name "Avalokiteshvara" means "the lord who looks upon the world with compassion". |
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| | Programme note: Tears of Avalokiteshvara - symphonic poem by Philip Goddard |
| | Avalokiteshvara, also known as Chenrezig to Tibetans, is known as the Buddha (or Bodhisattva) of Infinite Compassion, on account of his vow never to attain full enlightenment until every sentient being has been liberated from samsara, the uncontrolled cycle of rebirth and suffering. | | | With their great power the buddhas made him whole again, and from then on Avalokiteshvara had eleven heads and a thousand arms, and on each palm of each hand was an eye, signifying [the] union of wisdom and skilful means that is the mark of true compassion. | | | There follows a mysterious and powerful incantatory section reflecting Avalokiteshvara's repeated vows to the buddhas, and the work's ending is once again in the peaceful light of his boundless compassion. |
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http://www.philipgoddard.com/music/tears.htm
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| | Legends of 1000 Armed Avalokiteshvara |
| | Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion, in front of Buddha Amitabha made to commitment to intentionally manifest into the three realms of Samsara in order to harrow the depths; that is to say, in order to stir from depths and completely liberate all sentient beings from samsara, and to be their supreme guide. | | | Once Amitabha Buddha placed his hand on the head of Avalokiteshvara and commanded that noble son, "Now you be the one who can tame the animated beings of the barbarian snow land whereas not a singly Buddha of the Three times has been there. | | | The study of Avalokiteshvara and his forms has great importance for the student of Mahayana Buddhism. |
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http://www.buddhim.20m.com/2-8.htm
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| | Avalokiteshvara Chenrezig |
| | Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig in Tibetan, is an enlightened being who is a manifestation of all Buddhas' compassion. | | | By holding a lotus flower Avalokiteshvara is showing that because he attained enlightenment he is free from all obstacles, and has a completely pure body, speech and mind. | | | Even though Avalokiteshvara is an enlightened being he still shows respect to his Spiritual Guide. |
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| | Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva |
| | Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is depicted as male in Tibet and India. | | | Avalokiteshvara (guan yin) Bodhisattva holding the hand gesture of Abhaya, "no fear." The gesture symbolize the offering of refuge to those who prays to her. | | | To fulfill his vow, Avalokiteshvara descended into hell and move slowly up in each successive realms to that of god and rescuing countless beings. |
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http://www.geocities.com/directx_user/gallery/avalokiteshvara.htm
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| | AvalokiteshvaraInformation By Way of Prayerflags.com |
| | Avalokiteshvara related terms on Prayerflags.com are om ah hum vajra guru padma siddhi hum mantra, mantra lukasz, buddha drawings, free essay buddha art, and kala chakra mantra. | | | Find Avalokiteshvara on Prayerflags.com with the terms free essay buddha art, om ah hum vajra guru padma siddhi hum mantra, buddha drawings, mantra lukasz, and kala chakra mantra. | | | Avalokiteshvara related phrases on Prayerflags.com include om ah hum vajra guru padma siddhi hum mantra, free essay buddha art, mantra lukasz, buddha drawings, and kala chakra mantra. |
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| | H.E.Tai Situpa: Green Tara |
| | Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is one way known as one of the eight Bodhisattva sons who are the eight sons of the Buddha. | | | The Buddha's blessing, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara's blessing, the Bodhisattva Tara's blessing, Tara and Avalokiteshvara are Deities, so their blessing is the blessing of compassion and wisdom. | | | Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva after taking that vow was liberating sentient beings for many aeons; an aeon means
for example this Earth from beginning to the end will be one greater aeon of this Earth. |
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http://www.nic.fi/~laan/greentara.htm
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| | Eleven Headed Avalokiteshvara |
| | Avalokiteshvara, the all pitying one, descended into hell, converted the wicked, liberated them, and conducted them to Sukhavati, the paradise of his spiritual father, Amitabha. | | | This is a symbol of purity, renunciation, and divinity. | | | He is saluted in a common Tibetan prayer as "The holy Avalokiteshvara, who has the thousand arms of the thousand universal monarchs, the thousand eyes of the thousand Buddhas of this good eon, and who manifests whatsoever is appropriate to tame whatsoever!" |
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| | Avalokiteshvara 2005 |
| | According to legend, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, with great compassion, made a vow to liberate all beings in all the realms of suffering, and would not rest until this task is done. | | | Having received the light from the Amitabha Buddha, Avalokiteshvara was manifested with eleven heads, a thousand arms and a thousand eyes. | | | It is a great blessing to have His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in the Avalokiteshvara's Nirmanakaya form, to bestow the empowerment for our developing and practicing this precious Bodhicitta, the essential mind of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas |
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http://www.avalokiteshvara2005.org/index2.htm
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| | Dalai Lama is a Mongolian title meaning "Ocean of Wisdom", The Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, whose name is Chenrezig in Tibetan and Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit. | | | The Dalai Lama is the highest religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism and, until the People's Republic of China instituted direct control in 1959, was Tibet's most powerful political leader. | | | Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have postponed their own nirvana and chosen to take rebirth to serve humanity. |
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http://www.informationgenius.com/encyclopedia/d/da/dalai_lama.html
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| | OM MANI PADME HUNG |
| | Imagine Avalokiteshvara completely purifying and liberating all the sentient beings in the God realm until it is completely emptied and purified. | | | Imagine Avalokiteshvara completely purifying and liberating all the sentient beings in the Ghost realm until it is completely emptied and purified. | | | It specifically invokes the Buddha of compassion Avalokiteshvara. |
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| | Avalokiteshvara The Thousand Armed Deity of Compassion |
| | This manifestation of Avalokiteshvara is thought to have been influenced by the eleven manifestations of the popular Hindu god Shiva, known as the ekadasha (eleven) Rudras. | | | As per his usual iconography, the heads are arranged in a pyramid with three rows, ten of the heads are benign and one is ferocious, representing Avalokiteshvara's wrathful form, which is capped by the serene head of Amitabha. | | | Avalokiteshvara was therefore able to watch over all the ten directions at once. |
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| | Avalokitesvara Teaching by Yangthang Rinpoche |
| | Avalokiteshvara has many different emanations and many different names, but essentially they are one essence, which is the bodhichitta, the nature of the mind of all buddhas. | | | To explain it from the point of view of the three kayas, in the dharmakaya nature Avalokiteshvara is Buddha Amitabha, in the sambhogakaya he is Nam Nang Den So, and in the nirmanakya he is Chenrezig, who appears both peacefully and wrathfully. | | | Each and every one of them had visions of Avalokiteshvara, and it was through those visions that they received their spiritual attainments and realizations. |
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http://www.mirrorofwisdomvideo.org/AvalokitesvarabyYRBLUE.htm
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| | Explanation of the Mantra of Avalokiteshvara |
| | Avalokiteshvara is in fact the collective compassion of all Buddhas, assuming a deity form. | | | Because of this Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri are in fact the deity forms of the path of wisdom and method. | | | Likewise with regard to the deity of wisdom; you can not be enlightened without correct wisdom understanding the ultimate nature of reality underlying all things that exist. |
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| | Avalokiteshvara, as I am sure you know, is the bodhisattva of compassion and insight, who appears in the Heart Sutra. | | | The eye of the Buddha and the eye of Avalokiteshvara have become everyone's whole body, each of us standing tall. | | | An old-time Zen student, a woman, in California, who has sat for many years, and is a very senior person, told me this wonderful story from Gregory Bateson. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/zen/tarrnt06.txt
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| | The Bodhisattva Ideal - Buddhism and the Aesthetics of Selflessness |
| | The word 'Avalokiteshvara' is derived from the Pali verb oloketi which means "to look at, to look down or over, to examine or inspect." The word avalokita has an active signification, and the name means, "the lord who sees (the world with pity)." The Tibetan equivalent is spyanras-gzigs (the lord, who looks with eyes). | | | Once at a meeting of numerous bodhisattvas at the house of Vimalakirti, the lay disciple of Buddha, a debate developed on the meaning of nonduality, an essential precept of Buddhist thought. | | | Turning back, Avalokiteshvara saw the world again being filled with new sufferers who awaited their escape from the constant cycle of birth and rebirth. |
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| | Avalokiteshvara |
| | Chenrezi is the Tibetan form of Avalokiteshvara and is considered the patron and protector of the “Land of Snow.” Important events and personalities of Tibetan Buddhism are regarded as connected with Chenrezi’s action. | | | Amitabha Buddha is frequently depicted standing between Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta. | | | Kuan Yin): The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is one of the Three Pure Land Sages, the others being Buddha Amitabha and the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta. |
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| | AN EXPLANATION OF THE NAME AVALOKITESHVARA, Geshe Palden Dakpa |
| | In like manner Avalokiteshvara is ultimately the great compassionate nature of all the Buddhas of the ten directions. | | | With help of his Buddha eye, Avalokiteshvara knows directly, as they are, the individual nature, aspiration, subtle potentiality and so forth of his disciples. | | | Thus, with his dharma eye, Avalokiteshvara properly sees the potentiality of his disciples and teaches according to their capacity. |
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| | The Shadow of the Dalai Lama: Sexuality, Magic and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism, by Victor and Victoria Trimondi |
| | As the vanquisher of the earth goddess, Avalokiteshvara triumphs in the form of King Songtsen Gampo, that is, the same Bodhisattva who, as a monkey, earlier engendered with Srinmo the Tibetans in myth, and who shall later exercise absolute dominion from the “Roof of the World” as Dalai Lama. | | | Apollo, the god of light (Avalokiteshvara), let the earth-monster, Python (Srinmo), live once he had defeated it so that it would prophesy for him, and built over the mistreated body at Delphi the most famous oracle temple in Greece. | | | The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is considered the progenitor of the Tibetans, he thus determines events from the very beginning. |
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| | Avalokiteshvara Altar Card |
| | Avalokiteshvara ('One who hears the cries of the world') is the embodiment of infinite compassion. | | | To accomplish this, Avalokiteshvara travels to all realms of the universe offering his compassionate blessings to all beings. | | | Long ago he vowed not to return to nirvana until all living beings had been liberated from suffering. |
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http://www.brassunicorn.com/browseproducts/Avalokiteshvara-Altar-Card.HTML
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| | - Eleven-Headed, One-Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara |
| | From an early period, Songtsen Gampo, who was instrumental in introducing Buddhism to Tibet, was identified as an incarnation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. | | | His Chinese and Nepalese wives, who also played important roles in bringing Buddhism from their native lands, were thought to be the White and Green Taras. | | | In this compelling iconographic form, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who embodies compassion, sees and reaches out in all directions to assist those in need. |
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| | sacredpaint.com - Avalokiteshvara |
| | Through relying on Avalokiteshvara she was able to heal herself of leprosy, attain visions of the deity and receive direct teachings and empowerments from him. | | | Nung Nä is a powerful purification practice involving prostration, recitation of praise to Avalokiteshvara and visualization of the deity. | | | She lived approximately in the tenth or eleventh century in India. |
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http://www.sacredpaint.com/avalokiteshvara.html
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| | You Are Avalokiteshvara |
| | The reason we do this is to acknowledge the buddhanature within ourselves by identifying with Avalokiteshvara's nature of compassion and emptiness. | | | When we have completed the vajrayana foundation practices, or ngöndro, which have made our being more open and workable, we may be empowered to visualize ourselves in the form of the deity. | | | While visualizing the form of the deity one also meditates on its significance. |
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http://www.shambhalasun.com/archives/features/2002/Jan02/chenrezi.htm
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| | Wer ist Avalokiteshvara? |
| | Avalokiteshvara ist der Buddha des Mitgefühls, und in ihm verkörpert sich das Erbarmen sämtlicher Buddhas. | | | Buddha Shākyamuni, der vor 2500 Jahren in Indien wirkte, war der vierte Buddha dieses Zeitalters. | | | Aufgrund seines großen Erbarmens sind der Segen und Nutzen seines Mantra um so größer, je schlechter die Zeiten und je größer die Leiden sind. |
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| | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| | This is a Cambodian statue of Avalokiteshvara, which is Sanskrit for "The Lord Who Looks Down." Avalokiteshvara is a bodhisattva (bo-dee-SAHT-vah) in the Buddhist belief system. | | | Nestled in the hair is a small figure of the Amitabha Buddha-Avalokiteshvara's spiritual father-meditating on a throne of lotus petals. | | | The name Avalokiteshvara is fun to say once you have practiced it: |
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| | !Ayurvedic Chinese Herbal Distance Learning Planetary Herbs Correspondence Course |
| | Buddhist Ayurveda is the classical spiritual Ayurveda practiced in the time of Shakyamuni Buddha (550 B.C. to 1000 A.D.) as taught at Buddhist Ayurvedic Monasteries such as the 5th century B.C. Indian Nalanda University, the world's first university. | | | Buddhist Ayurveda, the elder foundation for the younger Tibetan Medicine (700 A.D.), is based on the ancient sacred Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese classic Sutra scriptures and mantras of the Medicine Buddha, Avalokiteshvara Guan Yin Bodhisattva, Sushruta Nagarjuna Bodhisattva, Ganesha, Patanjali, Vagbhata and other great healer sages and healing Bodhisattvas of Ayurveda. | | | As a non-profit 501(c)3 religious organization (a Buddhist Ayurvedic Ministry, Institute, Center and Temple) called the Ayurvedic College of America (Avalokiteshvara Ayurvedic Healing Center) founded on July 4, 2000 and teaching traditional spiritual Buddhist Ayurveda healing techniques from India, Tibet, Nepal and China. |
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| | The Origin of the High King Avalokiteshvara Sutra |
| | The monk instructed him that he cannot avoid death by reciting the Avalokiteshvara chapter. | | | Sun said, "I was instructed by a monk in a dream to recite an Avalokiteshvara Sutra one thousand times to avoid death. | | | The monk suggested Sun to recite another Avalokiteshvara Sutra one thousand times, then the conviction would be commuted. |
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http://www.geocities.com/directx_user/sutra/highking_origin.htm
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| | The Heart Sutra |
| | At that time also the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was looking perfectly at the practice of the profound perfection of wisdom and looking correctly at the emptiness of all phenomena. | | | The great Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, in the deep course of wisdom beyond wisdom, seeing that the five aggregates are also empty of inherent nature, overcame all suffering and distress. | | | When the Blessed One had said this, Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva, Shariputra and all who were present expressed delight and greatly praised what had been spoken by the Blessed One. |
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| | Introduction to the Five Principal Spiritual Traditions of Tibet |
| | Tradition has it that Tibet is the land of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion, and the Tibetan people are his descendants. | | | They trace their ancestry to the copulation of an ape, an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, and an ogress, an emanation of the goddess Tara, whose progeny gave birth to the Tibetan people in the Yarlung valley. | | | During the reign of King Trisong Deutsen, Buddhism was spread with great zeal after he had invited the Abbot Shantarakshita and Acharya Padmasambhava to Tibet. |
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| | Rumtek--The 17th Karmapa's First Public Ceremony-- |
| | From the time of the First Karmapa (through this empowerment of Avalokiteshvara), the line of the Karmapas remains pure and unbroken. | | | The Seventeenth Karmapa had begun his great compassionate activity, and it was acknowledged not only by the people present but also by a contingent of eagles which circled in a clockwise direction above the monastery, and by a horizontal rainbow that appeared in a virtually cloudless sky during the empowerment. | | | There have been countless bodily manifestations of him: bodhisattvas such Avalokiteshvara; accomplished masters such as Saraha; learned pundits such as Sri Vira (Ashvagosha) and Nagabodhi; kings, such as Indrabodhi; and in Tibet, Gyalwa Choyang, Putowa Rinchen Sel, Kharak Gomchung, and others. |
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| | Wooden figure of Avalokiteshvara |
| | This sculpture represents Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, known as Guanyin in Chinese Buddhism. | | | Shanxi had two important centres of Buddhist activity: Taiyuan, now the capital city of the province, and Mount Wutai, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism. | | | Avalokiteshvara as Guide of Souls, ink and co... |
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http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ2165
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| | Eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara |
| | Two of Avalokiteshvara's hands are clasped in the devotional Namaskar Mudra, the special gesture of prayer. | | | There are three sets of three faces in serene and peaceful meditation, topped by a single face above them laughing, baring two rows of square teeth. | | | Seated in a diamond posture upon a Viswapadmasana throne of double lotus petals, this eight-armed Avalokiteshvara has 11 heads ascending pagoda-like into the heavens, reflecting various aspects of the Bodhisattva. |
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http://www.holymtn.com/gods/quanyin2b.htm
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