Saraswati, Brahma, etc). While Avalokiteśvara was depicted as male in India, in East Asian Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara is most often depicted as a female...

Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara. It was initially thought that early translators mistook Avalokiteśvara as Avalokitasvara and thus mistranslated Avalokiteśvara as Guānyīn...

China's Zhejiang Province became the bodhimaṇḍa of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, who is better known in Chinese as Guanyin. The film starred Li Chun...

The Dhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara Ekadaśamukha Sūtra (Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara Heart Dharani Sutra, Chinese: 佛說十一面觀世音神咒經 / 圣十一面观自在菩萨根本咒) is a Dhāraṇī sutra...

playing a role in the development of Avalokiteśvara's cult. A relief carving of the eleven-headed Avalokiteśvara in Kanheri (Cave 41), dating from the...

Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism, along with Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteśvara, Ākāśagarbha, Kṣitigarbha, Maitreya and Sarvanivarana-Vishkambhin. In...

as addressed to Avalokiteśvara as Nīlakaṇṭha, now understood to be a manifestation of the bodhisattva. From Nīlakaṇṭha Avalokiteśvara, this particular...

Sanskrit, and Tibetan, as well as other source languages. In the sutra, Avalokiteśvara addresses Śariputra, explaining the fundamental emptiness (śūnyatā)...

possessed to elicit sex from men. A Buddhist scripture regarding prayer to Avalokiteśvara, the Dharani Sutra of Amoghapāśa, promises to those who pray that "you...

for his misdeeds and praises the qualities of Avalokiteśvara and the pure land Sukhāvatī. Avalokiteśvara bestows a prediction that Bali will someday become...

whom they worship as an abode of Hindu deity Vishnu and Buddhist deity Avalokiteśvara respectively. Located in the Muktinath valley at the foot of the Thorong...

origin myths of Avalokiteśvara and Mahā­sthāmaprāpta and explains how in the far future, after Amitabha manifests nirvana, Avalokiteśvara will take his...

bodhisattva path. The worship of bodhisattvas like Metteya, Saman and Natha (Avalokiteśvara) can also be found in Theravada Buddhism. By the time of the great scholar...

deities are often associated with the multiform Avalokiteśvara. Mahayana Buddhism holds that Avalokiteśvara is able to manifest in different forms according...

to Avalokiteśvara, she decides to stay with her and become her disciple to learn the Buddhist Dharma. Unlike the Complete Tale of Avalokiteśvara and...

is associated with the great element (mahābhūta) of space (ākāśa). Avalokiteśvara (Padmapani) (Burmese: လောကနတ်; Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: Guanyin; Japanese...

Vajrasana, Bodh Gaya: Gautama Buddha Mount Potalaka: Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Mount Putuo: Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Mount Emei: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva...

mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteśvara Phobos And Deimos & Mars Environment (PADME), a proposed Mars orbiter...

the Heart Sutra and chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra (often called the "Avalokiteśvara Sutra"). Dhāraṇīs and Zen poems may also be part of a Zen temple liturgy...

numerous Buddhist treasures, including a 26-metre (85 ft) statue of Avalokiteśvara made of gilded bronze and precious stones. The name of the monastery...

is one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas with Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Ākāśagarbha, Kṣitigarbha and Maitreya. His name means...

left to right, a Kushan, the future buddha Maitreya, Gautama Buddha, the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, and a monk. Second–third century. Guimet Museum...

"Brilliance", is the mythical dwelling of the Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, said to exist in the seas south of India. The mountain is first mentioned...

of Avalokiteśvara with wrathful form (Batō Kannon 馬頭觀音, lit. Hayagrīva-Avalokiteśvara/ Horse Head Avalokiteśvara), one of the six Avalokiteśvaras. Hayagriva's...

Fu Liang (傅亮; 374–426), courtesy name Jiyou (季友), was a high-level official of the Chinese Liu Song dynasty, who, along with his colleagues Xu Xianzhi...

the chief Buddha and bodhisattvas of the Sahā World: Śākyamuni Buddha Avalokiteśvara bodhisattva, often depicted in the form of Guanyin Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva...

Places where the Buddha stayed Buddha in world religions Bodhisattvas Avalokiteśvara Guanyin Mañjuśrī Mahāsthāmaprāpta Ākāśagarbha Kṣitigarbha Samantabhadra...

Water-Moon Avalokiteśvara are related to stories about the famous Korean monks Ŭisang and Wonhyo and their miraculous encounters with Avalokiteśvara. A rabbit...

is the "innermost heart" of Avalokitesvara, and therefore is "a means both of entering into the presence of Avalokitesvara and of appropriating some of...

the Buddha's virtues: Manjushri manifests all the Buddhas' wisdom, Avalokiteśvara manifests all the Buddhas' immense compassion, and Vajrapāni protects...