Saraswati, Brahma, etc). While Avalokiteśvara was depicted as male in India, in East Asian Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara is most often depicted as a female...
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Guanyin (section Avalokiteśvara)
Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara. It was initially thought that early translators mistook Avalokiteśvara as Avalokitasvara and thus mistranslated Avalokiteśvara as Guānyīn...
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China's Zhejiang Province became the bodhimaṇḍa of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, who is better known in Chinese as Guanyin. The film starred Li Chun...
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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...
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Ekādaśamukha (redirect from Eleven-Headed Avalokiteśvara)
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...
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Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism, along with Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteśvara, Ākāśagarbha, Kṣitigarbha, Maitreya and Sarvanivarana-Vishkambhin. In...
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Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī (category Avalokiteśvara)
as addressed to Avalokiteśvara as Nīlakaṇṭha, now understood to be a manifestation of the bodhisattva. From Nīlakaṇṭha Avalokiteśvara, this particular...
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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...
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Heart Sutra (category Avalokiteśvara)
Sanskrit, and Tibetan, as well as other source languages. In the sutra, Avalokiteśvara addresses Śariputra, explaining the fundamental emptiness (śūnyatā)...
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for his misdeeds and praises the qualities of Avalokiteśvara and the pure land Sukhāvatī. Avalokiteśvara bestows a prediction that Bali will someday become...
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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...
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origin myths of Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta and explains how in the far future, after Amitabha manifests nirvana, Avalokiteśvara will take his...
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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...
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numerous Buddhist treasures, including a 26-metre (85 ft) statue of Avalokiteśvara made of gilded bronze and precious stones. The name of the monastery...
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deities are often associated with the multiform Avalokiteśvara. Mahayana Buddhism holds that Avalokiteśvara is able to manifest in different forms according...
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to Avalokiteśvara, she decides to stay with her and become her disciple to learn the Buddhist Dharma. Unlike the Complete Tale of Avalokiteśvara and...
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Hayagriva (Buddhism) (category Avalokiteśvara)
of Avalokiteśvara with wrathful form (Batō Kannon 馬頭觀音, lit. Hayagrīva-Avalokiteśvara/ Horse Head Avalokiteśvara), one of the six Avalokiteśvaras. Hayagriva's...
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is associated with the great element (mahābhūta) of space (ākāśa). Avalokiteśvara (Padmapani) (Burmese: လောကနတ်; Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: Guanyin; Japanese...
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Vajrasana, Bodh Gaya: Gautama Buddha Mount Potalaka: Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Mount Putuo: Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Mount Emei: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva...
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mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteśvara Phobos And Deimos & Mars Environment (PADME), a proposed Mars orbiter...
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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...
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left to right, a Kushan, the future buddha Maitreya, Gautama Buddha, the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, and a monk. Second–third century. Guimet Museum...
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Mount Potalaka (category Avalokiteśvara)
"Brilliance", is the mythical dwelling of the Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, said to exist in the seas south of India. The mountain is first mentioned...
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is one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas with Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Ākāśagarbha, Kṣitigarbha and Maitreya. His name means...
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Fu Liang (redirect from Responsive Manifestations of Avalokiteśvara)
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...
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the chief Buddha and bodhisattvas of the Sahā World: Śākyamuni Buddha Avalokiteśvara bodhisattva, often depicted in the form of Guanyin Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva...
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Avalokiteśvara which is promoted here as the patron deity of Tibet. In the Maṇi Kambum, Songtsen Gampo is said to be an emanation of Avalokiteśvara who...
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Places where the Buddha stayed Buddha in world religions Bodhisattvas Avalokiteśvara Guanyin Mañjuśrī Mahāsthāmaprāpta Ākāśagarbha Kṣitigarbha Samantabhadra...
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Om mani padme hum (category Avalokiteśvara)
is the "innermost heart" of Avalokitesvara, and therefore is "a means both of entering into the presence of Avalokitesvara and of appropriating some of...
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the Buddha's virtues: Manjushri manifests all the Buddhas' wisdom, Avalokiteśvara manifests all the Buddhas' immense compassion, and Vajrapāni protects...
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