Avalokiteśvara (redirect from Thousand-armed Kannon)
most often depicted as a female figure known as Guanyin, Kannon, Gwaneum, and Quan Am in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, respectively. Guanyin...
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Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Ōsu, in central Nagoya, Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. Its address...
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Mindar (redirect from Android Kannon Mindar)
Mindar (Japanese: マインダー), also known as Android Kannon Mindar, is an android preacher at the Kōdai-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. The humanoid robot regularly...
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The Koa Kannon (興亜観音, Kōa Kannon, literally the “Raising Asia Kannon”) refers to a statue of Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, located atop Mount...
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Takasaki Byakue Daikannon (redirect from Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon)
featured on the 'hi' card. Kannon is the Goddess of Mercy and originated in China, where she is called Guanyin. People come to Kannon to pray for protection...
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Hayagriva (Buddhism) (redirect from Batō Kannon)
Hayagriva is considered a form of Avalokiteśvara with wrathful form (Batō Kannon 馬頭觀音, lit. Hayagrīva-Avalokiteśvara/ Horse Head Avalokiteśvara), one of...
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Hōryū-ji (section Kudara Kannon)
in Ajanta Caves (India) or Dunhuang (China). Also observed are Tang and Indian flavors of the Bosatsu and Kannon drawn on the sides of the Amida. Judging...
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Ōfuna Kannon Temple (大船観音寺, Ōfuna Kannonji) is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The statue stands at 25 meters/82 feet tall and...
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stand in front of the Buddhist Kannon have their origins in Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. These ideas came to Japan through China, and the presence of both Hindu...
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Ekādaśamukha (redirect from Jūichimen Kannon)
lit. "Eleven-Faced"; Chinese (Traditional): 十一面觀音; Simplified: 十一面观音; pinyin: Shíyīmiàn Guānyīn; Japanese: 十一面観音, Jūichimen Kannon) is a bodhisattva and...
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Iwane Matsui (section The "China expert", 1906–31)
Koa Kannon, which means the "Pan-Asian Kannon", and he consecrated it in honor of all the Japanese and Chinese soldiers who perished during the Second...
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Toyokawa Inari (section Tōkai Hundred Kannon)
that of the thousand-armed form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Senju Kannon), it is more well-known for its guardian deity Toyokawa Dakini Shinten,...
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Symbols, and Weapons – Held by 1000-Armed Kannon & Other Buddhist Deities. Retrieved: 26 May 2018. "Chinese Idiom Short Story – Showing Off One's Axe...
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100 Kannon, pilgrimage composed of the Saigoku, Bandō and Chichibu pilgrimages Saigoku 33 Kannon, pilgrimage in the Kansai region Bandō 33 Kannon, pilgrimage...
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the Six Guanyin (Chinese 六觀音 (traditional) / 六观音 (simplified), pinyin: Liù Guānyīn; Korean: 육관음, Yuk Gwaneum; Japanese: 六観音, Roku Kannon, Rokkannon; Vietnamese:...
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O-mikuji (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Kannon). Historically, however, the Japanese omikuji system is thought to have been modeled after the Chinese kau chim, a similar...
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Tokyo Bay is the area north of the straight line formed by the Cape Kannon (観音崎, Kannon-zaki) on the Miura Peninsula on one end and Cape Futtsu (富津岬, Futtsu-misaki)...
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Hase-dera (海光山慈照院長谷寺, Kaikō-zan Jishō-in Hase-dera), commonly called the Hase-kannon (長谷観音) is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa...
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Maria Kannon Zen Center (MKZC) is a non-profit practice center in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition of Zen Buddhism, located in Dallas, Texas and founded in 1991...
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List of tallest statues (category Articles with Chinese-language sources (zh))
15 June 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2008. (in Chinese) [1] Archived 6 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine "ChinaWhisper.com. June 13, 2012. Retrieved February...
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School (金武小学校) Nakagawa Elementary School (中川小学校) Kin is home to the Kin Kannon-ji, a Buddhist temple that traces its history to the 16th century. By tradition...
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(Sanskrit: चिन्तामणिचक्र; Chinese (Traditional): 如意輪觀音; Simplified: 如意轮观音; pinyin: Rúyìlún Guānyīn; Japanese: 如意輪観音, Nyoirin Kannon) is a bodhisattva and...
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records that a Zen priest saw a nine-headed dragon transform into the goddess Kannon. In the present day, the Lake Saiko Dragon Shrine at Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi...
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Bhaisajyaguru (category Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text)
devotion, unlike later Buddhist sects which focus on Amitabha Buddha or Kannon Bodhisattva almost exclusively. Often, when Yakushi is the center of devotion...
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Koan (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
(Spring 2006). "Foreword to Flowing Bridge: The Miscellaneous Koans". Maria Kannon Zen Center. Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. Herbert, Frank (July...
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Tōchō-ji (section Senju kannon)
a senju kannon ('thousand-armed Goddess of Mercy', Avalokiteshvara) statue made in the Heian era. It was carved from a single log of Chinese black pine...
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Khakkhara (category Weapons of China)
(PDF) from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2019-11-13. "Juuichimen Kannon 十一面観音". JAANUS. 2001. Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved...
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cease the storm, to which Raijin laughs at Sugaru. Sugaru then prays to Kannon, Kannon ordered Raijin to let Sugaru, then she later delivered Raijin to him...
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