Bodhisattva

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Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist, Lhasa, Angels And Demons, Bodhisattva, Museum Collection, Us Images, Himalayan, India

Himalayan Art Resources features thousands of artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and Mongolia. The site presents art from leading private and museum collections, accompanied by scholarship, cataloging and interpretation.

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The larger than life Kwan Yin bodhisattva from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City 11th-12th Century Statues, Bodhisattva Guanyin, Goddess Of Mercy, Religion, Little Buddha, Quan Yin, Art Sacre, Buddhist Art, Chinese Buddhism

Guanyin (Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: guān yīn; Wade-Giles: kuan-yin) is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshi'yin (觀世音, pinyin: guānshì yīn, Wade-Giles: kuan-shih yin) which means "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the World". It is generally accepted (in Chinese community) that Guanyin originated as the Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara (अवलोकितेश्वर), which is her male form. Commonly known the West as the…

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Melissa Higginbotham