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Avalokitesvara

Avalokitesvara
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/beginners-guide-asian-culture/buddhist-art-culture/a/bodhisattva-avalokitesvara-guanyin


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 Dinesh
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Bhodhisattavas who had reached the higher stages of their careers were visualized as enormously powerful beings, virtually identical to the Buddha in his heavenly form. Indeed, the distinction between a Buddha and an advanced bodhisattva becomes extremely blurred. Two of the most important in the ranks of these ‘celestial’ bodhisattvas are Avalokitesvara, ‘The Lord who Looks Down (in compassion) and Manjusri, ‘Gentle Glory’. The former (of whom the Tibetan Dalai Lamas are said to be incarnations) epitomizes compassion (karuna) and the latter wisdom (prajna). Avalokitesvara is depicted as having many arms, outstretched to help suffering beings, while Manjusri carries the flaming sword of wisdom which cuts through ignorance. Alongside these, a rich pantheon of Buddhas and bodhisattvas comes into being, conceived of as inhabiting a majestic unseen universe . Just as our own world system was graced by a Buddha, it seemed not unreasonable to suppose that others had been too. The Mahayana therefore proceeded to invent names and characteristics for these fictional Buddhas and located them in magnificent Buddha realms. ~ Page 70
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