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	Avalokitesvara's Appeal
		Avalokitesvara is the most popular Mahayana Bodhisattva and his cult has played an important role in the growth of Mahayana Buddhism and art.
		Avalokitesvara is generally regarded as the god who, like Buddha surveys the distress of all beings.
		The image of eleven-headed Avalokitesvara at Kanheri is the singular sculpture of its kind, which shows the superb illustration of the imagination of learned Buddhist philosophers and the exquisite skill of the artists.
	www.purifymind.com /AvalokitesvaraAppeal.htm (1356 words)

	Avalokitesvara and the Tibetan Contemplation of Compassion
		Avalokitesvara's rise to prominence may be partially caused by the Mahayana doctrine of the bodhisattva vow.
		Avalokitesvara is a luminous being of light, and is repeatedly described as radiating light which shines over all sentient beings and over all corners of the universe.
		In Nepal, Avalokitesvara is conflated with the Brahman deity Matsyendranath.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/tib/avalo.htm (2195 words)

	Quan Yin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Avalokitesvara came to be known by most Tibetans as Buddha's earthly representation and as chief guardian of the dharma (doctrine) until the advent of Maitreya Buddha.
		Avalokitesvara and Quan Yin are embodiments of compassion.
		Like Avalokitesvara she is also depicted with a thousand arms and varying numbers of eyes, hands and heads, sometimes with an eye in the palm of each hand, and is commonly called "the thousand-arms, thousand-eyes" bodhisattva.
	www.crystalinks.com /quanyin.html (2036 words)

	avalokitesvara
		In this vertically oriented sculpture, Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, rises up in poised coordination with his emblematic lotus blossoms to support and arrive at the emanation of Amitabha, the Buddha of the Pure Land and a manifestation of enlightenment.
		Avalokitesvara was first mentioned in the Lotus Sutra in the first century CE as embodiment of the Buddha's compassion.
		Avalokitesvara became involved in the process of leading Tibetans from the realm of suffering to the Pure Land (Reynolds, 188-9).
	www.ackland.org /art/exhibitions/buddhistart/students/kleck (1761 words)

	Essays :: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara from Veheragala
		The concept of Mahayana Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was eventually associated with the Theravada cult of Bodhisattva Maitreya and Sri Lankan royal religion in the Anuradhapura period.
		The image of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, in the combination of Ialitasana and rajalilasana, attitude of royal ease, with the kataka mudra in the right hand, evokes the majesty of a Cakravartin.' Veheragala Avalokitesvara is the most perfect example in support of this argument.
		The sculpture of the Veheragala Avalokitesvara is one of the treasures in the National Museum of Colombo Sri Lanka.
	www.artsrilanka.org /essays/bodhisattva (2546 words)

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		Avalokitesvara was overcame by the suffering of all beings and made a great vow of compassion to deliver them from further suffering.
		The most popular image of the Bodhisattva is of a pretty woman wearing white robes, with kind eyes and jade-white smiling face, wearing fringes with a bun done at the back of her head, a willow in her right hand and a white vase in her left.
		According to the scriptures, Avalokitesvara was contemplating compassion for the happiness and safety of all beings when he became so 'stressed' that his head burst into 1,000 pieces.
	www.purifymind.com /Om35.htm (735 words)

	Avalokitesvara -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Avalokitesvara is the earthly manifestation of the self-born, eternal Buddha, Amitabha, whose figure is represented in his headdress, and he guards the world in the interval between the departure of the historical Buddha, Gautama, and the appearance of the future Buddha, Maitreya.
		Sometimes the 11-headed Avalokitesvara is represented with thousands of arms, which rise like the outspread tail of a peacock around him.
		The height of the veneration of Avalokitesvara in northern India occurred in the 3rd–7th century.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9011398?tocId=9011398 (1066 words)

	Appeal - Avalokitesvara's Appeal
		Avalokitesvara is a combination of two words: Avalokita and Isvara.
		Avalokitesvara is also used in China as indicated by the Chinese term "Kuan-tzu-tsai".
		Avalokitesvara seen to occur in Buddhist art of Gandhara and Mathura as early as the 2
	www.ignca.nic.in /nl002107.htm (1295 words)

	Avalokitesvara \| MetaFilter
		Avalokitesvara from Manjushri, Avalokitesvara from Buddhanet, and Sahasrabhuja Avalokiteshvara.
		Avalokitesvara and his/her (she is sometimes portrayed as female) images are awesome, wonderful and beautiful.
		Avalokitesvara is cool and all, but that Tara is a hottie.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/33002 (2426 words)

	Buddhist Studies: Avalokitesvara
		The name Avalokitesvara means something like " the Lord who looks down on the World" or according to another interpretation " the Regarder of the Cries of the World".
		This desire and ability to help all without distinction is due to Avalokitesvara's great compassion, indeed he is seen as the very embodiment of the Buddha's compassion.
		In India Avalokitesvara was usually portrayed as a handsome young prince with the Buddha nestled in his crown, or sometimes as an ascetic, iconographically very similar to the Hindu god Siva.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/dharmadata/fdd27.htm (249 words)

	The Creation of Goddess of Mercy from Avalokitesvara - Bagyalakshmi
		Avalokita-svara means the hearer of voices of the suffering beings while Avalokitesvara conveys the existence of a Lord who is omniscient in observing all the activities, including sufferings of humanity.
		Avalokitesvara who is a male Bodhisattva in India was transformed into a goddess in a Chinese male oriented society.
		Avalokitesvara in the desire to help humankind assumed different forms and it is no surprise that Avalokitesvara / Guanyin symbolizing divine womanhood was considered to be most appropriate.
	ignca.nic.in /ks_41028.htm (6628 words)

	Chapter 21 - Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist Shrine - By Dr. K. Jamanadas
		Earlier local artists, in contrast to Gandhara ones, made no distinction between the terms Buddha and Bodhisattva, and the inscribed standing and seated images of Mathura, representing Gautama dressed as monk, are sometimes described in their pedestal inscriptions either as Bodhisattva or as Buddha.
		XXIV), According to Chinese pilgrims, the worship of Avalokitesvara was prevalent in India form the fourth to seventh century.
		The iconography of the general form of Avalokitesvara and of a few others of his special ones has some analogy to that of a Vishnu, and the ideology underlying both these gods, specially relating to their character as gods of preservation and deliverance, is one and the same..." [Dutta:IV,277]
	www.ambedkar.org /Tirupati/Chap21.htm (3095 words)

	Shingon Buddhist Intl. Institute: Kannon Bosatsu
		Generally taking on a gentle female form, Avalokitesvara is understood to protect living beings with loving compassion, but she can also take on a stern faced, fiery and angry appearance such as we find in Hayagrîva (Batô Kannon), the Horse Faced Avalokitesvara, who gives guidance and protection in the animal world.
		Avalokitesvara can also devote her energies to acts of salvation in the guise of many different faces, such as is found in the Eleven Faced Avalokitesvara; or perform acts of compassion with many hands, such as is done by the Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara.
		Avalokitesvara (Kannon) is also called Kanzeon Bodhisattva, and this name indicates that this Bodhisattva can hear the voices and concerns of the world, and, in order to provide immediate relief, can change into many different forms to save people freely at will according to their time and place.
	www.shingon.org /deities/jusanbutsu/kannon.html (498 words)

	Handbook:Standing Avalokitesvara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is seen here standing with his arms raised in the vitarksa mudra, or argument gesture.
		There are many Bodhisattvas, but four in particular, Avalokitesvara among them, stand out and are commonly portrayed in sculpture as symbols of every person's ability to attain spiritual salvation.
		Avalokitesvara is also known as the Lord of Compassion, and is commonly represented in the islands of Southeast Asia, especially during the Srivijaya period (eighth to ninth centuries), as a prince adorned with lavish jewelry and crowned with an elaborate headdress.
	www.museum.cornell.edu /HFJ/handbook/hb92.html (264 words)

	The Lotus Sutra: Chapter 24
		If a woman is desirous of getting a daughter, a nice, handsome, beautiful girl shall be born to her; one possessed of the (good) characteristics of a girl, generally beloved and winning, who has planted good roots.
		He (Avalokitesvara) with his powerful knowledge beholds all creatures who are beset with many hundreds of troubles and afflicted by many sorrows, and thereby is a saviour in the world, including the gods.
		Think, O think with tranquil mood of Avalokitesvara, that pure being; he is a protector, a refuge, a recourse in death, disaster, and calamity.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/lotus/lot24.htm (2078 words)

	Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
		Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, known as Kuan Yin to the Japanese and Chinese, and Chenresig to the Tibetans, is the bodhisattva who most embodies compassion.
		The name Avalokitesvara has its root meaning as "he who observes the sounds of the world".
		The great vow of Avalokitesvara is to listen to the supplications, and cries for help from those in difficulty in the world and to provide them with aid.
	web.singnet.com.sg /~alankhoo/Avalokitesvara.htm (1977 words)

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		The High King Avalokitesvara Sutra Original Preface During the Five Dynasties period (907-960) [a period in the Chinese history], there was a king named High Pleasure.
		The king spoke to Sun, "You are stronger than I am; I regard you as I regard the Buddhas." The king then ordered the prison officer to write down the sutra and he ordered all the prisoners, inclu- ding the ones waiting for executions, to recite this sutra one thousand times.
		All the transformation bodies of Avalokitesvara and all the bodhisattvas have vowed to liberate every being in samsara, and to cleanse all sufferings when called upon.
	members.fortunecity.com /dj_jera/newage/hikiavsu.txt (941 words)

	Lotus Sutra Chapter
		If you suffer under the punishment of a king and you life is to be ended by execution, if you contemplate the power of Avalokitesvara, the sword will be immediately broken into pieces.
		His will, the essence of which is compassion, shakes like thunder; and the mind of mercy is like a beautiful overspreading cloud, which pours the Dharma-rain of immortality and extinguishes the flame of desires.
		You should have no doubt, even for a moment, the pure seer Avalokitesvara will be a refuge when suffering distress or the misery of death.
	www.koyasan.org /nckoyasan/lotus_chap.html (832 words)

	ackland.org - Buddhist Art and Ritual \| The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara
		Bodhisattvas are usually portrayed wearing regal dress and jewelry with crowns bearing an image of one of the Primordial Buddhas to identify their cosmic lineage.
		Avalokitesvara, one of the most popular Bodhisattvas, is worshiped throughout the Buddhist world.
		He is first mentioned in the Lotus Sutra, which explains his flower attribute.
	www.ackland.org /art/exhibitions/buddhistart/boddhi.htm (147 words)

	Avalokitesvara's Meditation on Hearing From Surangama Sutra
		Library: Sutra: Avalokitesvara's Meditation on Hearing From Surangama Sutra
		Reverently I declare to the Tathagatha what Avalokitesvara said:
		"Avalokitesvara did not practice alone; For I Manjusri was with him.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Pagoda/8721/medmethod.html (555 words)

	The Bodhisattva of Compassion, called Avalokitesvara, Chenrezig or Kuan Yin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bodhisattva of Compassion, called Avalokitesvara, Chenrezig or Kuan Yin
		The Bodhisattva of Compassion is known in Sanskrit as Avalokitesvara, in Tibetan as Chenrezig, and in Chinese as Kuan Yin.
		The mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" in Tibetan script appears in the background and also in the four gifs above.
	www.jshawvan.homestead.com /chenrezig.html (332 words)

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