AvalokiteshvaraBuddhist God"Lord Who Looks Down"

Also known as: Guanyin (Chinese), Kannon (Japanese), Chenrezig (Tibetan)

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Lord Who Looks DownBodhisattva of Compassion

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compassionmercysalvation

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thousand armslotusmala beads

Description

The bodhisattva of compassion who hears all the cries of suffering beings. Manifests in many forms across Asia—male in India and Tibet, female in East Asia as Guanyin/Kannon.

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