Avalokiteshvara
Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर) er en af de mest kendte bodhisattvaer og både Dalai Lama og Karmapa siges at være en udstråling af Avalokiteśvara.
Avalokiteshvara betragtes som medfølelsens Buddha og kaldes på dansk også for Kærlige Øjne. Avalokiteshvara hjælper i de forskellige eksistensformer/verdener ved at give de respektive eksistenser det de mangler for at nå oplysningen.
På Sanskrit er Avalokitesvara også kendt som Padmapāni ("Holderen af Lotussen") eller Lokeśvara ("Verdens Herre").
Galleri
Gandhāran statue af Avalokiteśvara, abhayamudra. Det 3. århundrede.
Indisk hulemaleri af Avalokiteśvara. Ajaṇṭā Caves, det 5. århundrede.
Cambodiaansk statue af Avalokiteśvara. Sandsten, det 7. århundrede.
Malaysisk statue af Avalokiteśvara. Bidor, 8. - 9. århundrede.
Koreansk maleri af Avalokiteśvara. Kagami Jinjya Temple, år 1310.
Nepallesisk statue af Avalokiteśvara med seks arme. Det 14. århundrede.
Tibetisk statue af Avalokiteśvara med 11 ansigter
Esoterisk Cundī form af Avalokiteśvara med 18 arme.
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Forfatter/Opretter: Gryffindor, Licens: CC BY 3.0
Avalokiteshvara statue found at Anglo Oriental, Bidor, Perak tin mine in year 1936. 8th-9th century bronze with eight arms. 79 cm height. National Museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Forfatter/Opretter: Tengu800, Licens: CC0
18-armed Cundi Buddha, a statue from Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. An esoteric form of Avalokitasvara Bodhisattva whose practices are popular in East Asia.
양류관음도, Avalokiteshvara (관세음보살 觀世音菩薩), hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk
H: 203 in. x W: 119 3/4 in. Drawn in Goryeo period of Korea. Stored at Kagami Jinjya Temple, Japan (ja:鏡神社 (唐津市))
Le bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, Gandhara, 3ème siècle, bronze à forte teneur en étain. Musée Guimet, Paris.
Forfatter/Opretter: Liz Highleyman, Licens: CC BY 2.0
Also inside the Tsuglagkhang Temple, a statue of Avalokitesvara (or Chenrezig), the bodhisattva of compassion. (McLeod Ganj)
Forfatter/Opretter: Shaun Che from Oregon, US, Licens: CC BY 2.0
Introduction from the official Freer website:
BODHISATTVA WHITE AVALOKITESHVARA (AMOGHAPASHA LOKESHVARA).
14th century, Malla dynasty, Early Malla period, Nepal. Polychromed woodH: 162.5 W: 96.0 D: 37.0 cm. Purchase - Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries and Sigrid and Vinton Cerf, F2000.5
Standing poised in the elegant tribhanga (triple-bent) pose, White Avalokiteshvara (literally, The Lord Who Looks down from on High) is a popular guardian deity of the Kathmandu Valley of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, and pious Buddhists perform a special puja (ritual worship) to him each month. The beauty of the oval face, the sinuous lines of the torso, and the deft addition of paint make a significant statement about the achievement of Himalayan art. The image, which would have been honored within the shrine of a Buddhist monastery, is in exceptional condition considering that as a consecrated figure (X-rays reveal the insertion of a variety of metal objects and prayers that empower it), it frequently received ritual baths.
Carved from a single large piece of wood, the image testifies to Nepalese skill in woodcarving. The wood is from the shal tree (shorea robusta), a tropical hardwood highly resistant to decay and insect damage, and therefore favored by sculptors. Artists covered the figure with a smooth layer of gesso (a fine, white plaster) and painted it in a variety of colors and patterns. Missing today is the inlay of precious stones, a Himalayan specialty, as well as two of the eight additional arms.
Freer Gallery of Art.
Washington, DC.
Bodhisattva del loto azul (hacia 550), vihāra nº 1 de Ajaṇṭā (Mahārāṣtra).
Forfatter/Opretter: Vladimir Renard, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.5
Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. Découvert en 1919 à Tân Long, district de Mỹ Tho (Vietnam). Style du Phnom Da. Fin 7e-8e siècle. Grès H. 171 cm (sans le tenon); L. 47 cm; P. 28 cm. Musée Guimet, Paris. Inv. MA 5063. Référence: Pierre Baptiste et Thierry Zéphir, L'art khmer dans les collections du musée Guimet, Éd. de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2008, 474 p., 33 cm (ISBN 978-2-7118-4960-4), pages 29-33.