Avalokiteśvara - Wikipedia
In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara (meaning "the lord who looks down", [1] IPA: / ˌ ʌ v əl oʊ k ɪ ˈ t eɪ ʃ v ər ə / [2]), also known as Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig (in Tibetan), is a tenth-level bodhisattva associated with great compassion (mahakaruṇā).
Chenrezig - Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia
Chenrezig is considered the patron bodhisattva of Tibet, and his meditation is practiced in all the great lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. The beloved king Songtsen Gampo was believed to be an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, and some of the most respected meditation masters (lamas), like the Dalai Lamas and Karmapas who are considered living Buddhas ...
Chenrezig: the many faces of Avalokiteshvara's compassion — …
Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin, Chenrezig), whose very name inspires compassion, is the very face of Buddha-nature — its penultimate expression. The kind face of Chenrezig is unmistakably compassionate: serene, smiling, relaxed, emitting an almost palpable energy of soothing comfort.
Chenrezig | Chenrezig Project
Chenrezig may be the most popular of all Buddhist deities, except for Buddha himself — he is beloved throughout the Buddhist world. He is known by different names in different lands: as Avalokiteshvara in the ancient Sanskrit language of India, …
Chenrezig / Avalokiteshvara: Embodiment of Compassion in …
In the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon of enlightened beings, Chenrezig is renowned as the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Avalokiteshvara is the earthly manifestation of the self born, eternal Buddha, Amitabha. He guards this world in the interval between the historical Sakyamuni Buddha, and the next ...
Avalokiteshvara Chenrezig, the Buddha of the Three Worlds; …
The face of Loving Kindness? No image, no face, no Buddha could be more inspiring than the image of the Lord of the Three Worlds, Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig, Guan Yin, Kuan Shi Yin, Kanon). His “lotus” face conveys the ideal of love and compassion, Metta and Karuna.
Avalokitesvara - Encyclopedia of Buddhism
In Tibetan, Avalokiteśvara is Chenrézig, (Tibetan: སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་) and is said to emanate as the Dalai Lama, [8] the Karmapa [9] [10] and other high lamas. An etymology of the Tibetan name Chenrézik is spyan "eye", ras "continuity" and gzig "to look".
Avalokiteshvara - Rigpa Wiki
Avalokiteshvara (Skt. Avalokiteśvara; Tib. སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་ or སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་དབང་ཕྱུག, Chenrezik or chenrezig wangchuk, Wyl. spyan ras gzigs or spyan ras gzigs dbang phyug) is said to be the essence of the speech of all the buddhas and the incarnation of their compassion. As ...
Avaloketishvara (Avalokiteshvara, Avalokitesvara) - Buddhism Guide
Avalokitesvara (known as Chenrezig in Tibetan) is an important deity in Tibetan Buddhism, and is perhaps regarded as higher than a bodhisattva, specifically as a Buddha. The Dalai Lama is considered by the Gelugpa sect and many other Tibetan Buddhists to be the primary earthly manifestation of Chenrezig.
Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara Main Page - Himalayan Art
Tibetan: Pagpa Chenrezig ('phags pa spyan ras g.zigs) Avalokiteshvara is considered the patron bodhisattva of Tibet and is found in all of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions.