Avalokiteshvara Thangka

Handpainted Khadchari/Avalokiteshvara (God of compassion) thangka with vegetable color and gold painting. White tara, green tara, amitabha buddha, manjushree, bhairav around.

Avalokiteshvara supremely exemplifies the bodhisattva’s resolve to postpone his own buddhahood until he has helped every sentient being on earth achieve liberation (moksha; literally, “release”) from suffering (dukkha) and the process of death and rebirth (samsara). His name has been variously interpreted as “the lord who looks in every direction” and “the lord of what we see” (that is, the actual created world)