#boddhisatva

[along-the-silkroad]

Attendant Bodhisattva, China, 10th–11th century. MET (ID: 28.123) The figure's posture suggests that this sculpture represents a bodhisattva who served as an attendant to a Buddha or some other transcendent figure. It was most likely part of a larger group of figures depicting various members of the Buddhist pantheon. (MET)

[4threset]

'Namo Guan Shi Yin Pusa'

[nimblebit-cakeeater]

Guanyin 💖 number one horse fan

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[arjuna-vallabha]

Avalokiteshwara head, Pala art 

[abonbons]

offering 🤲🏼

[theinwardlight]

Prayer from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Photo: Pardshaw Quaker meeting house in Cumbria, England. 

[hinducosmos]

Padmapani - 鎏金銅蓮華手觀音坐像 A magnificent and extremely rare gilt-bronze figure of Padmapani Tang dynasty. figure h. 16.6 cm (overall h. 27.6 cm)

The finely cast figure depicting Padmapani, seated in lalitasana with plump face and full-rounded cheeks, adorned in sumptuous beaded jewellery, the hair tied in a high top knot, a lotus blossom snakes up the left arm, while the right hand protrudes the trailing shawl in a mid-motion manner. (via Sotheby's)

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