http://www.metafilter.com/tags/avalokitesvara/rss tag posts with avalokitesvara Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:54:48 -0800 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:54:48 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74845/The-Feminine-side-of-Buddhism As in most religions, Buddhism's pantheon of deities and saints has been male dominated. The preeminent exception to this is <a href="http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/kuanyin/">Kuan Yin</a>, the goddess of compassion, also called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yin">Guan Yin or Kannon</a>. She is the female form of the bodhisattva <a href="http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Avalokitesvara_and_the_Tibetan_Contemplation_of_Compassion">Avalokiteśvara</a>, who underwent a gender shift after being <a href="http://taipei.tzuchi.org.tw/tzquart/99spring/qp99-11.htm">popularized in China</a>. She has inspired <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HpWkNsGCms">amazing</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Xiqiaoshan2.jpg">forms</a> of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIFFDc_7AIs">worship</a>. <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~Lhamo/9deity.htm">Female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas</a> <a href="http://www.khandro.net/deities_female.htm">Female deities in Buddhism</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74845 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:54:48 -0800 kuanyin buddhism china japan india compassion karuna kannon avalokitesvara guanyin bodhisattva buddha feminine female desjardins http://www.metafilter.com/33002/Avalokitesvara <a href="http://www.energyenhancement.org/images/avalokitesvara.jpg">A</a><a href="http://www.chunan.com/buddha/world/avalokitesvara.jpg">v</a><a href="http://www.koausa.org/Ladakh/pic1.jpg">a</a><a href="http://66.227.73.100/photogallery/baiya/deities/avalokitesvara/avalokitesvara_widest_medium.jpg">l</a><a href="http://www.vwbo.nl/toevluchtsboom/bodhisattvas/beelden/avalokitesvara.jpg">o</a><a href="http://ikar.secna.ru/russian/grafx/OLD/Bud&Krsn/Buddha/4-19(avalokitesvara).jpg">k</a><a href="http://jbouzou.free.fr/photos/photo_paris_guimet_bouddha_avalokitesvara.jpg">i</a><a href="http://jbouzou.free.fr/photos/photo_paris_guimet_bouddha_avalokitesvara_2.jpg">t</a><a href="http://www.tok2.com/home/gengi/gallery/image/avalokitesvara_senjyu.jpg">e</a><a href="http://www.bro-pa.org/avalo_11-headed_mid_585.jpeg">s</a><a href="http://www.buddhisttemple.org/images/tour_img/statue_kuanyin_big.jpg">v</a><a href="http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/rel/S01/rel395-01/slides/gensouthasia(m)/gensouthasia_m_016.jpg">a</a><a href="http://www.asunam.com/images/Senju.jpg">r</a><a href="http://www.tingri.com/115a.jpg">a</a><a href="http://web.dkm.cz/tradicni_karate_ryu_praha/books/cesta_zenu/avalokitesvara.jpg">.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.33002 Sun, 09 May 2004 16:22:54 -0800 avalokitesvara images hama7