The bodhisattva’s gender fluidity Another inspiration from the Lotus Sutra can be found in the Chapter of Universal Salvation, which focuses on the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara.

This form of Buddhism was popular in China during the Tang dynasty (618 907), when this image of Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, was made under imperial patronage. Eleven heads represent the ...

The bronze represents either Maitreya or Avalokiteshvara. The two bodhisattvas were almost identically depicted during the pre-Angkor period. They usually were represented standing, with either two or ...

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease and the Head of Buddha are among the works that will be returned. They will remain on view at the museum while “arrangements” are being ...

Among the most heralded of the objects being returned is this bronze of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease. It is said to date from the 10th or 11th century.

Another is the “Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease” from the late 10th to early 11th century, which depicts a sitting Buddha with his legs crossed.

via The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease dates from the 10th or 11th centuries during the Angkor period. The bronze figure with silver ...

Among the pieces being returned include a bronze sculpture called “The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease” made some time between the late 10th century and early 11th century ...

Poised Between Two Worlds This representation of Avalokiteshvara, known as Gwaneum in Korea, is a way station between tension and repose, between petitioners and gods By Lee Lawrence Share Resize ...