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Avalokiteshvara :: bodhisattva

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Avalokiteshva´ra, Avalokiteśvara (sanskrit, 'Herren som nådigt blickar ned'), en av de mest kända buddhorna (bodhisattvorna) i mahayanabuddhismen. A. tar gestalt av buddhor, av andra bodhisattvor, av gudomarna Shiva, Kubera osv. för att alltid och överallt kunna visa sin nåd. Han är mycket populär i Tibet under namnet Spyan-ras-gzigs (eller Chenresi); kroppslig uppenbarelse är Dalai lama (jfr Amitabha).

Från 400 e.Kr. blev kulten kring den madonnalika bodhisattvan Guanyin populär i Kina. Hon hade övertagit egenskaper, framför allt barmhärtighet, av den indiske manlige bodhisattvan A. Guanyin överfördes till Japan, där hon kallas Kannon. Jfr buddha.

(2009-04-17 Nationalencyklopedin ).

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Avalokiteshvara

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(2009-04-17 Nationalencyklopedin ).

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