Standing Golden Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara with Great Compassion Mantra

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Aah.. Yet another Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara Wallpaper with the Great Compassion Mantra beside it   .  The Golden Statue of Avalokitesvara is standing on a Lotus with all the usual aspects of His thousand Armed Form. However campared to the previous wallpapers, the Eleven heads are arranged in five layers ( 3 + 3+ 3 + 1 + 1), the last eleventh head, being the head of Buddha Amitabha. Check out the Category for more “Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara” wallpapers.

Seated Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara with Great Compassion Mantra

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Another beautiful wallpaper of the Eleven Headed Thousand Armed Thousand Eyed Avalokitesvara, similar to the previous wallpaper. In this wallpaper, Avalokitesvara is seated over a Lotus, next to which the Great Compassion Mantra is seen in Chinese. The Title of the scroll reads “Dai Bei Zhou”  i.e Great Compassion Mantra

Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara with Great Compassion Mantra – 1

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A very beautiful wallpaper of the Eleven Headed Thousand Armed Thousand Eyed Avalokitesvara (ekādaśamukha sahasrabhuja sahasranetra avalokiteśvara – एकादशमुख सहस्रभुज सहस्रनेत्र अवलोकितेश्वर )  accompanied with the Great Compassion Mantra.  This Typical Chinese Guan Yin/Kuan Yin figure is Androgynous. The Eleven heads are arranged in three layers. The Principal 42 arms carry various weapons and instruments, the remaining multitude of the arms, form the background. Each of the palms carry an Eye. Avalokitesvara is seen standing over a Lotus. Next to the Thousand Armed Avalokitesvara are seen scrolls where the Great Compassion Mantra is inscribed in Chinese (Read Top – >Down, Right -> left - The usual reading order of Classical Chinese )

Bone Avalokitesvara

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Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of Compassion is known for taking a variety of forms, to teach the Dharma. He may appear as Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, Indra, Naga, Yaksha, Gandharva or any appearence depending upon the person to impart Dharma on him.

The above picture is a very artistic imagination of a Bodhisattva-like figure. May be Avalokitesvara, will take a form like this to instruct Dharma to the Demons and the Hungry Ghosts (Pretas)  . The figure has 3 heads (or rather Skulls ) and 6 arms. Two of those arms carry a Sword, while another arm holds a ‘Mala”. The others two arms form a “Dhyana Mudra” (Meditation Mudra) and the remaining hand has the “Vitarka Mudra” (Discourse Mudra). This another beautiful picture from Deviantart .

Buddha Statue in Forest

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A beautiful wallpaper that I came across in deviant art site. It has a Statue of the Buddha placed in a a forest. Incidentally, the wallpaper is titled “Live and Pray“.  From the Halo of the Buddha, different patterns are seen to emerge. The Buddha shows the Abhaya Mudra (Fearlesness Mudra) in one hand, and Varada Mudra (Giving Mudra) in the other hand.