Awalokiteswara ( BODHISATTVA ) Palembang Jambi 7-8th Century

 Awalokiteswara ( BODHISATTVA ) 

He is also considered the ideal bodhisattva of Mahayana Buddhism, in which bodhisattvas are believed to postpone their nirvana to lead everyone to liberation from the cycle of life and death. Avalokiteshvara has been revered throughout the Buddhist world, throughout Central, South, and East Asia since the first century AD.

The best known depiction of Avalokiteshvara from this period is a painting in Cave 1 at Ajanta dating from the fifth century AD, in which the bodhisattva is shown in his protective aspect, heavily bejeweled and holding a white lotus, but without the Buddha statue in his hand. elaborate headdress. Her association with compassion and care is especially visualized in her facial expressions in this painting, a feature which is partly a consequence of her style and partly due to her careful reading of scripture.

Outside the Indian subcontinent and to this day, Avalokiteshvara is interpreted in various ways in different countries. In China and other parts of East Asia, she is called Guanyin and has been depicted as a woman since the eleventh century. This form may be an interpretation of Avalokiteshvara's fertility powers as described in the Lotus Sutra, according to which he has the ability to give children to devotees. In Japan, Guanyin has been worshiped as Kannon since the seventh century and has seven different forms. In Tibet, every Dalai Lama is considered a reincarnation of Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig, as it is known locally.

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