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Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara, Chaturbhuja Religious Content

Chaturbhuja Main Page

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Description
- Best Examples
- Karandavyuha Sutra Selections
- Source Texts
- Potalaka Pureland
- 'Mar Tri' Traditions
- Mani Mantra (Chaturbhuja Lokeshvara)
- Secondary Figures
- Related Deities
- Common Names
- Avalokiteshvara Outline Page
- Lokeshvara Glossary
- Study Guide
- Bibliography
- Meditational Deity Page
- Deities According to Function
- Colours & Activities
- Complex Specific Subjects
- Metaphor
- Source Texts
- Confusions
- Others...

Videos:
- Chaturbhuja Lokeshvara: Four Armed
- Potalaka Pureland

Tibetan: Pagpa Chenrezig ('phags pa spyan ras g.zigs)

Common Names:
- Avalokita, Chenrezi, All-seeing One
- Avalokiteshvara, Chenrezi Wangchug, All-seeing Universal Lord of the World
- Lokeshvara, Jigten Wangchug, Universal Lord of the World
- Lokanata, Jigten Gonpo, Lord of the World
- Mahakarunika, Tugje Chenpo, Great Compassion

Database Search: All Chaturbhuja Images | Painting | Sculpture | Mandalas

Jeff Watt 3-2007 [updated 9-2014, 8-2017, 2-2020]

(84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha: The Basket’s Display. Kāraṇḍa­vyūha, ’phags pa za ma tog bkod pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo).

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).