Guanyin - The One Who Hears the World's Lamentations

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Statue of Guānyīn (觀音) at The White Horse Temple - Photographer: Liu Xiaoyang. Release purchased from alamy.com: Image ID:A0CDRG.

Guanyin (Guānyīn) has 33 manifestations she can take to assist those who seek salvation.

Some of her manifestations include:

  • Dàguāng Pǔzhào Guānyīn - Guanyin of the Universally Shining Great Light

  • Dàcí Guānyīn - Guanyin as Great Mercy

  • Dàbēi Guānyīn - Guanyin as Great Compassion

  • Shíyīmiàn Guānyīn - Eleven-Headed Guanyin

  • Qiānshǒu Guānyīn - Thousand-Armed Guanyin

  • Shuiyue Guanyin - Water-Moon Guanyin

  • Songzi Guanyin - Child-giving Guanyin

  • Baiyi Guanyin - White Robed Guanyin

  • Nanhai Guanyin - Guanyin Of The Southern Seas

  • Shīzǐ Wúwèi Guānyīn - Fearless Lion-like Guanyin

Source: Wikipedia - Guanyin

Thousand-armed and eyed Guanyin, has thousands of arms on both sides of the body. For statues, there are often 42 hands with one eye in each to symbolize the thousand hands.

Source: Wikipedia - Hall of Guanyin

Wooden figure of Guanyin from the Song Period (960-1279 CE) China - Mary Harrsch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Standing Guanyin Limsetone. 580-618 C.E. Limestone. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edith and Milton Lowenthal Foundation. - Brooklyn Museum , CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

Shrine to a statue of the Eleven-Headed Guanyin (十一面觀音 or 十一面观音; Shiyimian Guanyin) in the Drum Tower (鼓樓 or 鼓楼) of Qita Temple (七塔寺) in Yingzhou, Ningbo, China Picture. - Nyarlathotep1001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Bodhisattva Guanyin Statue, Nanshan Guanyin Park. - Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Guanyin and the child; Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century. - Neoclassicism Enthusiast, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Chinese porcelain statue of the Buddha, Guan Yin, from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD) of medieval China. - Gary Lee Todd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cintamanicakra (Ruyilun Guanyin) - Jade Buddha Temple; Shanghai, China. - Nyarlathotep1001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

wooden statue of Quan Am Nghin Mat Nghin Tay (Quan Am of 1000 Eyes and 1000 Hands) was created in Bac Ninh Province of Northern Vietnam around the year 1656 in Bắc Ninh Province. - DoktorMax at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Shrine to a Tang dynasty (896 AD) stone statue of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin (千手觀音 Qianshou Guanyin) in Shengshui Temple (內江聖水寺 Neijiang Shengshui-si) in Neijiang, Sichuan, China Picture. - Nyarlathotep1001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Thousand-Hand Eleven-Headed Guanyin (千手觀音 Qianshou Guanyin and 十一面觀音 Shiyimian Guanyin) - Mount Putuo Guanyin Dharma Realm; Zhejiang, China - Nyarlathotep1001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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