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Why is Avalokiteśvara the "main character" of the Heart Sutra?
Q: Why is Avalokiteśvara the "main character" of the Heart Sutra?
There are a few different ways to approach this.
Guanyin is the main character because he was the most popular Buddhist ...
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Beliefs about the 14th Dalai Lama
The institution of the Dalai Lama, as an emanation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, is officially recognized only by Tibetan Buddhism.
The concept of tulku where teachers like the Dalai Lama, ...
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Can a being be reborn into more that one body in Tibetan Buddhism?
There most definitely are reincarnations of specific beings in Buddhism. HH the Dalai Lama may have the emanation qualities of the Buddhist Avaloketeshvara, who was one of the disciples of Shakyamuni ...
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Does Avalokiteshvara speak through the Buddha in the Heart Sutra? Or how is it that Avalokiteshvara speaks to Shariputra?
In the original Heart Sutra, Guanyin does not speak.
Speech in Buddhist texts follows strict conventions. In Sanskrit verbs like āmantrayati, āha, or avocat are used. And this is mirrored in Chinese. ...
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Milarepa and Avalokiteshvara practice
There is a qualitative difference between a practice which uses Avalokitasvara (Chenrezig) for visualizations, etc., and the practice that was used by Avalokitasvara to reach enlightenment. They are ...
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Avalokitesvara real miracles?
I don't think recorded miracles will help you much for even if there're detailed records, there'll always be 2 camps: the skeptics will always have their own explanation/interpretation while the ...
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Why are exceptionally tall statues of the Buddha and Guanyin built?
Buddhism is older than some religions. This age difference takes it back to eras that people were not running the race that we were running today. That must have allowed them to create these ...
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