China: Image of Avalokitesvara from the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang (910 CE).

Image of Avalokitesvara from the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang (910 CE). From Cave 17 at Qian Fo Dong. Collected by Sir Marc Aurel Stein, c. 1902. Avalokiteśvara ("Lord who looks down") is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism.

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