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lohan04.jpgLohan: The Bharadvaja NANDIMITRA2887 viewsLegend has it that the first portraits of the 18 Lohans were painted by a Buddhist
monk Guan Xiu, in 891 A.D. Guan Xiu lived in Chengdu, the capital of a small
kingdom, the Former Shu, formed at the decline of the Tang Dynasty in what is
today's Sichuan Province. He was adept at the scholarly pursuits of painting,
calligraphy and poetry.
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Ksitigarbha02.jpgKsitigarbha Bodhisattva022876 viewsKsitigarbha Bodhisattva or in Chinese: Ti Tsang P'usa
Ti Tsang P'usa is an extremely popular Bodhisattva among the Chinese and Japanese Buddhists.
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06guanyin2.jpgProfile of Quan Yin2843 viewsPortrait of Quan Yin (Godess of Mercy) in Profile
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Amithaba004.jpgAmithabha Buddha042808 viewsAMITABHA: Buddha of Boundless Light of the Western Paradise
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lohan01.jpgLohan: PINDOLA2752 viewsLegend has it that the first portraits of the 18 Lohans were painted by a Buddhist
monk Guan Xiu, in 891 A.D. Guan Xiu lived in Chengdu, the capital of a small
kingdom, the Former Shu, formed at the decline of the Tang Dynasty in what is
today's Sichuan Province. He was adept at the scholarly pursuits of painting,
calligraphy and poetry.
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Ksitigarbha01.jpgKsitigarbha Bodhisattva012751 viewsTi Tsang P'usa: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Ti Tsang P'usa is an extremely popular Bodhisattva among the Chinese and Japanese Buddhists. 'Ti Tsang', meaning 'Earth-Store' is a direct translation of the Bodhisattva's name KSITIGARBHA in Sanskrit. Among the countless Bodhisattvas in the universe, he and three others have firmly captured the hearts of the Mahayanists. These four main P'usas or Bodhisattvas are depicted in the Chinese Buddhist Pantheon and they represent four basic great qualities:
KUAN SHIH YIN as Great Compassion;
WEN SHU as Great Wisdom;
PU HSIEN as Great Love and Perfect Activity;
TI TSANG as Great Vow to help and to deliver all beings.
His greatest compassionate Vow being: "If I do not go to the hell to help the suffering beings there, who else will go? ... if the hells are not empty I will not become a Buddha. Only when all living beings have been saved, will I attain Bodhi."
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QuanYin005.jpgQuan Yin052694 viewsKnown as the goddess of Mercy. Translated into Chinese, the name is "Kuan Shih Yin"or Quan Yin
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Amithaba002.jpgAmithabha Buddha022675 viewsAMITABHA: Buddha of Boundless Light of the Western Paradise
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Amithaba005.jpgAmithabha Buddha052652 viewsAMITABHA: Buddha of Boundless Light of the Western Paradise
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Amithaba003.jpgAmithabha Buddha032643 viewsAMITABHA: Buddha of Boundless Light of the Western Paradise
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