Avalokiteshvara (and Kuan Yin)

Images of this archetypal figure have moved me in recent years.
'Avalokiteshvara', also known as 'Chenrezig' in Tibetan Buddhism, is sometimes shown with one thousand arms. He is the Bodhisattva of compassion, and is said to be acutely sensitive to the suffering of the world.






















Kuan Yin (known as Kannon in Japan) is a Mahayana manifestation of the same compassionate figure (in my opinion) and provides an intercessionary exception for the sometimes austere Buddhist precept: Save yourself! This image of Kuan Yin (quite unlike many others) is shown with the many arms you often come across in representations of Avalokiteshvara and Chenrezig...