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Avalokiteshvara, the compassionate bodhisattva, shown with 11 heads and 8 arms, symbolic...
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands
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Standing bodhisattva, gilt bronze figure from China, Sui dynasty, 581–618 ce;...
Photograph by Jenny O'Donnell. Indianapolis Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly, 60.47
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Torso of a bodhisattva, limestone with traces of polychrome, Tianlongshan, Shanxi...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Poster, 1996.217
Mogao Caves: Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva, detail of a mural painting, 5th century, in cave 272, Mogao Caves, Dunhuang,...
Chen Zhi'an/ChinaStock Photo Library
Bodhisattva from Nanchao, an ancient Tai kingdom (now in Yunnan province, China),...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum
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Bodhisattva, detail from the Amida Triad, one of a series of frescoes in the main...
Horyu-ji Museum, Nara, Japan, photograph, Asuka-en
Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion; Takasaki, Japan.
Tsuneo Iwata/Bon
Mrga Jataka
Mrga (“deer”) Jataka showing the bodhisattva (“buddha-to-be”) as a deer, stone bas-relief...
Courtesy of Indian Museum, Kolkata
thang-ka
Thang-ka depicting the Buddha flanked by the bodhisattvas (buddhas-to-be) Chenrezig...
Tibetan Museum Society
Bodhisattva, painted clay, 11th century, Liao dynasty; in the lower Huayan Temple,...
Gao Lishuang/ChinaStock Photo Library
The Great Departure of Bodhisattva
, detail from
Episodes from the Life...
Ciccione—Rapho/Photo Researchers
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