Material: Red copper. Handmade. Half gilded. Three-piece assembly

Size: 110 cm in height. (Including the Dharma plate behind)

Narrative:

Note: This Buddha statue is classified as a "medium-large Buddha statue". Please be sure to check whether your altar/shrine can be used for worship!! It was previously offered in a temple in central and southern Taiwan. (Not new)

Thousand-Armed Guanyin, also known as the Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Guanyin Bodhisattva, is one of the important Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, symbolizing compassion and wisdom. Her image has a thousand hands, and there is an eye in each palm, representing omniscience and omniscience, and the ability to sense all the pain in the world and lend a helping hand.

Story and Origin

According to the Great Compassion Mantra Sutra, Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara is one of the incarnations of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. According to legend, in order to save all living beings, Guanyin Bodhisattva once vowed that if he could not save all suffering, his body would be shattered into pieces. As she tried to save all those who were suffering, her body literally broke into a thousand pieces because she was unable to fulfill her vow. Out of great compassion, the Buddha endowed her with a thousand hands and eyes so that she could help people more widely, thus forming the image of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin.

The belief in Thousand-Armed Guanyin is very popular in China and East Asia. Many temples enshrine statues of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin. For example, the murals in the Dunhuang Grottoes have classic depictions of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin. In folk culture, Thousand-Armed Guanyin is also regarded as a symbol of saving the suffering, and people pray to her for peace, health and wisdom.

The image of this Bodhisattva is not only full of mystery and power, but also embodies the Buddhist spirit of compassion and saving the world.

Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Avalokitesvara