Guanyin

[Annicca]

Hi, everybody !

Here's a beautiful picture of Guanyin!

[tiltbillings]

Hubba-hubba.

[plwk]

Maybe you can try posting that at http://dharmawheel.net/index.php
They might appreciate it better over there

[Sanghamitta]

Just to explain a little Annicca, this is a Theravadin Forum and the Mahayana Bodhisattvas like Guanyin are not recognised as having any validity in the Theravada as they were not taught by Shakyamuni Buddha.
But welcome to the Forum.

[David N. Snyder]

Although not a Theravada figure, there has been growing interest in Kwan-Yin in Theravada countries / adherents; see: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=662

[tiltbillings]

Just to explain a little Annicca, this is a Theravadin Forum and the Mahayana Bodhisattvas like Guanyin are not recognised as having any validity in the Theravada as they were not taught by Shakyamuni Buddha.
But welcome to the Forum.

While all that may be true, the above representation is hot. I think, however, I would prefer somethinmg a bit more tradtional, some of which are very lovely in their visual expressions of compassion.

[mikenz66]

Although not a Theravada figure, there has been growing interest in Kwan-Yin in Theravada countries / adherents; see: http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=662

Yes, we have a (more traditional) statue in the garden at out local Thai Wat...


Mike

[Anders Honore]

While all that may be true, the above representation is hot.

ergo, justified post.

I think, however, I would prefer somethinmg a bit more tradtional, some of which are very lovely in their visual expressions of compassion.

As a fan of Guanyin on facebook, I love her in all incarnations. This one is is a sight. I am sure she's opted for being smoking hot in an emanation or two now and then. For the sake of all sentient beings of course.

While we on the topic of modern representations of the soundseer, this one impressed me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk

[Kim OHara]

this one impressed me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk

Stunning ... though I do wonder about the comment 'the original music is much better'. Do you know anything about that?


Kim

[daverupa]

this one impressed me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk

Stunning ... though I do wonder about the comment 'the original music is much better'. Do you know anything about that?


Kim

Maybe this one?

[Kim OHara]

Thanks, daverupa- seems very likely.
I don't know if you noticed, but the one you linked to is a little longer than the other, as well as having music that fits and is far more convincingly Chinese. It includes the curtain call and a couple of moments in which the conductors appear, which I didn't remember from the one Anders linked, and probably a few other little chunks.


Kim

[daverupa]

...a few other little chunks.

Such as:

"Buddha Avalokiteshwara with Thousand arms, from the China Disabled Peoples Performance Art Troupe. They are all deaf and mute. The amazing leading dancer is Tai Lihua , who is a dance teacher at a deaf-mute school in Hubei, China."

[Viscid]

Who cares if she's not Theravada, Guanyin can sit on my altar anyday.

[Justsit]

You think she's hot?

Wait til you meet Vajrayogini...he he he.

[Ben]

Do remember that this is a thread on Guanyin, who has some adherents in Theravada, and that this is the shrine room.
Thanks for your mindful and very sensitive attention.
kind regards

Ben

[Justsit]

Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies

[Ben]

Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies

No worries, Justsit!

[tiltbillings]

Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies

Nothing to apologize for. Honestly, if one finds Mahayana moving, there really is not a problem with that.

[Anders Honore]

At the risk of continuing to be off-topic, I'm going to be bold anyway as I think there's an amusing and slight dhamma related point in it:

I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.

[tiltbillings]

At the risk of continuing to be off-topic, I'm going to be bold anyway as I think there's an amusing and slight dhamma related point in it:

I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.

And it was with The Buddha's cousin, Nanda:


http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .irel.html