Subject: |
Kuan Yin, the
bodhisattva
of mercy in
Mahayana
Buddhism,
depicted on a
lotus
pedestal and as the thousand-armed and thousand-eyed goddess, i.e. with
multiple heads and arms, also known as the Thousand-hands Kuan Yin and
representing the power of miracles. She
uses her
1,000 eyes to look after all creatures that need help, and with her
1,000 arms, she pulls them out of the perpetual cycle of
samsara, and subdues
evil. |