Avalokiteshvara
Also known as Chenrezig, Kannon, Guanyin, Lokeshvara, Padmapani
The bodhisattva embodying the compassion of all Buddhas, invoked across Tibetan, East Asian, and Himalayan Buddhism through the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum.
Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Avalokiteshvara vowed never to rest until every being was free from suffering, and his thousand arms and eleven heads emerged from that very vow.
Bodhicitta
The Radiant Heart of the Awakened Mind
Losar, the Tibetan New Year
The three-day Tibetan New Year of purification, renewal, and monastery ceremony, rooted in pre-Buddhist Bon tradition and reshaped over centuries into a central festival of Himalayan Buddhism.
Tara, Born from Compassionate Tears
How Green Tara was born from a lotus growing in a lake of tears wept by Avalokiteshvara, who despaired that suffering beings remained endless.