Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's guest appearances

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva

The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

The Zen Studies Podcast

Wu Cho

Chao Chou

Taikyo Gilman

Hokyu Aronson

Lawrence Shainberg

Sekito Kisen

Master Sinha

Liu Tiemo

Pai Chang

John Brehm

Margaret Gibson

Jizo Bodhisattva

Path Talk

OwlTail

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/5/2020

Fusatsu: In Touch with Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva

Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion (also called Guanyin, Kannon, or Kanzeon), is hands-down the most popular of the Buddhist archetypal bodhisattvas. The many teachings and stories around Avalokiteshvara express the Buddhist view that compassion is a force unto itself; it isn’t merely a feeling or an ideal for personal conduct, it’s a reflection of universal interdependence and something that functions freely when we simply get ourselves out of the way.

<p>Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion (also called Guanyin, Kannon, or Kanzeon), is hands-down the most popular of the Buddhist archetypal bodhisattvas. The many teachings and stories around Avalokiteshvara express the Buddhist view that compassion is a force unto itself; it isn’t merely a feeling or an ideal for personal conduct, it’s a reflection of universal interdependence and something that functions freely when we simply get ourselves out of the way.</p>

56 - Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and the Power of Compassion