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OPENING RECEPTION 11 MARCH 2010, 5:30pm
AVALOKITEŚVARA: BUDDHIST PAINTINGS FROM NEPAL
AVALOKITEŚVARA: BUDDHIST PAINTINGS FROM NEPAL
Selected by Robert Beer
11 March - 25 APRIL 2010
Avalokiteśvara, the ‘Beholding Lord’, is the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron deity of Tibet, whose principal emanation is the Dalai Lama, and who is invoked by the famous six-syllable mantra: OM MA-NI PAD-ME HUM. In the Newar Buddhist tradition of Nepal he is commonly known as Lokeśvara, the ‘Lord of the World’, or as Mahakarunika, the ‘Great Compassionate One’, who has a hundred-and-eight different manifestations. And in China he is strongly identified with the Goddess of Mercy, Guan Shi Yin (觀世音), she who ‘Hears the Cries of this World’, who likewise has a hundred-and eight different manifestations.
This exhibition presents fine paintings of Avalokiteśvara by some of the finest artists from Nepal. The works were selected by Robert Beer, author of Serindia’s The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, whose expertise will guide us through the works of Buddhist paintings in the Newar tradition.
OP Garden 4, 6 Soi Charoen Krung 36 Unit 3101, 3201
Charoen Krung Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
