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Thousand Hand Guan Yin - Durga Mata of Buddhism (Amazing clip)
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Guan Yin = Aviloketeshwara= Durga Mata = Parvati Mata
This is one of the prettiest things I've ever seen.
This is a video of 21 members of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe performing the Thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance; the members are all deaf.
Thousand Hand Guan Yin Performance by China Deaf Group; Power of Teamwork and Perfect Co-ordination.
As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart, a thousand hands will naturally come to your aid. As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart, you will reach out with a thousand hands to help others.
Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion, revered by Buddhists as the Goddess of Mercy, known to the Hindus as Shakti/Durga/Parvati. Her name is short for Guan Shi Yin. Guan means to observe, watch, or monitor; Shi means the world; Yin means sounds, specifically sounds of those who suffer. Thus, Guan Yin is a compassionate being who watches for, and responds to, the people in the world who cry out for help.
Note: From frames 4:33 to 5:00 the dancers show the three main manifestations worshipped of the Tri-Goddess: Laxmi, Durga and Saraswati. They then combine to show the merging of the Tri Goddess into a single form with the three heads, a form depicted in Hidu artwork to show the form the Goddess chooses to appear in when She is most pleased by her devotess.
A Zen Koan:
Thousand Hands and Eyes Kwan Seum Bosal, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. This Bodhisattva is very high class. She has a thousand hands and eyes. She is always helping your mind and body and saving all people. She is able to do everything. She is a great Bodhisattva. But,
Which of these eyes are the correct eyes?
Which hands are the correct hands?
If you attain this, you are Kwan Seum Bosal.
-- Zen Master Seung Sahn
This is one of the prettiest things I've ever seen.
This is a video of 21 members of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe performing the Thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance; the members are all deaf.
Thousand Hand Guan Yin Performance by China Deaf Group; Power of Teamwork and Perfect Co-ordination.
As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart, a thousand hands will naturally come to your aid. As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart, you will reach out with a thousand hands to help others.
Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion, revered by Buddhists as the Goddess of Mercy, known to the Hindus as Shakti/Durga/Parvati. Her name is short for Guan Shi Yin. Guan means to observe, watch, or monitor; Shi means the world; Yin means sounds, specifically sounds of those who suffer. Thus, Guan Yin is a compassionate being who watches for, and responds to, the people in the world who cry out for help.
Note: From frames 4:33 to 5:00 the dancers show the three main manifestations worshipped of the Tri-Goddess: Laxmi, Durga and Saraswati. They then combine to show the merging of the Tri Goddess into a single form with the three heads, a form depicted in Hidu artwork to show the form the Goddess chooses to appear in when She is most pleased by her devotess.
A Zen Koan:
Thousand Hands and Eyes Kwan Seum Bosal, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. This Bodhisattva is very high class. She has a thousand hands and eyes. She is always helping your mind and body and saving all people. She is able to do everything. She is a great Bodhisattva. But,
Which of these eyes are the correct eyes?
Which hands are the correct hands?
If you attain this, you are Kwan Seum Bosal.
-- Zen Master Seung Sahn
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