Eleven Headed Avalokiteshvara
author: Tove E. Neville
edition: 1999, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
pages: 144
ISBN-10: 8121504570
Topic: Mahayana
Chapter 4.4 - Cave Sculpture: Yun-Kang and Lung-Men
This page describes Cave Sculpture: Yun-Kang and Lung-Men which is Chapter 4.4 located on page 52 of the Background for the Eleven-Headed Kuan-Yin in China in the book: Eleven Headed Avalokiteshvara by Tove E. Neville. This book recounts the occurence of the eleven-headed form of Avalokitesvara (Avalokiteshvara); also known as Chenresigs, Kuan-yin, or Kannon. It is part of the series “Background for the Eleven-Headed Kuan-Yin in China”. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra [by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön]
Foucher, Art Greco-bouddhique, I, p. 401 (fig. 201); I, p. 405 (fig. 202–204); II, p. 15 (fig. 306–307); II, p. 197 (fig. 402); II, p. 201, (fig. 403); – a stele at Sarnath (ibid., p. 539, fig. 498); – a stele at Jagdispur, Patna district (ibid., p. 545, fig. 500); – a picture from Qyzyl in central Asia (ibid., p.605, fig. 523); – a fresco at Yun-Kang (Chavannes, Mission, fig. 228 and p. 311). – On the other hand, the same sources or related sources attribute a major rôle to the Daughters of Mara...
Read full contents: The first attack by the daughters of Mara
The Way of the White Clouds [by Anagarika Lama Govinda]
All that I saw and learned at the lung-gom training centre of nyang-tö kyi-phug (nan- stod kyid-phug), which means 'the Happy Cave in the Upper Nyang Valley' (near Shigatse), confirmed my conviction that the aim of lung-gom goes far beyond the attainment of magic powers, like trance walking or levitation, and that this training is certainly not a playground of personal ambition or aggrandisement, because the first thing that is demanded of a prospective lung-gom-pa is complete anonymity....
Read full contents: Chapter 19 - nyang-tö kyi-phug: The monastery of immured recluses
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) [by George N. Roerich]
When he reached tar mda , gon lug said: "The place called phi ri stag lung had been the residence of kalyana-mitra spo to ba. In the upper part (of that valley) there exists also a good rock-cave.” He proceeded to stag lung, blessed the site, and spent a night in the cave. After that, he founded a hermitage above mdzo ra of stag lung, and took up residence there. At that time the Teacher and his disciples numbered 18....
Read full contents: Chapter 13 - Staglungpa (iii): Stays at other monasteries
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[Eleven Headed Avalokiteshvara: index]
[Preface]
[Introduction (general description of Avalokiteshvara)]