The Silk Road: trade, travel, war and faithArchived 2016-04-26 at the वेबैक मशीन, Susan Whitfield, British Library, Serindia Publications, Inc., 2004, ISBN 978-1-932476-13-2, ... Avalokitesvara, the embodiment of compassion, is one of the most popular of the Mahayana bodhisattvas. The ability of Avalokitesvara to take any form in order to come to the aid of sentient beings is described in chapter twenty-five of the Lotus Sutra ...
The Silk Road: trade, travel, war and faithArchived 2016-04-26 at the वेबैक मशीन, Susan Whitfield, British Library, Serindia Publications, Inc., 2004, ISBN 978-1-932476-13-2, ... Avalokitesvara, the embodiment of compassion, is one of the most popular of the Mahayana bodhisattvas. The ability of Avalokitesvara to take any form in order to come to the aid of sentient beings is described in chapter twenty-five of the Lotus Sutra ...