Avalokiteshvara, Ekadasamukha (Tibetan: chen re zi, shal chu jig. English: the Eleven Faced Lord Gazing on the World); the Bodhisattva of compassion. #Avalokiteshvara promised #Amitabha that he would never stop practicing compassion until every soul reached enlightenment. Eventually, he became so distraught over the continued suffering of all beings that his head split into a thousand pieces. Amitabha gathered these pieces into ten heads, placing them on top of each other, and placing his own head on top. He told the Bodhisattva to not give up on his promise, it was then that #Mahakala, the wrathful aspect of the 11 heads was created.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 07:08:19 +0000
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