Bodhisattva Lokesvara Transformed into Siva at the Guimet Museum, Paris

Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. This bodhisattva is variably depicted and described and is portrayed in different cultures as either female or male. In Chinese Buddhism Avalokiteśvara has become the somewhat different female figure Guanyin. In Cambodia, he appears asLokeśvara. Avalokiteśvara is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism, as well as unofficially in Theravada Buddhism. In the Tibetan tradition, Avalokiteśvara is seen as arising from two sources. One is the relative source, where in a previous eon (kalpa) a devoted, compassionate Buddhist monk became a bodhisattva, transformed in the present kalpa into Avalokiteśvara. That is not in conflict, however, with the ultimate source, which is Avalokiteśvara as the universal manifestation of compassion. The bodhisattva is viewed as the anthropomorphised vehicle for the actual deity, serving to bring about a better understanding of Avalokiteśvara to humankind. Tibetan traditions assert that Avalokiteśvara is actually the Brahma that convinced Sakyamuni Buddha to teach rather than stay in seclusion after his enlightenment. He then became one of the two major disciples of the Buddha from the Deva realms. The other was Indra, King of the Gods, who became known as Vajrapani. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.观世音菩萨（Avalokiteśvara）是彰显一切佛陀慈悲的菩萨（bodhisattva）。该菩萨的造像与描述因文化语境而异，在不同文明中被呈现为男性或女性形象。在汉传佛教中，观世音菩萨演化为形象略有差异的女性神祇观音（Guanyin）；在柬埔寨，其形象则为洛吉什瓦拉（Lokeśvara）。 观世音菩萨是主流大乘佛教中广受尊崇的菩萨之一，在南传上座部佛教中也拥有非官方的广泛信仰。 在藏传佛教传统中，观世音菩萨的起源有两种说法：其一为世俗层面的起源——在过去一劫（kalpa）中，一位虔诚慈悲的佛教僧侣证得菩萨果位，并于今世之劫中化现为观世音菩萨；而这与终极层面的起源并不冲突：观世音菩萨乃是慈悲的遍在示现。该菩萨被视为真实神祇的人格化化现，旨在帮助人类更好地理解观世音菩萨的内涵。 藏传佛教传统认为，观世音菩萨实为劝请佛陀释迦牟尼（Sakyamuni Buddha）在证悟后不应隐遁，而是应开示佛法的大梵天（Brahma）。其后，祂成为佛陀在天界的两大上首弟子之一，另一位则为天帝因陀罗（Indra），后被称为金刚手（Vajrapani）。 本展品隶属于「扫描世界（Scan The World）」项目。扫描世界（Scan The World）是由MyMiniFactory发起的非营利性项目，旨在打造全球范围内可完全3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑的数字档案库，供公众免费获取。该项目为开源社区共建项目，若您身边有可贡献的有趣藏品，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。