8 arm Guan Yin / Kuan Yin or Avalokitesvara with Bamboo background art print
by Steven Yang

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Avalokitesvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. Also known as Guan Yin in Chinese Buddhism, Guan Yin or Kuan Yin is variably depicted as male or female. The name Avaloktitesvara and Guan Yin are translated to mean "sound perceiver", or "he who looks down upon sound".

Guan Yin / Avalokitesvara is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhism, Avalokitesvara is the universal manifestation of compassion which contains 7 forms one of which is Ekadasamukha, with 11 faces.

One prominent Buddhist story tells of Avalokitesvara vowing never to rest until he had freed all sentient beings from samsara. Despite strenuous effort, he realizes that still many unhappy beings were yet to be saved. After struggling to comprehend the needs of so many, his head splits into eleven pieces. Amitabha Buddha, seeing his plight, gives him eleven heads with which to hear the cries of the suffering. Upon hearing these cries and comprehending them, Avalokitesvara attempts to reach out to all those who needed aid, but found that his two arms shattered into pieces. Once more, Amitabha Buddha comes to his aid and invests him with a thousand arms with which to aid the suffering multitudes.

8 arm Guan Yin / Kuan Yin or Avalokitesvara with Crackle Cave background Speck® case for iPhone4
by Steven Yang

$39.95 USD

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8 arm Guan Yin / Kuan Yin or Avalokitesvara with Crackle Cave background Speck® case for iPhone3G/3GS
by Steven Yang

$39.95 USD

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$39.95 USD

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8 arm Guan Yin / Kuan Yin or Avalokitesvara with Crackle Cave background Speck® case for iPad
(does not fit iPad2) by Steven Yang
$49.95 USD

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