Chenrezig Thangka, Buddha of Compassion

Thangka Description Material: Hand painted in Nepal by a Talented Nepalese artist on Cotton Canvas with Silk Brocade Painting L x H: 20 x 30 inches Scroll L x H:  34.5 x 57 inches Chenrezig (Tibetan) or Avalokiteshvara (Sanskrit) is a Bodhisattva who is the embodiment of boundless loving-kindness and compassion Of all the deities in Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Chenrezig, is one of the most popular and celebrated His upper hands hold prayer beads and a lotus; the lower ones, poised in a hand gesture of prayer, clasp the wish-fulfilling jewel at his heart. This jewel embodies bodhicitta, the altruistic aspiration to attain highest Enlightenment in order to save all beings from misery and establish them in perfect happiness A Bodhisattva is a person, either human or divine (occasionally animal) who has abandoned all selfish concern and seeks only the ultimate liberation and happiness of all living beings. Avalokiteshvara is one of the most popular of the hundred