[Buddha-l] Remaining in Samsara

Christopher Fynn cfynn at gmx.net
Wed Nov 12 03:01:06 MST 2008


Dmytro O. Ivakhnenko wrote:

> "The cult of Avalokitesvara also spread to Sri Lanka. 

Two Mahayana works on Buddhist temple architecture and image making from 
Sri Lanka:

Vastuvidyasastra: Ascribed to Manjusri
ISBN: 81703019981
The Citrakarmasastra Ascribed to Manjusri (Volume II) 	
ISBN:  8170302528
E.W. Marasinghe (tr. & ed.)

The following book has a  chapter on Avalokiteshvara in Burma:
Nitharranjan Ray, "Sanskrit Buddhism in Burma". Leiden:1936.
Reprint 2002: Orchid Press, Bangkok  ISBN: 9748299813


Images:

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara: Sri Lanka; 8th - 9th century
<http://www.askasia.org/teachers/images/image.php?no=509>

Standing four-armed Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite 
Compassion, ca. 9th century; Peninsular or Shrivijaya style
Thailand
<http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/ho/06/sse/ho_1982.64.htm>

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, 8th century
Thailand: Buriram Province, Prakhon Chai, 700-799
Bronze
<http://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/browse_title.php?id=M.1980.14.S>

Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, Seated in Royal 
Ease Angkor period, Khmer style of Banteay Shrei,; fourth quarter of the 
10th C.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1673236565/in/set-72157600284119907/>

- Chris


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