Guangyin三十三觀音


Guangyin三十三觀音
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Guanyin (Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: Guānyīn; Wade-Giles: kuan-yin, Japanese: Kannon, Korean: Gwan-eum, Vietnamese: Quan Âm) is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin (觀世音, pinyin: Guānshìyīn, Wade-Giles: kuan-shih yin) which means "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the World".
It is generally accepted (in the Chinese community) that Guanyin originated as the Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara (अवलोकितेश्वर), which is her male form. Commonly known in English as the Goddess of Mercy[1], Guanyin is also revered by Chinese Daoists (Taoists) as an Immortal. However, in Daoist mythology, Guanyin has other origination stories which are not directly related to Avalokiteśvara.
觀世音菩薩(梵文:अवलोकितेश्वर,Avalokiteśvara),又譯為光世音菩薩、觀自在菩薩,漢語音譯「啊那婆婁吉低輸」、「阿縛盧極低濕伐羅」,西方極樂世界教主阿彌陀佛座下的上首菩薩,同大勢至菩薩一起,為阿彌陀佛的左、右脅侍菩薩,並稱「西方三聖」。同時祂也是四大菩薩之一。
觀世音菩薩是東亞民間普遍敬仰崇拜的菩薩,在各種佛教圖像或造像中觀世音菩薩像也最為常見,而且種類繁多,變化極大。在台灣,觀世音菩薩是台灣民間信仰所崇信的「家堂五神」的首尊,常將之繪製於家堂神畫「佛祖漆」上,與自家所祀神明一同,晨昏祭祀。佛教的經典上說觀世音菩薩的悲心廣大,世間眾生無論遭遇何種災難,若一心稱念觀世音菩薩名號,菩薩即時尋聲赴感,使之離苦得樂,故人稱「大慈大悲觀世音菩薩」,為佛教中知名度最高的大菩薩,有「家家阿彌陀,戶戶觀世音」的讚譽。
觀世音菩薩為攝化而自在示現之三十三種形像。法華經普門品及其他諸種感應傳、持驗記常述之,由此,民間亦流傳此類圖像,較著者有清代卓峰之觀音應化圖三十三幅(現藏於日本東京帝室博物館)。其中,除白衣、青頸、多羅尊、葉衣、阿摩提等五觀音外,皆為唐代以後民間流傳信奉之觀音形像。
觀世音菩薩為攝化而自在示現的三十三種形象,較著名的有清代卓峰之觀音應化圖三十三幅,現藏于日本東京帝室博物館。

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