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Ok, so in all of this I didn’t speak of the Samadhis yet. They are there but what comes after is what is most beautiful. Oh yes — and second point to the description…. Knowing that enlightenment is so wonderful; Therefore the main goal is to attain this… And so this is what aspiration comes into it…. Complete desire to attain enlightenment — These things are true about enlightenment; 1. everyone can attain it. Everyone can reach it. 2. nothing can harm it. As the nature of each being is this; nothing can harm. All forms are like bubbles, vanishing; within them is their source.

Namaste dear friends, Hoping and trusting that this reaches you in the best of health, with happiness.. So I will begin with by talking about what comes after the four attainments. The reason is that what comes after the four attainments is the most remarkable experience; the most wonderful experience, the highest experience, the most beautiful experience, and being these it is the most worthy of being talked about. The first aspect of Enligthenment is infinite peace… This can be described as. No matter what may happen, nothing can remove this quality of peace which is within everything. All beings, and all things have this quality of peace, which is in all places, things and times. No matter what may happen, it’s an inseparable piece of every thing. That peace is one aspect; and blissfulness is the second. The next is that all beings possess these.. Enlightenment, which is boundless, is the basic nature of all beings. All beings have this nature, which is truly wonderful, truly beautiful. This means that all forms and all beings are forms of this. So – a tree, a computer, a house, a blanket; they are all this. All forms of the universe, are… Read More

The Japanese Avalokiteshvara has multiple forms and names. Kanzeon, like Guanshiyin, observes (J: kan) the world (J: ze) for the sound (J: on) of suffering. The Japanese commonly shorten Avalokiteshvara’s name to Kannon. Kannon is a Bodhisattva, which means she has prolonged her own eternal enlightenment to stay behind and help everyone who suffers in this world.        

In China, Avalokitesvara is known as Guanyin, and for several centuries has been depicted in both male and female forms. The fluid gender of this deity in a number of Buddhist cultures has been the subject of copious research in Asia and beyond, but may best be explained as a consequence of his freedom to assume any form to respond to the many needs of followers. The Chinese name Guanyin, short for Guanshiyin, means “The One Who Perceives the Sounds of the World”.

Lokeshwor is represented as the generic name of the most popular Bodhisattva, the merciful Lord Who Looks on Humanity Filled with Compassion. He has many names and appearances. The number of heads he has varies from two to eleven, the number of arms from two to one thousand. In Nepal, 108 forms of Avalokiteshvara. The various form forms of Lokeshvara are amalgamations of other Buddhist divinities and Hindu deities.