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Called the Buddha of Compassion, the Goddess of Mercy, the One Who Hears the Suffering of the World, and many other names, Avalokiteśvara
Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning.”
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The purpose of this channel is to share the important stories at the foundation of human cultures throughout history. These include mythology, legends, folktales, religious stories, and parables from the dawn of history to the modern day. This channel provides interpretations and insight into these stories, to find and apply their meaning to contemporary life. All stories covered are treated academically. This channel makes no claims regarding the historical, scientific, or religious truth of these tales. Rather, its goal is to find the meanings understood by their authors and apply them to the modern world.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:03 Original video from Phap Quong Temple, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
00:08 Miracle of the Dragon, Ming Dynasty China
00:16 Hotei and Children Carrying Lanterns by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
00:24 Original video from Phap Quong Temple, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
00:36 Guanyin of the Water Moon, Northern Song Dynasty China, 968
00:56 White Tara, Central Tibet, mid 18th-early 19th century
01:23 Shabkar, photographed by Matthieu Ricard
01:27 Shabkar, 18th century Tibetan Monk quoted by Reginald Ray in Tibetan Buddhism Reader
02:11 The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Song Dynasty China, from the San Francisco Asian Art Museum
02:57 Faces of Compassion
03:02 Six Avalokiteshvaras by Inshō Dōmoto
03:40 Universal Gateway, from the Lotus Sutra inscribed by Sugawara Mitsushige, Kamakura Period Japan, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
03:58 Lotus Sutra, Chapter 25
05:34 Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara, Qing Dynasty Tibet, from the Birmingham Museum of Art
05:50 Shrine to the Thousand-Hand Eleven-Headed Guanyin, Zhejiang, China, photographed by Nyarlathotep1001, licensed under Creative Commons
06:07 Avalokiteshvara with One Thousand Hands and One Thousand Eyes, Dali Kingdom, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
06:39 Encountering Divinity
06:43 Statue of Avalokiteśvara in Linh Ung Pagoda, Da Nang, Vietnam
07:00 Record on Kannon's Miracles by Hiroshige Utagawa II and Toyokuni Utagawa IV
07:38 Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, from the Hong Kong Heritage Museum
07:49 Green Tara, Goddess of Compassion by Renuka Gurung, from the United Kingdom Royal Collection Trust
08:07 Guanyin Above Clouds of Fire by Huang Bore, from the Hong Kong Museum of Art
08:25 Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as the Water Moon Guanyin with Child, Qing Dynasty China, from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
08:54 Four-Arm Avalokiteśvara (Golden Thangka) by Xi Hedao, from the China Intangible Heritage Industry Alliance
09:20 Praises to the Twenty-One Taras
10:09 Green Tara, 13th century Tibet, from the Rubin Museum of Art
10:23 Tara Thanka, 18th century Tibet, from the Rubin Museum of Art
11:01 A Vision of Compassion
11:06 Map of Asia by Johann Matthias Hase
11:15 Avalokiteśvara, 9th century Pala, from the National Museum of India, photographed by Hyougushi, licensed under Creative Commons
11:19 Green Tara by Prithvi Man Chitrakari
11:23 Kannon Bosatsu by Princess Mitsuko
11:36 Nankai no Tsuki (Moon of the Southern Sea) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
11:58 Water-Moon Avalokiteśvara (Suwŏl Kwanŭm), 14th century Korea
12:11 White-Robed Kannon by Kawanabe Kyōsai
13:23 Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva on the South Sea by Gim Hongdo
14:06 White Tara, 19th century Tibet, from the Hwajeong Museum
14:56 Conclusion
15:03 Original video from Asia Times Square, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
15:10 Bodhi Tree (Whiteleaf) in Wat Hua Hat, Thailand, licensed under Creative Commons
15:13 Budai Figurine and Cloth Flowers, photographed by Fran Hogan, licensed under Creative Commons
15:17 Shrine to a Tang Dynasty Stone Statue of Thousand-Armed Guanyin, photographed by Nyarlathotep1001, licensed under Creative Commons
15:20 Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin) With a Child, Qing Dynasty China, from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
15:24 The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon by Hokusai
Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.