観かん自じ在ざい

noun

Avalokiteshvara; Kannon; Guanyin; Bodhisattva of Compassion

Buddhist term referring to the bodhisattva who embodies compassion. In Japanese Buddhism, commonly known as 観音 (Kannon). 観自在 is a less common alternative name, often encountered in sutras or scholarly contexts.

See also: 観音 (かんのん)

• 般はん若にゃ心しん経ぎょうには「観かん自じ在ざい菩ぼ薩さつ」という言こと葉ばが出でてくる。

  The phrase 'Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara' appears in the Heart Sutra.

• 観かん自じ在ざいは、観かん音のん菩ぼ薩さつの別べつ名めいとして知しられている。

  Kanjizai is known as another name for Kannon Bodhisattva.