観かん自じ在ざい菩ぼ薩さつ

noun

Avalokiteshvara; Kannon; Guanyin; Bodhisattva of Compassion

Buddhist term referring to the bodhisattva who embodies compassion. 観自在菩薩 is one of the Japanese names for this figure, also commonly known as 観音 (Kannon).

See also: 観音 (かんのん)

• 観かん自じ在ざい菩ぼ薩さつは、般はん若にゃ心しん経ぎょうの中なかで深ふかい智ち慧えを説といている。

  Avalokiteshvara expounds profound wisdom in the Heart Sutra.

• この寺てらの本ほん尊ぞんは観かん自じ在ざい菩ぼ薩さつです。

  The principal image of this temple is Avalokiteshvara.