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AVALOKITESVARA Avalokitesvara is known as Avalokitesvara in Nepal and India, Kuan – yin in China and Kannon in Japan, is the bodhisattva of infinite loving kindness and compassion for all beings. Next to the historical Buddha, he is probably the most revered of all Buddhist figures. His first hands are pressed together on wish fulfilling jewel at his heart supplicating all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to look after sentient beings and protect them from suffering. His other hand holds a crystal rosary symbolizing his ability to liberate being from samsara with ideal means, and reminding the practitioner to recite his six – syllable mantra, OM MANI PAD ME HUM. In his left hand he holds the stem of utpala flower symbolizing his stainless and compassionate bodhichitta motivation.