{"id":1511,"date":"2015-02-26T10:52:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/?page_id=1511"},"modified":"2015-04-01T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T21:04:50","slug":"iconography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/iconography\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconography"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_1511'] = [\n{id: 1713, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/amitabha-buddha1.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/amitabha-buddha1-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/iconography\/amitabha-buddha-2\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>amitabha-buddha<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/iconography\/amitabha-buddha-2\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 1715, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/chenrezig.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/chenrezig-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/iconography\/chenrezig\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>chenrezig<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/iconography\/chenrezig\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 1716, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/Guanyin.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/Guanyin-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/iconography\/guanyin\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Guanyin<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/iconography\/guanyin\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p>\u201c<b>Buddha<\/b>\u201d means \u201cAwakened One\u201d in Sanskrit; in <b>Mahayana Buddhism<\/b>, there are countless awakened beings\u2014such as <b>Amitabha<\/b>\u2014in addition to the historical Buddha <b>Shakyamuni<\/b> who lived in India during the 5<sup>th<\/sup> century BCE. \u201c<b><i>Bodhisattva<\/i><\/b>\u201d is a being (<i>sattva) <\/i>who strives to attain awakening (<i>bodhi) <\/i>for the sake of all. A \u201c<i>mahasattva bodhisattva<\/i>\u201d like Avalokiteshvara is a \u201cgreat being\u201d or superlative representative of this class. Despite being closely linked, buddhas and <i>bodhisattvas<\/i> can be distinguished conceptually and iconographically. As Kamata and Shaw write: \u201c<i>Mahasattva Bodhisattvas<\/i> inhabit the upper reaches of the path to enlightenment, including full awakening. The role of a Buddha is to manifest enlightenment itself, while the ministry of a <i>Bodhisattva<\/i> is to personify a given virtue or enlightened quality and engage in a more specialized mission to liberate beings in a selected way and elected environments.\u201d (<i>Circle of Bliss, <\/i>176.)<\/p>\n<p>The labeled images below demonstrate how attributes, garments, and gestures help distinguish Buddha Amitabha from Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1713\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1511\" data-imgid=\"1713\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/amitabha-buddha1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1713 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/amitabha-buddha1.jpg\" alt=\"amitabha-buddha\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/amitabha-buddha1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/amitabha-buddha1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/amitabha-buddha1-292x211.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddha Amitabha Image: Vajra Publications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1715\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1511\" data-imgid=\"1715\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/chenrezig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1715 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/chenrezig.jpg\" alt=\"chenrezig\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/chenrezig.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/chenrezig-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/chenrezig-292x211.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Image: Vajra Publications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1716\" style=\"width: 3350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1511\" data-imgid=\"1716\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/Guanyin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1716 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/Guanyin.jpg\" alt=\"Guanyin\" width=\"3350\" height=\"4200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/Guanyin.jpg 3350w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/Guanyin-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/embodyingcompassion\/files\/2015\/02\/Guanyin-168x211.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3350px) 100vw, 3350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), China, Tang dynasty; bronze with gilding; Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1916.250a-b.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Labeling composed and designed by Liqiao Li<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBuddha\u201d means \u201cAwakened One\u201d in Sanskrit; in Mahayana Buddhism, there are countless awakened beings\u2014such as Amitabha\u2014in addition to the historical Buddha Shakyamuni who lived in India during the 5th century BCE. \u201cBodhisattva\u201d is a being (sattva) who strives to attain awakening (bodhi) for the sake of all. 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