Friday, May 28, 2010

Shuang Lin Monastery (3)


D700 70-300mm @ 125 ISO800 f/4.8 1/100

While the photography of most statues within the monastery is not allowed, I was authorized to take pictures of the Thousand Arm Kuan Yin or Goddess of Infinite Mercy. In the Buddhist tradition, she is a bodhisattva (a human being who completed all karma and reached nirvana) who sprang from one of the Buddha's tears. She decided to stay on earth until all suffering ended.

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