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The Thirty-Three Forms of Avalokiteshvara

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The thirty-three forms refer to the teaching in the Lotus Sutra (Kannon Sutra) that Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva appears in 33 different forms (manifestations) to relieve people's suffering. In Buddhism and Japanese Kannon worship, they show boundless powers of salvation adapted to people's circumstances and spiritual capacities.

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The text describes Avalokiteshvara's thirty-three manifestations as forms adapted to different recipients.

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