Japan: Senju Kannon (Sahasrabhuja, 'Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara'), hanging scroll, painting on silk, Heian Period (12th Century), Tokyo National Museum

Guanyin is an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by Mahayana Buddhists.

It is generally accepted among East Asian adherents that Guanyin originated as the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Commonly known in English as the Mercy Goddess or Goddess of Mercy but often depicted as both male and female to show this figure's limitless transcendence beyond gender.

Sahasrabhuja, the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara, is a popular manifestation that 'sees and helps all'.

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