Hello! Thank you so much for making this video. For those of you who may be reading this, I highly reccomend that if you have an interest in Avalokiteshvara, you needn't necessarily concern yourself too much with how the term was used variously by a variety of people and sects throughout the world, with varying opinions. For the most part, in the past, and not dissimilar to how the word "Amitabha" may have been used, Avalokiteshvara was a name or epithet used to call for compassion and help to whatever goodness and salvic force may manifest or work to transforml into the action and help of Avalokiteshvara. So, I highly reccomend dedicating yourself to this name and word and idea if it interests you, and it has a very nice and favorable history as well in both the concept and associations which built around it and in its iconographic origins as well. The Buddhist Monks are often called non-theistic, but historically Avalokiteshvara was used as anyone else might call upon God or a god that is believed to be hearing and seeing and experiencing with and through whatever information is generated. Many, throughout history, seem to have found that regardless of their beliefs, in calling upon Avalokiteshvara, there can be for some a strong sense that Avalokiteshvara is "real", almost undoubtedly so, and undeniable for those who feel they have experienced Avalokiteshvara in some way or in a direct seeming response or result.
Why do you put an "uh" sound betweeb "sh" and "v"? You're able to say "lush volley", or do you say "lush uh volley"? Why is it, then, that you say avalokitesh-UH-vara ?
Hello! Thank you so much for making this video.
For those of you who may be reading this, I highly reccomend that if you have an interest in Avalokiteshvara, you needn't necessarily concern yourself too much with how the term was used variously by a variety of people and sects throughout the world, with varying opinions. For the most part, in the past, and not dissimilar to how the word "Amitabha" may have been used, Avalokiteshvara was a name or epithet used to call for compassion and help to whatever goodness and salvic force may manifest or work to transforml into the action and help of Avalokiteshvara. So, I highly reccomend dedicating yourself to this name and word and idea if it interests you, and it has a very nice and favorable history as well in both the concept and associations which built around it and in its iconographic origins as well.
The Buddhist Monks are often called non-theistic, but historically Avalokiteshvara was used as anyone else might call upon God or a god that is believed to be hearing and seeing and experiencing with and through whatever information is generated.
Many, throughout history, seem to have found that regardless of their beliefs, in calling upon Avalokiteshvara, there can be for some a strong sense that Avalokiteshvara is "real", almost undoubtedly so, and undeniable for those who feel they have experienced Avalokiteshvara in some way or in a direct seeming response or result.
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Why do you put an "uh" sound betweeb "sh" and "v"?
You're able to say "lush volley", or do you say "lush uh volley"?
Why is it, then, that you say
avalokitesh-UH-vara
?
Hello. This is because of the way Sanskrit is pronounced. This is a Sanskrit word.