Detail of a statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, St. Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Tibetan Buddhist Thikse Monastery, near Leh, Ladakh region, state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Guanyin (Quan Am) (Goddess of Mercy and Compassion) (Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara), Linh Phuoc Buddhist Pagoda, Dalat, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Guanyin (Quan Am) (Goddess of Mercy and Compassion) (Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara), Linh Phuoc Buddhist Pagoda, Dalat, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha statues on the shrine at convent Temisgam, Chenrezig Gompa, Sham Trek, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Praying monk at Avalokiteshvara monastery, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

Avalokiteshvara Monastery, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, China, Asia

26 meter high statue of the goddess Janraisig or Avalokiteshvara, Gandan Monastery, Migjid Janraisig Sueme, Gandan Khiid, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asia

Mani stones with the Buddhist mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the Om Mani Padme Hum, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Mani stones with the carved "Om Mani Padme Hum", the mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, Thiksey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Mani stones with the Buddhist mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the Om Mani Padme Hum, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Mani stones with the carved "Om Mani Padme Hum", the mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, Thiksey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Monastery buildings, assembly halls and the main hall, home of the 26 meters high statue of the goddess Janraisig, Avalokiteshvara Sanskrit, at the Gandan monastery, Migjid Janraisig Suem building, Gandan Khiid monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asia