Originally posted by Arena:
May I know who is Rinpoche?
And why is Tibet Buddhism's Buddha statues looks so fierce
one?
They still have many other buddhas like Taras etc... Our eastern or
Mahayana Buddhism don't have right?
Amituofo!
it mean "the precious one in human kind".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinpoche
some fierce Guan Yin statues are fierce so as to 'convert' sentient
beings who are fierce and mean. as sometimes if u are too soft,
they don't even want to listen to u.
Taras is the female aspect of Avalokitesvara Guan Yin
actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_(Buddhism)
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