Sacred Objects, Sacred Symbols

An Avalokiteshvara practice reflection

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Pencil sketched progress shots of hands on the left and right side of Chenrezig holding a t-shirt and a dress.

It was August when I finished the last sacred object in the 32 prominent hands of Avalokiteshvara. Two of the last symbols I drew were a t-shirt in a hand on the left, and in the same on the opposite side, a dress. …