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The Lonely Palette

Ep. 19 - Guanyin, Bodhisattva of Compassion (Song Dynasty, 12th c. CE)

The Lonely Palette

The Lonely Palette

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4.8857 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Take a load off as you relax into this Song Dynasty masterpiece. You're going to be here for a while. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/6/13/episode-19-guanyin-bodhisattva-of-compassion-song-dynasty-12th-c-ce Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Masonry", "Exceter Lask", "Hickory Interlude", "Copper Halls", "Feathering", "Inside the Paper Crane", "Doghouse" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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W.W. patreon.com a male. It's a seated figure. It looks like it's made out of wood that's been painted.

0:48.0

The age of the wood, it's, you know, you can just see the edges and the wear and care of centuries on it.

0:54.7

You can really just tell that it's been around the block.

1:01.0

Someone looking down at me who looks relaxed but also confident and

1:07.1

knowledgeable like they have wisdom to impart to those of us that are looking up at it.

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It's interesting because it's elevated,

1:16.0

so it really to me looks like it's somebody looking down at us,

1:22.0

observing what we're doing.

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But not in, yeah, not in a bad way.

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The one arm draped on a bent knee and the one draped over, you know, if you were sitting on a ledge, the one left knee is hanging down.

1:41.0

So it's an open, which you often think of an open feeling of a Buddha.

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There's nothing crossed, there's no anger.

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The body is very open and I noticed that physically my body was almost

1:58.2

settling into the same open position, you know, shoulders down, rested, relaxed.

2:06.4

Yeah, it looks very relaxed and just kind of lounging.

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Pretty chill.

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It just exudes peace, you know, you could just feel

2:15.0

feel peace coming off of it.

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