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to show an excerpt as follows.
An Avalokitesvara statue replica that Buddhadasa
These statues are from Bhikkhu ordered to be made at Suan
Mahayana Buddhism. The Baan Don Mokkhaphalaram Temple, Chaiya District, Suratthani

region in the era of Srivijaya was รูปปั้นอวโลกิเตศวรซ่ึงพุทธทาสภิกขุให้จำลองไว้ท่ีวัดสวนโมก

dominated by Mahayana Buddhism, ขพลาราม อำเภอไชยา สุราษฎรธ์ านี

though it had been dominated by
Hinayana beforehand. Therefore, we to protect the religion. A bodhisattva
shall spend a bit time looking into has all the power of a buddha
Mahayana Buddhism.
including all the power above any
Mahayana Buddhism was being, even the gods who created the
originated in India before it spread to World or control the World. Still, a
Chaiya. The chronological events that bodhisattva is a “servant” of a
led to its origin were very long. In short, buddha. This is symbolized by that
the early Buddhists saw that the every bodhisattva has at least one
foolish outnumbered the smart by buddha image on the front of the
99:1. It was impossible for these foolish crown a little above the forehead. For
people to understand the essence of a big bodhisattva image, there are
the Dharma that one shall be 100% usually many buddha images on the
savior of himself/herself to the degree crown, the shoulders and the palms of
that the ego is totally uprooted. It is the bodhisattva (as in the middle
unrealistic for Buddhism to rely on only
a handful of smart people to thrive.
Therefore, attempts were made in
order to find for followers, and there
were some Buddhists who dared
create another cult specifically
designed for increasing the number of
followers by promoting a cult of
personality, a practice welcomed by
most people of India back in those
days. It is devised that there are many
buddhas, and each buddha has a
bodhisattva serving him, whose duty is