Nyoirin Kannon (Sk:Cintamanicakra) of the Murouji
wood, height: 78.7cm,
Heian Period
Nara, Japan
The drums went silent
The stage is bare
No more a touch of elegance
In the Rolling thunder
Of Orphaned Stones
Meika Woollard
“A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words point at the truth, but the truth is not in words.”
— Huineng
– Mooji
Avalokiteśvara with Tārā, Bhṛkuṭī, and Hayagrīva, Nālandā, BIhar circa late 10th century