Zodiac Guardian for RAT: Thousand Hands Guan Yin 千手观音

The Thousand Hands Guan Yin 千手观音 is POWERFUL. With 42 artifacts/treasure/weapons, she covers pretty much everything from chasing away evils, good health, to stunning harvests and prosperity.

 

Some might know that the Lotus jadeite pendant version of the Thousand Hands Guan Yin 千手观音, is carved in the image of the 4th Lotus on Water Guan Yin, the sandalwood Thousand Hands Guan Yin -- which is also the Guan Yin that brought us VICTORY, the Guan Yin that wins big with little.

 

Here's a closeup on two of the artifacts, on the Lotus jadeite pendant version.

 

Top two hands, one holds a sun, the other holds a moon.

 

持日手（日精摩尼珠手），救眼暗无光者
Sun essence hand, alleviates those of clouded vision with light

 

持月手（月精摩尼珠手），救患热病令清凉
Moon essence hand, saves those who suffers from illness of heat, blesses them with cool and comfort

Surely, these two powers are very pertinent in the world today. But I think they also represent something more metaphysical, like yin and yang, day and night.

A 24-hour, super all-rounder zodiac Guardian.

 

FUN FACT: Master Yun is born in the year of the RAT; the Thousand Hands Guan Yin 千手观音 is also his zodiac Guardian.

Master Yun once shared with me:

1. Thousand Hands Guan Yin with her 11 ELEVEN heads and faces of different expressions, some ferocious, some compassionate, some wrathful...you just have to have different faces to deal with different people. Because some people just continuous refuse to learn from compassion.

Fortunately for us, we have been blessed with a lot of benefactors and great clients all these years.

 

2. That would explain about her many artifacts, including weapons. Just like how Vairocana Buddha 大日如来 (for Goat and Monkey) also has his Acalanatha Bodhisattva 不动尊菩萨 (for Rooster).

 

3. It is VERY difficult to carve Thousand Hands Guan Yin crystals. Other than only the finest crystals reserved for Buddha and Deity sculptures, the manifestation of Thousands Hands also takes up a lot of raw crystal, and a lot of wastage for just one sculpture. Because Lotus on Water starts from the source, so we not just have one, but quite a selection of crystal Thousand Hands sculptures.

Master Yun says, maybe that's why he feels such a connection with Thousand Hands Guan Yin. And he feels, and knows, Thousands Hands is constantly protecting and blessing him.

 

May those who receive blessings from the Thousand Hands Guan Yin 千手观音, be blessed throughout day and night, and be a BIG WINNER against all odds.

-- Kan, Executive Director