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It's been awhile, but they're back:
The 1000 Hands of Limitless Compassion

What with all of the suffering here, here and here that I've read about lately -- but with ways to deal with it all discussed here -- seeing these dancers and the action they portray was reassuring.

The last post in this occasional series was in 2006? I almost can't believe that...

"In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, artists from the Chinese Art Ensemble of the Handicapped portray Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara (Deity of Mercy) during a charity soiree titled 'My Dream' in London on Sunday, May 25, 2008. The earning of their performance will be donated to quake victims in southwest China's Sichuan Province."

A classical, two-dimensional representation of the bodhisattva can be seen here.