Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. This bodhisattva is variably depicted, described and is portrayed in different cultures as either female or male. In Chinese Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara has become the somewhat different female figure Guanyin. In Cambodia, he appears as Lokesvarak, and in Japan he is called Kanzeon or Kannon.
四臂觀音與千手千眼觀音均為觀世音菩薩的其中一種應化身，身着綢緞及纓絡（莊嚴報身相）；白色的身體代表清淨無瑕的身言意、前兩臂合掌當胸並持如意寶珠、後兩臂高舉至肩，右後手持一串水晶念珠，代表無止盡的救渡眾生出離輪迴、左手持一白蓮（藏名烏巴拉花），代表淨化一切煩惱。