SOURCE5 One of the many statues of guardian giants at Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok. These mythical creatures are from the Ramayana .
8.6 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES 1. The faces of the Bodhisattva in SOURCE 6 are believed to be modelled on the face of Jayavarman VII, who made Mahayana Buddhism the state religion of the Khmer Empire. Use the information in this lesson and conduct research to investigate the following questions: a. What was a Bodhisattva? b. Why was Avalokiteshvara revered? c. Why would Jayavarman VII have wanted his people to see him as the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara?
SOURCE6 Giant faces of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara at the approach to the Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom
2. Communicate your findings in a paragraph.
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