Avalokitasvara ［観世音菩薩］ (;  Kanzeon-bosatsu): The bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds. According to the “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” (twenty-fifth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, this bodhisattva is called Perceiver of the World’s Sounds because he perceives the sounds and voices of those who are suffering and compassionately releases them from that suffering. See Perceiver of the World’s Sounds.