The figures from this set of bodhisattvas do not follow the usual Indo-Tibetan textual descriptions of the deity, allowing the painter greater artistic freedom. In this painting the figure of Avalokiteshvara is casually seated, meditatively gazing at the small red figure of Amitabha Buddha, his spiritual father, sitting on a lotus. The bluegreen landscape he sits in, framed by a stand of lush leaves and flowers, is inspired by Chinese royal garden conventions conveyed to Tibet through popular Buddhist painting genres.