The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Potalaka, the "pure land" of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, floats above and beyond the green mountains and pinkish clouds. The Fifth Dalai Lama, who was considered a reincarnation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, named the Potala Palace in the painting to your left after this pure land. Potalaka, although sometimes identified with physical islands, is a transcendent realm separated from the ordinary world by an abyss of emptiness. Two bridges cross the span. Monkeys, of whom the Tibetans consider themselves descendants, hold a bridge for monks on the left. Other people cross on the bridge to the right. At the bottom appear three guardian figures and Green Tara in her own shrine. Amitayus, a Buddha associated with Avalokiteshvara, appears at the top center. Ushnisha-vijaya occupies the top left corner, and White Tara the right.