If the world is thought of as a lotus flower, the Tibetan capital Lhasa is the center of the flower, Kuan-yin's Pure Land. So the seat of the Tibetan Dalai Lamas is known as the Potala Palace, and the Dalai Lama is at the same time the supreme temporary manifestation of Kuan-yin in the world.
他們相信所有西藏歷史上的名王及高僧，都是觀音菩薩的化身；而世界如一朵蓮花，西藏首都拉薩便是蓮花的中心、是觀音的淨土，因此達賴喇嘛駐錫之地稱為「布達拉宮」，達賴喇嘛同時也是觀音菩薩在人世間的最高權現。