Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara (Iaswr Series)

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2001
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This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the Goddess of Mercy

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This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the "Goddess of Mercy"

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 656
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 08 May 2001
ISBN 10: 023112029X
ISBN 13: 9780231120296

Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara (Iaswr Series)

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