This book focuses on the evolution of the worship of the Buddhist deity Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin in Chinese) in China. Personifying divine compassion, Guanyin has played a uniquely important role in Asian religious life from ancient times until the present day. Studies of Guanyin affords a perspective from which to see the development of Buddhism in China.
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This book focuses on the evolution of the worship of the Buddhist deity Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin in Chinese) in China. Personifying divine compassion, Guanyin has played a uniquely important role in Asian religious life from ancient times until the present day. Studies of Guanyin affords a perspective from which to see the development of Buddhism in China.
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