Kuan-yin
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: September 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9780231120289
Subjects: Asian studies; Buddhism; Religion - World Religions; Religion; Buddhism - General; Eastern - General; History; Religion / General; Avalokitesvara (Buddhist deit; Avalokiteâsvara (Buddhist deity)
First sentence: Kuan-yin (Perceiver of Sounds), or Kuan-shih-yin (Perceiver of the World's Sounds) is the Chinese name for Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, who has been worshiped throughout the Buddhist world.