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Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara
Chün-Fang Yü
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Description for Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara
Paperback. 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" Num Pages: 688 pages, 48 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 932.
By far one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist traditions, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is regarded as the embodiment of compassion. He has been widely revered throughout the Buddhist countries of Asia since the early centuries of the Common Era. While he was closely identified with the royalty in South and Southeast Asia, and the Tibetans continue to this day to view the Dalai Lamas as his incarnations, in China he became a she-Kuan-yin, the "Goddess of Mercy"-and has a very different history. The causes and processes of this metamorphosis have perplexed Buddhist scholars for centuries. ... Read more
By far one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist traditions, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is regarded as the embodiment of compassion. He has been widely revered throughout the Buddhist countries of Asia since the early centuries of the Common Era. While he was closely identified with the royalty in South and Southeast Asia, and the Tibetans continue to this day to view the Dalai Lamas as his incarnations, in China he became a she-Kuan-yin, the "Goddess of Mercy"-and has a very different history. The causes and processes of this metamorphosis have perplexed Buddhist scholars for centuries. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
932g
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231120296
SKU
V9780231120296
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About Chün-Fang Yü
Chun-fang Yu is professor and chair of the Department of Religion at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is the author of The Renewal of Buddhism in China: Chu-hung and the Late Ming Synthesis (Columbia) and coeditor of Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China.
Reviews for Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara
A major case study of the Mahayana concept of upaya... excellent and comprehensive. Journal of Religion