Kuan-Yin The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara

Name: Kuan-Yin The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara
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ISBN: 9780231120296

ISBN-10: 023112029X

ISBN-13: 9780231120296

Edition: 2000

Authors: Chï¿½n-Fang Yï¿½, Chï¿½n-Fang Yï¿½

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Description:

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.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/22/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 688
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 2.222
Language: English



Preface


Maps



Introduction



Scriptural Sources for the Cult of Kuan-yin



Indigenous Chinese Scriptures and the Cult of Kuan-yin



Miracle Tales and the Domestication of Kuan-yin



Divine Monks and the Domestication of Kuan-yin



Indigenous Iconographies and the Domestication of Kuan-yin



The Ritual of Great Compassion Repentance and the Domestication of the Thousand-handed and Thousand-eyed Kuan-yin in the Sung



Princess Miao-shan and the Feminization of Kuan-yin



P'u-t'o Shan: Pilgrimage and the Creation of the Chinese Potalaka



Feminine Forms of Kuan-yin in Late Imperial China



Venerable Mother: Kuan-yin and Sectarian Religions in Late Imperial China



Conclusion


Appendixes



Stele Text of the "Life of the Great Compassionate One"



Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Kuan-yin


Notes


Bibliography


Index and Glossary