Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of AvalokitesvaraColumbia University Press, 22 thg 3, 2001 - 688 trang 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. |
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3 Indigenous Chinese Scriptures and the Cult of Kuanyin | 93 |
4 Miracle Tales and the Domestication of Kuanyin | 151 |
5 Divine Monks and the Domestication of Kuanyin | 195 |
6 Indigenous Iconographies and the Domestication of Kuanyin | 223 |
7 The Ritual of Great Compassion Repentance and the Domestication of the Thousandhanded and Thousandeyed Kuanyin in the Sung | 263 |
8 Princess Miaoshan and the Feminization of Kuanyin | 293 |
10 Feminine Forms of Kuanyin in Late Imperial China | 407 |
Kuanyin and Sectarian Religions in Late Imperial China | 449 |
12 Conclusion | 487 |
Appendix A Stele Text of the Life of the Great Compassionate One | 495 |
Appendix B Chinese Women Pilgrims Songs Glorifying Kuanyin | 505 |
Notes | 511 |
Bibliography | 555 |
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