TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yü,Chün-fang
TI  - Kuan-yin: the Chinese transformation of Avalokiteśvara 
T2  - IASWR series
SN  - 0231502753
AV  - BQ4710.A8 
U1  - 294.3/4211 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Avalokiteśvara
KW  - Guanyin
KW  - Guanyin.
KW  - Avalokiteśvara (Divinité bouddhique)
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History
KW  - Buddhismus
KW  - gnd
KW  - gtt
KW  - China
KW  - Chine
KW  - Histoire religieuse
KW  - ram
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-593) and index; Preface; 1 Introduction; Maps; 2 Scriptural Sources for the Cult of Kuan-yin; 3 Indigenous Chinese Scriptures and the Cult of Kuan-yin; 4 Miracle Tales and the Domestication of Kuan-yin; 5 Divine Monks and the Domestication of Kuan-yin; 6 Indigenous Iconographies and the Domestication of Kuan-yin; 7 The Ritual of Great Compassion Repentance and the Domestication of the Thousand-handed and Thousand-eyed Kuan-yin in the Sung; 8 Princess Miao-shan and the Feminization of Kuan-yin9 P'u-t'o Shan: Pilgrimage and the Creation of the Chinese Potalaka; 10 Feminine Forms of Kuan-yin in Late Imperial China; 11 Venerable Mother: Kuan-yin and Sectarian Religions in Late Imperial China; 12 Conclusion; Appendix A Stele Text of the "Life of the Great Compassionate One"; Appendix B Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Kuan-yin; Notes; Bibliography; Index and Glossary
N2  - 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 Buddhis
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