Personal Salvation and Filial Piety : : Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her Acolytes.
The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was a handsome prince when he entered China. As Guanyin, the bodhisattva was venerated from the eleventh century onward in the shape of a beautiful woman who became a universal savior. Throughout the last millennium, the female Guanyin has enjoyed wide and fervid vener...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Kuroda Classics in East Asian Buddhism ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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