Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokite?vara | Ch�n-fang Y�
Y] presents a groundbreaking, comprehensive study of one of the most popular and important "deities" in the Buddhist pantheon -- one who changed gender as he/she was imported into China from India. Y] explores this dramatic transformation of the (male) Indian bodhisattva Avalokitesvara into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin -- from a relatively minor figure in the Buddha's retinue to a universal savior and one of the most popular deities in Chinese religion.
(less)Y] presents a groundbreaking, comprehensive study of one of the most popular and important "deities" in the Buddhist pantheon -- one who changed gender as he/she was imported into China from India. Y] explores this dramatic transformation
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