Embrace the Goddess of Compassion W alk down the streets of Chinatown in any American or western European city and look around. She is there. On downtown streets, in shop windows—she is there. Go to any city in China and open your eyes. She is there, too....
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Embrace the Goddess of Compassion W alk down the streets of Chinatown in any American or western European city and look around. She is there. On downtown streets, in shop windows—she is there. Go to any city in China and open your eyes. She is there, too. Kuan Yin is the most ubiquitous Chinese deity—and the most loved. The living expression of compassion, her gentle face and elegant figure form the cen- ter of devotion in most Chinese homes and workplaces. Until relatively recently, she was barely known in the West, and few studies had been made of her. Originally published as Kuan Yin in 1995, this seminal work explores the origins and evolution of the goddess in ancient China, early Buddhism, Tao- ism, and shamanism. Religious scholar Martin Palmer and Chinese divination expert Man-Ho Kwok discuss the Kuan Yin myths and stories, and Jay Ram- say provides fresh translations of one hundred Kuan Yin poems that function both as literature and divination tools. “A compelling story that r
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