Kuan-yin

Author : Chun-fang Yu

Paperback

Published : Thursday 22 March 2001

ISBN : 9780231120296

Price : €49.14

Description

This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the "Goddess of Mercy"

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