This book focuses on the evolution of the worship of the Buddhist deity Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin in Chinese) in China. Personifying divine compassion, Guanyin has played a uniquely important role in Asian religious life from ancient times until the present day. Studies of Guanyin affords a perspective from which to see the development of Buddhism in China.
- ISBN10 0195930886
- ISBN13 9780195930887
- Publish Date 12 April 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 May 2021
- Publish Country CN
- Imprint Oxford University Press (China) Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 116
- Language English