Kuan-Yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara

Contributor(s): Yü, Chün-Fang (Author)

ISBN: 9780231120296

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$50.00

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Pub Date: March 22, 2001

Dewey: 294.34211

LCCN: 00024015

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.30" H x 9.21" L x 6.22" W ( 2.05 lbs) 688 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | Buddhism | History | Asian

Series: Iaswr Series

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Description:

Yu 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. Yu 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.

Review Quotes: A major case study of the Mahayana concept of upaya... excellent and comprehensive.-- "Journal of Religion"

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