Guanyin

Examples

• All

• She is my Guanyin.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Each monk who arrives at the temple starts a round of the building, greeting each of the statues: Amitabha, the Arhats, Guanyin, and Ksitigarba.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The great Guanyin Bodhisattva sees all.

  Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (2020)

• We bow to Guanyin; we walk in the same paths that monks here have traced for more than a thousand years.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Good morning, Guanyin.

  Fiction book (2002)

• But to get there, I have to go through Ningbo, a city as devoted to commerce as the Putoshan is consecrated to Guanyin.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Incense, red and gold paper prayers, effigies of the Buddha and Guanyin, prayer beads, sutras, and of course postcards are for sale.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Some female deities, such as Guanyin (Avalokitesvara), retain purity by rejecting marriage (Sangren 1983).

  Academic text (2009)

• In the temple, devotees pray to Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of compassion and mercy.

• Many people light candles and offer flowers to Guanyin during the festival honoring her.

Synonyms

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Kwan-yin

vsGuanyin

3 9.9

A female figure in Chinese Buddhism who shows great kindness and helps people in need

is the wider East Asian worship perspective rather than the specific Chinese name

K

Kuan Yin

vsGuanyin

1 9.8

A goddess of mercy in Chinese Buddhism who people pray to for help

is the broader East Asian veneration rather than only the Chinese form

K

Kwannon

vsGuanyin

9.9

A figure in Japanese Buddhism who shows kindness, often holding a lotus

is the general East Asian goddess veneration rather than the Japanese name

Surface Forms

Etymology