Personal Salvation and Filial Piety : Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her Acolytes.
The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was a handsome prince when he entered China. As Guanyin, the bodhisattva was venerated from the eleventh century onward in the shape of a beautiful woman who became a universal savior. Throughout the last millennium, the female Guanyin has enjoyed wide and fervid vener...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2008]
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Colección: | Kuroda Classics in East Asian Buddhism ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain .Part 1
- The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain .Part 2
- The Precious Scroll of Good-in-Talent and Dragon Girl
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography