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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Sanskrit |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
©2008.
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Colección: | Classics in East Asian Buddhism.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |