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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Sanskrit
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2008.
Series:Classics in East Asian Buddhism.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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