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Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin |
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Author |
Blofeld, John Eaton Calthorpe
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Date | 2009.10.13 |
Pages | 160 |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Publisher Url |
http://www.shambhala.com/
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Location | Boston, MA, US [波士頓, 麻薩諸塞州, 美國] |
Content type | 書籍=Book |
Language | 英文=English |
Note | UPAU.10 This is Shambhala Classics. |
Keyword | 觀音菩薩=觀世音菩薩=Avalokiteshvara; 慈悲心=Loving Kindness=Compassion; 觀想=Visualization; 禪修=Meditation |
Abstract | Explores the origin of the mystical goddess of compassion,describes meditation and visualization techniques associated with her,and explains the liberating energy of compassion.She is the embodiment of selfless love, the supreme symbol of radical compassion, and, for more than a millennium throughout Asia, she has been revered as “The One Who Hearkens to the Cries of the World.” Kuan Yin is both a Buddhist symbol and a beloved deity of Chinese folk religion. John Blofeld’s classic study traces the history of this most famous of all the bodhisattvas from her origins in India (as the male figure Avalokiteshvara) to Tibet, China, and beyond, along the way highlighting her close connection to other figures such as Tara and Amitabha. The account is full of charming stories of Blofeld’s encounters with Kuan Yin’s devotees during his journeys in China. The book also contains meditation and visualization techniques associated with the Bodhisattva of Compassion, and translations of poems and yogic texts devoted to her.
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Table of contents | 1 The Enigma 2 Some Manifestations 3 Kuan Yin's Indian and Tibetan Genesis 4 Miao Shan and Other Legends 5 Some Buddhist Concepts of Kuan Yin 6 Sacred Rites 7 Contemplative Yogic Meditation 8 Dreams, Reveries and Speculations |
ISBN | 9780877731269 (pbk); 1590307356 (pbk) |
Hits | 1222 |
Created date | 1998.04.28 |
Modified date | 2014.05.05 |
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