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- proper noun the female
bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia
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Examples
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"Because the statue has 42 arms, it is often called the Guanyin of the Thousand Arms."
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The house of 2010 an ultra-modern apartment in Dublin's docklands had only one religious object: a bust of Guanyin, the Buddhist embodiment of mercy.
Nick Cull: Looking for God at the Shanghai Expo: Religion, Nation Branding and the Soft Power Showdown in China Nick Cull 2010
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The house of 2010 an ultra-modern apartment in Dublin's docklands had only one religious object: a bust of Guanyin, the Buddhist embodiment of mercy.
Nick Cull: Looking for God at the Shanghai Expo: Religion, Nation Branding and the Soft Power Showdown in China Nick Cull 2010
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The house of 2010 an ultra-modern apartment in Dublin's docklands had only one religious object: a bust of Guanyin, the Buddhist embodiment of mercy.
Nick Cull: Looking for God at the Shanghai Expo: Religion, Nation Branding and the Soft Power Showdown in China Nick Cull 2010
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When the Qing government attempted to establish an alliance with native chieftains, sometimes a Buddhist pledge ceremony was utilized to gain the support of the natives. 187 Many Buddhist festivals were celebrated by Han migrants, too. 188 The province-wide Buddhist festival included Viskha Puja (yufo jie) 189 and the Guanyin shi in Dali.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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The house of 2010 an ultra-modern apartment in Dublin's docklands had only one religious object: a bust of Guanyin, the Buddhist embodiment of mercy.
Nick Cull: Looking for God at the Shanghai Expo: Religion, Nation Branding and the Soft Power Showdown in China Nick Cull 2010
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The house of 2010 an ultra-modern apartment in Dublin's docklands had only one religious object: a bust of Guanyin, the Buddhist embodiment of mercy.
Nick Cull: Looking for God at the Shanghai Expo: Religion, Nation Branding and the Soft Power Showdown in China Nick Cull 2010
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The house of 2010 an ultra-modern apartment in Dublin's docklands had only one religious object: a bust of Guanyin, the Buddhist embodiment of mercy.
Nick Cull: Looking for God at the Shanghai Expo: Religion, Nation Branding and the Soft Power Showdown in China Nick Cull 2010
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Guanyin, Kanzeon, Tara — under various names the Bodhisattva of Compassion has one of the few good female roles in popular Buddhism.
John Tarrant’s “Escape Arts in Delusionville” — The Way of Flirting William Harryman 2009
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Mayumi Oda gave me a print to use in our kitchen at retreats in which Guanyin has egg beaters and spatulas in her hands.
John Tarrant’s “Escape Arts in Delusionville” — The Way of Flirting William Harryman 2009
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