Kwan-yin

At length Kwan-yin, the Goddess of Mercy, moved by the sight of such a generous sacrifice of self in order to save the souls of unfortunate people who had become weary of life, released this noble spirit from its watery prison.

Chinese Folk-Lore Tales

Japan (Kwannon), this deity (such popularly she is) is represented as a woman, "Kwan-yin, the greatly gentle, with a thousand arms and a thousand eyes;" and has her principal seat in the island of P'oo-t'oo, on the China coast, which is a regular place of pilgrimage.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

I have cried my prayers to Kwan-yin, and they have come back to me like echoes from a deadened wall.

My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911

Mah-li has asked of me money, and with it bought a great candle for each day, which she sends down the mountain-side to be placed before Kwan-yin.

My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911

Then I went to the Mother of Mercies, Kwan-yin, and made my deepest reverence, because for her my heart is full of love and gratitude.

My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911

Then the heart of the woman throbs with fear, and I throw myself at the feet of Kwan-yin and beg for strength.

My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911

I called in anguish upon Kwan-yin, and she did not hear my prayer.

My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911

Lord of Light, the Buddha, or the peasant woman with her paper money alight in the brazier at the feet of Kwan-yin, we ought to feel that the place where he who worships stands, is holy ground.

My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911

It is the time of praying, and all the women with their candles and their incense are bending knees and chanting prayers to Kwan-yin for the blessing of a son.

My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911

The children each have written her a letter, and the candles have been lighted before Kwan-yin, to show our joy.

My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911