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Kwan Yin is the ancient Goddess of Compassion, with her roots deep in Asia, but her qualities are much needed in our times. It is said that she "Hears the Cries of the World". We need to listen deeply to our own truths, to each other and to the earth, to feel what is happening and then to act with compassion. As with all these images, Kwan Yin is not an image to be worshiped, but to be kept w we can see her, so we can see mirrored in her our own qualities of calm, compassion, strength and beauty.
Symbolism
Kuan Yin (also spelled Kwan Yin or Quan Yin), is known as the Goddess of Compassion, and she is one of the most popular deities in all of Asia. Her name in Chinese roughly translates as "The One who Hears the Cries of the World." Many believe that she is the female representation of Avalokiteswara, who is the Tibetan and Nepalese God of Compassion.
n Asia, statues of Kuan Yin can be found in front of, or on the grounds of, many Buddhist temples. She is a Boddhisattva (also spelled bodhisattva), a person who has earned the right to leave this world of suffering and enter nirvana, but has chosen instead to stay on this earth to help others reach enlightenment first. Because of her willingness to help, Kuan-Yin is the patron saint of barren women and protects those whose lives depend on the elements, such as farmers and fishermen. It is not unusual to see Kuan Yin in various forms and poses. She always appears cloaked in white, the color of purity, and her gowns are long and flowing. Often she will be holding a rosary in one hand, a symbol of her devotion to Buddhism and its tenets. She will also have either a book (The Lotus Sutra, which refers back to her origins), or a vase, which symbolizes her pouring compassion on to the world.
The Legends so many
T are many stories surrounding how this goddess came about. According to legend, Kwan Yin was a real person, born on the 19th day of the second lunar month (this normally falls around February or March depending on when Chinese New Years is at). She lived during 300 BC and was the youngest daughter to king of a small country in southwestern China. Her mortal name was Miau Chan.
As she grew up, she was wise to the ways of nature and exhibited great compassion. Not wishing to wed, she convinced her father to allow her to enter the Nunnery of the White Bird. Marriage in Ancient China was not just about two couples uniting but also involved the chance of social and monetary gains between families. Thus, her father was none too happy about the arrangement and ordered the nuns to give her the most difficult tasks during her stay.
Her hard work, though, did not break her resolve, only strengthen it. Disappointed that this didn't change his daughter's mind, her father sent out an assassin to kill her. The first assassin, upon seeing the devotion and beauty of Miau Chan, could not bring himself to kill her. So he used a sword which broke as it struck her neck. The second assassin, however, succeeded and strangled her to death, killing her mortal form.
is w the story varies some. In one version, Miau Chan came to the gates of nirvana (heaven). As she was about to enter, she heard a cry of pain from the earth. Unable to ignore it, she asked to be sent back that she might help those suffering. This version aligns with the Buddhist Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, a male diety in Indian Buddhism who could not bear to leave people behind on earth in pain.
In another version, she was brought to the gates of purgatory. But her devotion and compassion shielded her from the anguishes of the netherworld. In fact, she had so much good that she began to relieve the pain of those aro...
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