Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara (Institute for Advanced Study of World Religions)

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1. Introduction......Page 18
2. Scriptural Sources for the Cult of Kuan-yin......Page 48
3. Indigenous Chinese Scriptures and the Cult of Kuan-yin......Page 110
4. Miracle Tales and the Domestication of Kuan-yin......Page 168
5. Divine Monks and the Domestication of Kuan-yin......Page 212
6. Indigenous Iconographies and the Domestication of Kuan-yin......Page 240
7. The Ritual of Great Compassion Repentance and the Domestication of the Thousand-handed and Thousand-eyed Kuan-yin in the Sung......Page 280
8. Princess Miao-shan and the Feminization of Kuan-yin......Page 310
9. P'u-t'o Shan: Pilgrimage and the Creation of the Chinese Potalaka......Page 370
10. Feminine Forms of Kuan-yin in Late Imperial China......Page 424
11. Venerable Mother: Kuan-yin and Sectarian Religions in Late Imperial China......Page 466
12. Conclusion......Page 504
A. Stele Text of the "Life of the Great Compassionate One"......Page 512
B. Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Kuan-yin......Page 522
Notes......Page 528
Bibliography......Page 572
Index and Glossary......Page 612