Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism (Illustrated)

  be a commendable show of faith but it benefits only a limited number of people who have the good karma to develop it. It w ...

 C — F-A A ...

 “N T-P K S Y P’” (Namo to the Greatly Compassionate Kuan Shih Yin P’usa) or, one may recite her mantra of Un ...

  Kuan Yin’s response can be instant or slightly delayed, it all depends on one’s karmic influence at that moment of prayer ...

  Suddenly I felt a cool breeze on my face and, at the same time, a ‘thought’ crossed my mind that I would be having a baby ...

  I suddenly saw a ‘figure-in-white’ slowly floating down the long corridor towards me. Although there was a wall separating ...

  She must help me to overcome several obstacles. Somehow situ- ations began to right themselves and I was able to worship K ...

  e above account has been included in this chapter not for the purpose of propagating KYCO but, to encourage those who are ...

  throne. However, to his great disappointment, a girl was born to him. is was on the 19th day of the 2nd moon and she was ...

  appeared in the form of a great tiger, dispersed the crowd, and carried the inaniminate body into the forest. Miao Shan’s ...

  cure being an ointment made from the hands and eyes of a ‘Pu T’ien Jen’, or ‘One Who Is Never Angry’. Aware of her father’ ...

 shows her with her acolytes, Shen-tsai with the praying gesture and Lung-nu holding the flaming pearl. Due to the legend of M ...

 M S K Y ...

  9th Moon 19th Day — which marks the Day She Attained Enlightenment. On these days, devotees and those who have received fa ...

  well on the Kuan Yin Path, practice is a moment-to-moment affair from the day that they have accepted Kuan Yin into their ...

  Sariputra, all things are marked with emptiness: they are not born or destroyed; they are not pure or impure, nor do they ...

  is Mantra is proclaimed in the Prajna Paramita. It runs thus: ‘G, , , , B S’” e hara ...

  after which the Dharani is recited: N M H L D N D L Y Y N M O L Y P L J D S B L Y P T S T ...

  A L S F L S L F S F S F L S Y H L H L M L H L H L S L S L S L S L S L S ...

  e above sounds are quite meaningless as they are but transla- tions from the original Sanskrit prayer. It must be menti ...