Paradise of his spiritual father, Amitabha. No sooner had he
emptied the hell of its inhabitants, within the next instant other
beings were reborn there to fill up their places. Out of despair
and grief in discovering the extent of wickedness in the world
and the utter helplessness of saving all mankind, the Bodhi-
sattva’s head split into ten pieces.Amitabha Buddha quickly came to the rescue of his beloved
disciple and caused each of the pieces to become a head, placed
them in three tiers of three, with the tenth head on top and his
own image above them all.”
us the Great Compassionate One was endowed with twenty-
two eyes instead of two, to see all suffering, and eleven brains in-
stead of one, to concentrate on the best means of saving mankind.
As mentioned earlier, Kuan Yin is always accepted by the average
Chinese to be a female Bodhisattva due to her various manifes-
tations and legend in China. To refer to her as a male deity will
surely cause many a brow to wrinkle up and pairs of confused
eyes staring at you for the profanity uttered. is is because the
great majority of her devotees and faithfuls are lacking in doctri-
nal knowledge and it is for this particular reason that this book
has been prepared. To them Kuan Yin is a great Being who can
be counted upon for help under any circumstances for she has
indeed helped countless others, so that just to have faith in this
Goddess of Mercy is good enough and that the complicated doc-
trines of the Buddhas should be left to the monks and nuns who
will be there to guide them whenever the need arises. is may