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The larger than life Kwan Yin bodhisattva from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City 11th-12th Century Dalai Lama, Freiburg, Bodhisattva Guanyin, Goddess Of Mercy, Little Buddha, Quan Yin, Art Sacre, Kuan Yin, Kwan Yin

Guanyin (Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: guān yīn; Wade-Giles: kuan-yin) is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshi'yin (觀世音, pinyin: guānshì yīn, Wade-Giles: kuan-shih yin) which means "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the World". It is generally accepted (in Chinese community) that Guanyin originated as the Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara (अवलोकितेश्वर), which is her male form. Commonly known the West as the…

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