Kuan-yin : the Chinese transformation of Avalokiteśvara

Abstract

PrefaceAppendixesA. Stele Text of the Life of the Great Compassionate OneB. Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Kuan-yinNotesGlossary and Index1. Introduction2. Scriptural Sources for the Cult of Kuan-yin3. Indigenous Scriptures and the Cult of Kuan-yin4.Miracle Tales and the Domestication of Kuan-yin5. Divine Monks and the Domestication of Kuan-yin6. Indigenous Iconographies and the Domestication of Kuan-yin7. The Ritual of Great Compassion Repentance and the Domestication of the Thousand-handed and the Thousand-eyed Kuan-yin in the Sung8. Princess Miao-shan and the Feminization of Kuan-yin9. P'ut'o Shan: Pilgrimage and the Creation of the Chinese Potalaka10. Feminine Forms of Kuan-yin in Late Imperial China11. Venerable Mother: Kuan-yin and Sectarian Religions in Late Imperial China12. Conclusion

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