Guanyin

Guan Yin, the Chinese Goddess of Compassion,

felt in my life. In the room where I meditate, I have a Tibetan scroll painting (called a thanka) of the bodhisattva of compassion. Known as Tara in Tibet and Kwan Yin in China, she is an embodiment of healing and compassion.

In many East Asian countries the name Kuan Yin, the revered

Many people have reported receiving comfort and guidance from Mary or from mother figures of other religious traditions, such as Kuan Yin (or Guan Yin), the bodhisattva of compassion. Most, if not all, traditions have images of the Divine Mother, and believers within these traditions often have experiences in which they feel loved and cared for by

• Mañjuśrī ("Gentle Glory") Kumarabhuta ("Young Prince"), the main bodhisattva of wisdom


• Avalokiteśvara ("Lord who gazes down at the world"), the savior bodhisattva of great compassion


• Vajrapāṇi ("Vajra in hand"), the bodhisattva of protection, the protector of the Buddha (in East Asian sources, this figure appears as Mahāsthāmaprāpta)


• Maitreya ("Friend

Quan Yin statue I could see in Quan Yin an Asian sister to the Virgin Mary.