Guanyin (觀音, pinyin guānyīn, Wade-Giles: kuan-yin) is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. She is also known as the Chinese Bodhisattva of Compassion. 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 that Guanyin originated as the Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara, which is her male form. Commonly known in the West as the Goddess of Mercy, Guanyin is also...
The Sūtra of The Great Vows of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva 《地藏菩薩本願經》 is one of the more popular Buddhist sutras in Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism. The sutra tells basically of how Kṣitigarbha became a bodhisattva by making great vows to rescue other sentient beings, and a description of how he followed filial piety in his past lifetimes. This book is in Traditional Chinese written vertically.
《地藏菩薩本願經》,又稱《地藏本願經》、《地藏本行經》、《地藏本誓力經》,簡稱《地藏經》,題為唐朝實叉難陀所譯,是釋迦牟尼佛稱揚贊嘆地藏菩薩...