City of 10,000 Buddhas, N. California. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XFImxSAOZ4
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > > Share > > > Message #315811 > > You must not realize that Kwan Shi Yin/Guan Shi Yin' is remembered with > the Chinese pigeon-Sanskrit "mantra" "namo guan shih yin pusa" > where "pusa" is just pigeon for "bodhisattva". She is > really the Chinese LGBT transgender version of the male Avalokiteshvara > Bodhisattva whose Tibetan mantra is the well-known mantra om mani padme > hung hrih. > > Apparently, Chinese Buddhists just couldn't bear to have a > sympathetic, face-losing man as a patron who shed tears at the suffering > cries of the world. Thus, they changed "him" to "her". > > They apparently hoped for more mercy than possible when crying out > "Mommy!" > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> > wrote: > > > > Thank you so much Yifu. I love Kwan Yin. Am grateful that > She showed up when She did. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Yifu yifuxero@ > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 7:22 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Great Compassion Mantra of Kwan Yin > > > > > >  > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Sy2LmvmYg > > >