Quanyin the Chinese Goddess of Mercy and Compassion, is one of the most universally beloved of deities in the Buddhist tradition. She is a boddhisattva, a person who has earned the right to leave this world of suffering and enter nirvana, but instead has chosen to stay on earth to help others reach enlightenment.

Quanyin is unique among the heavenly hierarchy in that she is so utterly free from pride or vengefulness that she remains reluctant to punish even those to whom a severe lesson might be appropriate. Individuals who could be sentenced to dreadful penance in other systems can attain rebirth and renewal by simply calling upon Her graces with utter and absolute sincerity.

The name Quan-Sai-Yin (observe, world, sound), as she is often called, means literally "the one who regards, looks on, or hears the sounds of the world", She hears the cries of all beings and manifests in any conceivable form wherever a being needs help.Beloved as a mother figure and divine mediatrix who is very close to the daily affairs of her devotees, Quanyin's role as Buddhist Madonna has been compared to that of Mary the mother of Jesus in the West.
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Quanyin: Goddess of Mercy & Compassion - McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 21-11-2004 to 30-01-2005, Commemoration (for Cheung Yok-Ping), 2004.
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