Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin (Shambhala Classics) by John Blofeld

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Series:::: Shambhala Classics+++Paperback:::: 160 pages+++Publisher:::: Shambhala (October 13, 2009)+++Language:::: English+++ISBN-10:::: 1590307356+++ISBN-13:::: 978-1590307359+++Product Dimensions::::6 x 0.5 x 9 inches++++++ ISBN10 1590307356 ISBN13 978-1590307

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Description: She is the embodiment of selfless love, the supreme symbol of radical compassion, and, for more than a millennium throughout , she has been revered as “The One Who Hearkens to the Cries of the World.” Kuan Yin is both a Buddhist symbol and a beloved deity of Chinese folk religion. John Blofeld’s classic study traces the history of this most famous of all the bodhisattvas from her origins in (as the male figure Avalokiteshvara) to , , and beyond, along the way highlighting her close connection to other figures such as and Amitabha. The account is full of charming stories of Blofeld’s encounters with Kuan Yin’s devotees during his journeys in China. The book also contains meditation and visualization techniques associated with the Bodhisattva of Compassion, and translations of poems and yogic texts devoted to her.

The late John Blofeld was a British convert to Buddhism who spent many years living and traveling in the Far East. Amongst Westerners who have attempted to educate the general public about Buddhism and , he is arguably the most entertaining raconteur of them all. He is a very skilled writer, and he succeeds in making matters of religion and philosophy come alive for the reader as personal questions.What sets Blofeld apart is his ability to weave personal anecdotes in with philosophical exposition, historical narrative, folklore, and how to instructions in various meditative exercises.Blofelds task in this book is to explain who - or what - Kuan Yin is, and to put beliefs concerning Kuan Yin within the context of Buddhism as a whole. This is no easy task, because devotion to Kuan Yin - a female representation of Buddhist compassion and enlightenment - seems (for many Westerners) to be at odds with the fundamental Buddhist precept to be a light unto yourselves.As Blofeld traces the evolution of Kuan Yin from the male Hindu Boddhisattva Avalokita, to the female Tibetan Boddhisattva Tara, on to her Chinese representation as Kuan Yin, we see that we are dealing with what appears to be a figure of mythology and folklore, a creation of storytellers and artists. But not quite . . . Time and again - and Blofeld illustrates this with many personal anecdotes - Kuan Yin seems to manifest as an actual, independent being. Blofeld devotes many pages to this apparent paradox, and the reader will have to judge for himself whether the stated explanations actually resolve that paradox.Expressed in various ways, the explanation is essentially reduced to the doctrine of One Mind, i.e., the notion that all of our individual minds participate in the universal One Mind, and that in this realm, ordinary distinctions between real and mythical break down. One would perhaps have to be enlightened oneself to firmly grasp this or experience it as a lived reality, but - as Blofeld shows - the mythic breaks through into the real just often enough to keep faith and devotion alive, and to pass these perplexing questions down through the generations.

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