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Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:09 pm
by Justsit
Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies
:bow:

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:11 pm
by Ben
Justsit wrote:Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies
:bow:
No worries, Justsit!

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:31 pm
by tiltbillings
Justsit wrote:Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies
:bow:
Nothing to apologize for. Honestly, if one finds Mahayana moving, there really is not a problem with that.

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:53 pm
by Anders
At the risk of continuing to be off-topic, I'm going to be bold anyway as I think there's an amusing and slight dhamma related point in it:

I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:01 pm
by tiltbillings
Anders Honore wrote:At the risk of continuing to be off-topic, I'm going to be bold anyway as I think there's an amusing and slight dhamma related point in it:

I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.
And it was with The Buddha's cousin, Nanda:


http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .irel.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:41 pm
by Anders
tiltbillings wrote:
Anders Honore wrote:At the risk of continuing to be off-topic, I'm going to be bold anyway as I think there's an amusing and slight dhamma related point in it:

I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.
And it was with The Buddha's cousin, Nanda:


http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .irel.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
:D

Way I was told was that this was the experience of the Australian bhikkhu in question.

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:54 pm
by tiltbillings
Anders Honore wrote: Way I was told was that this was the experience of the Australian bhikkhu in question.
Well, being an Australian bhikkhu, it is probably a true story. She probably protected him from a drop-bear or a bunyip. Probably a good thing I have never seen a devatā.

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:58 am
by Dhammanucara
Although now I'm a Theravadan, I owed a lot to Guanyin whom I regarded to be almost like my mother in my quest of discovering Buddhism. He/she is the first 'being' that I meet, or otherwise maybe today I'm not a Buddhist at all. I started getting interested in Buddhism after I read about Guanyin and her description in the Lotus Sutra Chapter 25 (a famous Mahayana sutra). Beginning from that point of time, I started learning more and more about Buddhism and in the end ventured into Theravada where I finally found my path. And yes, there have been shifts in my perception about Guanyin overtime. When I first knew her, I considered her a Bodhisattva, then a manifestation of a past Buddha, then as a concept that represents the ultimate selfless love and compassion, a deity, etc, but now, I could only be satisfied with the last two. She could be a Bodhisattva or even a past Buddha, I certainly don't know and can't be sure about that, but I need to express my gratitude to her for bringing me into Buddhism :smile:

With metta,
Dhammanucara :anjali:

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:24 am
by some1
The image posted by OP is actually from the oil paintings series "Dunhuang Flying Series" (敦煌飞天, i.e. "Gandharvas of Dunhuang") by a modern Chinese artist Zeng Hau(曾浩).

"Guanyin" in Chinese tradition is definitely not a Gandharva (Pali: Gandhabba). Anyway, in popular culture, it is not uncommon to compare beatiful female image with Guanyin.
:focus:

Re: Guanyin

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:56 am
by Ontheway
When I was a Mahayana believer, I always going to a temple praying to her (him?).... Well, none of my prayers work. :lol:

Chinese Guan-Yin
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Thai Guan-Yin at Chinatown, Yaowarach (BKK)
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Japanese Anime Guan-Yin
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