![]() ![]() Religious scholar Martin Palmer and Chinese divination expert Man-Ho Kwok discuss the Kuan Yin myths and stories, and Jay Ramsay provides fresh translations of 100 Kuan Yin poems that function both as literature and divination tools. Kp boken The Promise of Kuan Yin av Martin Palmer, Jay Ramsay, Man-Ho Kwok (ISBN 9781642970210) hos. Originally published as Kuan Yin by Harper Collins in 1995 (and republished as The Kuan Yin Chronicles by Hampton Roads in 2009), this seminal work explores the origins and evolution of the goddess in ancient China, early Buddhism, Taoism, and shamanism. Until relatively recently, she was barely known in the West, and few studies had been made of her. Shambhala, 1988) Sandy Boucher, Discovering Kwan Yin, Buddhist Goddess of Compassion (Boston: Beacon Press, 1999) Martin Palmer, Jay Ramsay, and Man-Ho Kwok. She is the living expression of compassion whose gentle face and elegant figure form the center of devotion in most Chinese homes and workplaces. Kuan Yin is the most ubiquitous Chinese deity-and the most loved. He is an expert on Chinese philosophy and culture and the author of. Go to any city in China and open your eyes. Martin Palmer is the director of ICOREC the consultancy on religion, education and culture. Walk through the downtown streets, look in a shop window. ![]() Walk down the streets of Chinatown in any American or western European city and look around. The best and most comprehensive book on the most important and best-loved Chinese goddess. ![]()
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