Becoming Kuan Yin : the evolution of compassion

Description: In his long career as a poet, Buddhist teacher, spiritual advisor, and writer, Stephen Levine has changed our understanding of death and dying. In Becoming Kuan Yin, Levine's first new book in many years, he turns to the legend of Kuan Yin, the Bodhisattva venerated by East Asian Buddhists for her compassion. In Becoming Kuan Yin, Levine shares the tale of Miao Shan, born centuries ago to a cruel king who wanted her to marry a wealthy but uncaring man. This is the story of how Miao Shan refused to follow the path her father had in mind and, instead, became Kuan Yin, the first acknowledged female Buddha, who watches over the dying and those who work with them, and how we can cultivate such compassion in our own lives.

Table of Contents: Kuan Yin and the Beginning of the World --
Buddha Comes to China --
The Origin of Kuan Yin --
Miao Shan at the Gate --
Miao Shan observing --
Miao Shan in Hell --
Exiled to Paradise --
The Origin of Song --
Kuan Yin and the Dragons --
TheSorrow Of The Dragon King --
Many Buddhas --
Healing In Our Dreams --
For Pain's Sake --
The Belly of Compassion --
Pure Land --
The Emissaries of Compassion --
Long Nu --
Shan Tsai --
Reflection on the Mother of Mercy --
Forgiveness --
The gradual Maitreya --
Devotion to Compassion --
Lost and Found.

FY2018 /