Religion in Japan Shintoism Buddhism Christianity
Religion in Japan Shintoism Buddhism Christianity
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The island of Pootau, off Ning-po, in the Chusan Archipelago, is the great centre of Kwannon worship ; the most popular of the many legends concerning her associating her with this locality, and offering an explanation of her thousand heads and hands more clumsy even than is the manner of such myths. The island belongs to the Buddhist priesthood, and is a great resort of pilgrims. In Japan, the shrines and statues of Kwannon are to be met with everywhere : many of her images being of enormous s...ize, richly gilt and beautifully wrought. Sometimes the statues are kept con- cealed from view, either on account of alleged 1 Avalokitesvara = " The Lord who looks down from heaven. " The female form taking the place of the male is, no doubt, due to the idea of the woman's being supposed to be the more compassionate nature ; just as, too often in the Christian Church, the Blessed Mother has, for a like reason, been made to encroach upon the prerogatives of her Divine Son. Instances are recorded of the Chinese, when conversing with Europeans, giving the name of Kwanyin to the statues of the Blessed Virgin in the Roman Churches.
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The island of Pootau, off Ning-po, in the Chusan Archipelago, is the great centre of Kwannon worship ; the most popular of the many legends concerning her associating her with this locality, and offering an explanation of her thousand heads and hands more clumsy even than is the manner of such myths. The island belongs to the Buddhist priesthood, and is a great resort of pilgrims. In Japan, the shrines and statues of Kwannon are to be met with everywhere : many of her images being of enormous s...ize, richly gilt and beautifully wrought. Sometimes the statues are kept con- cealed from view, either on account of alleged 1 Avalokitesvara = " The Lord who looks down from heaven. " The female form taking the place of the male is, no doubt, due to the idea of the woman's being supposed to be the more compassionate nature ; just as, too often in the Christian Church, the Blessed Mother has, for a like reason, been made to encroach upon the prerogatives of her Divine Son. Instances are recorded of the Chinese, when conversing with Europeans, giving the name of Kwanyin to the statues of the Blessed Virgin in the Roman Churches.
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