China: 'Bodhisattva Leading the Way'. Detail of hanging scroll painting, Mogao Cave 17, Dunhuang, c. 875. Detail of a mural showing a female donor to the caves at Mogao being led to paradise by the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as a reward for her merit making. Guan Yin (Guanyin), also known as Kuan Yin and Guanshiyin, is the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion in Buddhism. The East Asian equivalent of Avalokitesvara, she is particularly popular in Chinese folk religion. She was called the 'goddess of mercy' by Jesuit missionaries in China.

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