Guan-Yin, THE GODDESS OF METTA

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Hi Yawares,

I have beautiful pictures of Guan-yin temples in Singapore.

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http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... +singapore" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Taiwan
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... ple+taiwan" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Korea
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/v ... 1nqOzM9cW1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm a new member :smile:
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tidathep wrote:Hi Yawares,

I have beautiful pictures of Guan-yin temples in Singapore.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... +singapore" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Taiwan
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... ple+taiwan" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Korea
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/v ... 1nqOzM9cW1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm a new member :smile:
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Dear Tidathep,

:heart: I love all of your pretty Guan-Yin pictures very very much :heart:

Welcome ' new beautiful member' :thumbsup:
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Guan-Yin, Korea

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Gaeyang Halmi, the Sea Goddess of Korea’ part 4 by Helen Hwang

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tidathep wrote:Guan-Yin, Korea

Tidathep
Super photos

Thank you
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Dear Pegembara,

Thank you very much for the lovely photo...In Thailand too, temples near many beaches have Guan-Yin statue face to the sea. People around the world love Goddess Guan-Yin.

Southern Sea Guanyin 南海观音China
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Sanya South China Sea
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Guanyin of the south china sea mount xiqiao is a statue of guanyin ...
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yawares wrote:Dear Pegembara,

Thank you very much for the lovely photo...In Thailand too, temples near many beaches have Guan-Yin statue face to the sea. People around the world love Goddess Guan-Yin.

yawares :heart: Guan-Yin
Hi Yawares

How are you today, not seen you write much recently. :thinking:

I think Guan Ying is popular with Thai Chinese as many were nautical traders who relied on the sea. Hence we see her and the Chinese community around the Thai coast. :sage:

I think the biggest one was being constructed in Surat when I lived there.

With metta

Graham
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GraemeR wrote: Hi Yawares

How are you today, not seen you write much recently. :thinking:

I think Guan Ying is popular with Thai Chinese as many were nautical traders who relied on the sea. Hence we see her and the Chinese community around the Thai coast. :sage:

I think the biggest one was being constructed in Surat when I lived there.

With metta

Graham
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Dear Graham,
I post at SD/JTN/Buddhavihara/Facebook/DSG...and still post pictures adding to my temple stories right here @DW...and I have a picture for U too...

Big Standing Guan Yin and two dragon in Surat Thani,Thailand
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Rituals and reverence for this type of thing are not really Theravada.
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Hi Alan,
alan wrote:Rituals and reverence for this type of thing are not really Theravada.
My observation has been that Theravada is more eclectic and atomistic than how many of us perceive it in the west.
The veneration of Guan Yin in Thailand and elsewhere doesn't really surprise me. I've seen first hand, the veneration of nats in Myanmar.
For some, the veneration of Guan Yin or someone else is just giving physical form to desirable qualities. And in venerating that 'person', they venerate those qualities and perhaps may even go on to develop those qualities.
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Venration of nats? What is that?
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alan wrote:Venration of nats? What is that?
One must venerate the omniscient (or nearly so0 god Google:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_(spirit" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
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Beliefs in spirits and rituals strikes me as a waste of time. The Suttas have a few words about that subject.
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alan wrote:Rituals and reverence for this type of thing are not really Theravada.
Lots of things in Thailand are not really Buddhist, it's all mixed up with Taoism, Hinduism and more ......

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I think this is nice:

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