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Guanyin in a sentence
Guanyin meaning
The bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia; depicted variously as male or female.
Using Guanyin
- The main meaning on this page is: The bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia; depicted variously as male or female.
- In the example corpus, guanyin often appears in combinations such as: of guanyin, guanyin is, guanyin and.
Context around Guanyin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Guanyin
- In this selection, "guanyin" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, present, presents, informally, saving, dashi and fozu stand out and add context to how "guanyin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chinese art guanyin is often and day forth guanyin taught shancai. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "guanyin" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with guanyin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A merciful, compassionate, loving individual is said to be Guanyin. (10 words)
From that day forth, Guanyin taught Shancai the entire dharma. (10 words)
It then sets out to become a disciple of Guanyin. (10 words)
One Buddhist legend from the Complete Tale of Guanyin and the Southern Seas (Zh) presents Guanyin as vowing to never rest until she had freed all sentient beings from saṃsāra or cycle of rebirth. (34 words)
After her return to Earth, Guanyin was said to have stayed for a few years on the island of Mount Putuo where she practised meditation and helped the sailors and fishermen who got stranded. (34 words)
In Chinese culture, the popular belief and worship of Guanyin as a goddess by the populace is generally not viewed to be in conflict with the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara's nature. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
As a reward for Guanyin saving his son, the Dragon King sent his granddaughter, a girl called Longnü ("dragon girl"), to present Guanyin with the Pearl of Light.
One Buddhist legend from the Complete Tale of Guanyin and the Southern Seas (Zh) presents Guanyin as vowing to never rest until she had freed all sentient beings from saṃsāra or cycle of rebirth.
Some Taoist scriptures give her the title of Guanyin Dashi, sometimes informally Guanyin Fozu.
After her return to Earth, Guanyin was said to have stayed for a few years on the island of Mount Putuo where she practised meditation and helped the sailors and fishermen who got stranded.
A meditative or contemplative state of being at peace with oneself and others is seen as Guanyin.
A merciful, compassionate, loving individual is said to be Guanyin.
From that day forth, Guanyin taught Shancai the entire dharma.
Guanyin accepted her offer with just one request: that Longnü be the new owner of the Pearl of Light.
Guanyin and child, modern Chinese painting theme, similar to the Madonna and Child theme.
Guanyin is also seen as the champion of the unfortunate, the sick, the disabled, the poor, and those in trouble.
Guanyin is sometimes confused with Yue Hui Bodhisattva due to their similar appearance.
Guanyin then jumped over the edge of the cliff, and soon after this the three bandits followed.
However, instead of being punished like the other spirits of the dead, Guanyin played music, and flowers blossomed around her.
In China, Guanyin is generally portrayed as a young woman donned in a flowing white robe and usually wearing necklaces symbolic of Indian or Chinese royalty.
In Chinese art, Guanyin is often depicted either alone, standing atop a dragon, accompanied by a white cockatoo and flanked by two children or two warriors.
In Chinese culture, the popular belief and worship of Guanyin as a goddess by the populace is generally not viewed to be in conflict with the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara's nature.
Instead of being seen as an active external force of unconditional love and salvation, the personage of Guanyin is highly revered as the principle of compassion, mercy and love.
In the Heart Sutra, Guanyin describes to the arhat Sariputta the nature of reality and the essence of the Buddhist teachings.
In the Mahayana canon, the Heart Sutra is ascribed entirely to Guanyin.
It then sets out to become a disciple of Guanyin.
Common combinations with guanyin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of guanyin 8×
- guanyin is 5×
- guanyin and 3×
- to guanyin 3×
- guanyin as 2×
- as guanyin 2×
- guanyin who 2×