For centuries, Kuan Yin has epitomized the great ideal of Mahayana Buddhism in her role as bodhisattva (Chinese p\'u-sa)--literally a being of Bodhi, or enlightenment,who is destined to become a Buddha but has foregone the bliss of Nirvana with a vow to s
For centuries, Kuan Yin has epitomized the great ideal of Mahayana Buddhism in her role as bodhisattva (Chinese p\'u-sa)--literally a being of Bodhi, or enlightenment,who is destined to become a Buddha but has foregone the bliss of Nirvana with a vow to s
数世纪以来，观音以她的菩萨（汉语菩-萨）角色已经成为大乘佛教伟大观念的缩影—“意思是菩提树或启迪的存在”，她是过去佛，只是已经预先知道了天堂的祝福而发愿拯救所有上帝的孩子。