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Kannon
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kannon
English
thumb|Kannon, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.
Alternative forms
en Kwannon dated
Etymology
From en ja 観音 Kannon, from en ltc - 觀音 1,1, a translation of en sa अवलोकितेश्वर.
Proper noun
en religion Buddhism Kannon, the Japanese version of Guanyin, the Chinese translation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.
en 2021 w:Ruth Ozeki w:The Book of Form and Emptiness Canongate Books (2022) 413 “A long time ago, Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, made a deep vow to free all beings and help us wake up to our true and luminous nature.”
Further reading
Guanyin
en Bodhisattvas
Japanese
Romanization
かんのん