Kuan-Yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara (Paperback)

Preface
Appendixes
A. Stele Text of the "Life of the Great Compassionate One"
B. Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Kuan-yin
Notes
Glossary and Index
1. Introduction
2. Scriptural Sources for the Cult of Kuan-yin
3. Indigenous Scriptures and the Cult of Kuan-yin
4.Miracle Tales and the Domestication of Kuan-yin
5. Divine Monks and the Domestication of Kuan-yin
6. Indigenous Iconographies and the Domestication of Kuan-yin
7. The Ritual of Great Compassion Repentance and the Domestication of the Thousand-handed and the Thousand-eyed Kuan-yin in the Sung
8. Princess Miao-shan and the Feminization of Kuan-yin
9. P'ut'o Shan: Pilgrimage and the Creation of the Chinese Potalaka
10. Feminine Forms of Kuan-yin in Late Imperial China
11. Venerable Mother: Kuan-yin and Sectarian Religions in Late Imperial China
12. Conclusion