Quan Yin and the Peacock

It is said long ago all of the creatures in the world were behaving badly and Quan Yin came to teach them how to treat each other with love and compassion. As long as Quan Yin was among them, they would treat each other well, but shortly after she left them, they would regress to their old destructive ways and mistreat each other.

Quan Yin returned several times to remind them to be compassionate and loving with each other. Again as soon as Quan Yin would leave them it would not be long before everyone on earth was arguing and fighting. Then one day she came up with a solution. Quan Yin called to her side a large dull brown bird that had very long tail feathers and passed her hands over her face and then over the bird whose plumage was instantly transformed into brilliantly colored shining feathers. At the end of every tail feather is a clear bright eye that stares out at all creatures.  Quan Yin told everyone the peacock would watch over him or her with his eyes and report their behavior to her.

It is said the peacock struts because it is proud of its special role Quan Yin assigned it and that its eyes remind us she is watching over us.

When Quan Yin is pictured with a peacock it reminds us she protects all creatures. Another sign of her guardianship is a depiction of her wearing armor and holding a bow.

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