Quan Yin the Healer

Quan Yin wears a Violet Robe of Compassion and many turn to her when they are looking for healing or to have children in their lives. If they are in some way unhappy, they will call to Quan Yin.

Often Quan Yin is depicted pouring the nectar of life from a bottle or flask while in Her other hand She holds a mudra (a position) for manifestation, thus evoking health or eternal youth. Sometimes She holds a willow branch for healing, or a lotus for love and purity, and is often seen with a child or children. In truth Quan Yin will hear the call of any heart.

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 Sterling Silver Lavender Jade "Guan Yin, Goddess of Mercy" Pendant on Chain, 18"

Quan Yin, Miao Shan

According to one ancient legend Quan Yin’s name was Miao Shan, and she was the daughter of an Indian Prince. Youthful and serene, Quan Yin chose to follow a path of self-sacrifice and virtue and became a pious follower of Buddha, therefore attaining the right to budddhahood, but remaining on earth to assist humankind.

To convert Quan Yin’s blind father to Buddhism, she visited him transfigured as a stranger and informed him if he were to swallow an eye of one of his children, his sight would be restored. His children would not consent to the necessary sacrifice, whereupon the future goddess created an eye, which Quan Yin’s father swallowed and he regained his sight. Quan Yin then persuaded her father to join the Buddhist priesthood by pointing out the folly and vanity of a world in which children would not even sacrifice an eye for the sake of a parent. 

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Rose Quartz and Jade Mala

Quan Yin "Protector of Humankind"

Quan Yin can protect in sorrow, guide seamen and fishermen and render harmless the spears of an enemy in battle.

Quan Yin’s principal temple is on the island of Putuoshan, in the Chusan Archipelago off the Zhejiang coast near Ningbo, which is a major pilgrimage site sacred to the Buddhists, the worship of Quan Yin being its most prominent feature on account of the fact that she is said to have resided there for nine years, reigning as the Queen of the Southern Seas. This site attracts large numbers of pilgrims, who use rattles and fireworks to emphasize their prayers to attract Quan Yin’s attention. In 847, the first temple of Quan Yin was built on this island. 

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Magic Circle Kwan Yin Quan Tibetan Protection Talisman Necklace

Quan Yin, Goddess of the South Sea

In China Quan Yin has many names and is not only known as "great mercy but also as great pity, salvation from misery, salvation from wretchedness, self-existent, thousand arms and thousand eyes," etc. In addition Quan Yin is often referred to as the Goddess of the Southern Sea or Indian Archipelago and has been compared to the Virgin Mary. 

Quan Yin is one of the Three Great Beings renowned for their power over the animal kingdom and the forces of nature.

Quan Yin is usually depicted as a barefoot, gracious woman dressed in beautiful, white flowing robes with a white hood gracefully draped over the top of her head and carrying a small vase of holy dew (However, in the Lamaistic form, common in bronze from eighteenth-century China and Tibet, she is often entirely naked.) Quan Yin stands tall and slender, a figure of infinite grace, her gently composed features conveying the sublime selflessness and compassion that have made her the favorite of all deities.

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WHITE ROBE KUAN-YIN ON LOTUS, Real Bronze Powder Cast Statue 12 1/2-inch

Quan Yin "She Who Hears the Cries of the World"

Quan Yin is a shortened form of a name that means One Who Sees and Hears the Cries from the Human World. Her Chinese title signifies, "She who always observes or pays attention to sounds," i.e., she who hears prayers. Sometimes possessing eleven heads, Quan Yin is surnamed Sung-Tzu-Niang-Niang, "lady who brings children." She is a goddess of fecundity as well as of mercy. 




Worshipped especially by women, Quan Yin comforts the troubled, the sick, the lost, the senile and the unfortunate. Quan Yin’s popularity has grown such through the centuries that she is also regarded as the protector of seafarers, farmers and travelers.

Quan Yin cares for souls in the underworld, and is invoked during post-burial rituals to free the soul of the deceased from the torments of purgatory. There are temples all over China dedicated to this goddess. 

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Small Kuan-Yin with Baby Statue, Stone, 6.25"H

Quan Yin "Born of the Lotus"

One of the most frequently seen deities on altars in China's temples is Quan Yin. In Sanskrit, her name is Padma-pâni, or "Born of the Lotus." Quan Yin, alone among Buddhist gods is loved rather than feared and is the model of Chinese beauty. She was originally male until the early part of the 12th century and has evolved since that time from her prototype, Avalokiteshvara, "the merciful lord of utter enlightment," an Indian bodhisattva who chose to remain on earth to bring relief to the suffering rather than enjoy for himself the ecstasies of Nirvana.

One of the several stories surrounding Quan Yin is that she was a Buddhist who through great love and sacrifice during her life had earned the right to enter Nirvana after death. However, like Avlokiteshvara, while standing before the gates of Paradise she heard a cry of anguish from the earth below. Turning back to earth, Quan Yin renounced her reward of eternal bliss and in its place found immortality in the hearts of the suffering. 

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Quan Yin Bridge Tapestry Wall Hanging

Quan Yin Goddess of Compassion

Quan Yin means "one who hears the cries of the world" and personifies the compassion of the Buddha for all who need her assistance. She is the embodiment of the yin principle and is usually represented as a young female deity. Quan Yin has the power to assume whichever form necessary to carry out her vow, which is to lead beings out of suffering. She is often shown holding a vase containing the waters of compassion, the lotus flower of enlightenment or the jewel of three treasures. Quan Yin is also seen with dragons, symbols of fertility, goodness, strength and authority. Dragons are also known as protectors of the faith, keeping watch over temples and even Heaven itself.

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Beautiful Drip Fountain Porcelain Standing Quan Yin Statues with Dragons.