{"product_id":"the-promise-of-kuan-yin-wisdom-miracles-compassion-9781642970210","title":"The Promise of Kuan Yin: Wisdom, Miracles, \u0026 Compassion","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe best and most comprehensive book on the most important and best-loved Chinese goddess.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalk down the streets of Chinatown in any American or western European city and look around. She is there. Walk through the downtown streets, look in a shop window. She is there. Go to any city in China and open your eyes. She is there, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKuan Yin is the most ubiquitous Chinese deity--and the most loved. She is the living expression of compassion whose gentle face and elegant figure form the center of devotion in most Chinese homes and workplaces. Until relatively recently, she was barely known in the West, and few studies had been made of her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as \u003ci\u003eKuan Yin\u003c\/i\u003e by Harper Collins in 1995 (and republished as \u003ci\u003eThe Kuan Yin Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e by Hampton Roads in 2009), this seminal work explores the origins and evolution of the goddess in ancient China, early Buddhism, Taoism, and shamanism. Religious scholar Martin Palmer and Chinese divination expert Man-Ho Kwok discuss the Kuan Yin myths and stories, and Jay Ramsay provides fresh translations of 100 Kuan Yin poems that function both as literature and divination tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A compelling story that reads like a detective mystery . . . and shows the contemporary reassertion of the Goddess in the hearts and minds of men and women.\" --Riane Eisler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chalice and the Blade.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Previously published as \u003ci\u003eThe Kuan Yin Chronicles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Palmer, \u003c\/b\u003e the director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture, is an expert on interfaith work, author of many books, and translator of numerous Chinese texts. He lives in England. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay Ramsay\u003c\/b\u003e was an acclaimed poet, teacher, and therapist. He lived in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMan-Ho Kwok\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a number of books relating to Chinese divination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hampton Roads Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567660306706,"sku":"9781642970210","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7366fa32-56d8-4dad-9dc4-9d70511c605d.jpg?v=1731925148","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-promise-of-kuan-yin-wisdom-miracles-compassion-9781642970210","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}