Kwan-yin
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"No, no!" exclaimed Kwan-yin, springing up, and trying to keep the abbess from speaking these frightful words.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
Day and night, without interval or hesitation, have we continually contrived how to do wrong.—Liturgy of Kwan-yin.
From The Essence of Buddhism by Various
On the eve of the wedding day Kwan-yin slipped out of the palace, and, after a weary journey, arrived at a convent called, "The Cloister of the White Sparrow."
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
The statue of Kwan-yin was covered with necklaces and pieces of embroidery.
From Eastern Shame Girl by Charles Georges Souli
Full of fear, Kwan-yin hurried up the hill to the nunnery.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
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