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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 8569932, member: 2844&quot;]Guanyin is originally Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva or Buddha aspect of compassion, but in China he became associated with a pre-Buddhist female deity of compassion.</p><p>Guanyin is depicted with a flat, and often bare chest, an indication of the male origin.</p><p>But I agree, he has come to be regarded as androgynous, and even as female by people who are closer to folk tradition than to Buddhism.</p><p>Androgyny is not uncommon in Asian tradition and religious imagery, btw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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