Does Kwan Yin hold a place in Theravada Buddhism?

Upvote:1

Kwan Yin wasn't taught by the Buddha in the Pali suttas and I'm certain Kwan Yin isn't mentioned in the Pali commentaries. Usually the teachers in the Theravada tradition strictly base how they teach on the Pali Canon but a lot of times they aren't so strict. There are Theravada teachers that are more like Mahayana teachers and Mahayana teachers that are more like Theravada teachers. In the end, the tradition one chooses isn't as important as the teacher one chooses.

Lowbrow 7144

📝 How to accept and surrender to the mind's non-acceptance of doubt and ill-will?
📝 Buddhist path X Romantic Relationships and Sons
📝 Input and output mental phenomenas?
📝 Non Buddha Realms
📝 In which text first time "Gautama leaving Yashodhara for searching truth" story is written?
📝 Impermanent self
📝 Why was Lord Buddha reluctant to ordain females as Bhikkuni initially?
📝 Cause, condition and effect in Buddhism
📝 Object-based Meditation Versus Objectless Meditation
📝 What's the effect of living on alms (social services) and not doing duties, being unrestrained?
📝 Verses and lines of dedication of merits: Does one like to share traditional and personal verbal ways?
📝 Is it possible to "naturally" reach the first three jhanas
📝 Four Satipatthanas
📝 Diamond Sutra in Tibetan, Sanskrit, and/or Japanese
📝 Ten thousand world systems
📝 Can buddhists watch horror films/tv shows?
📝 Ledi Sayadaw Raised a Few Points in Contrary to the Commentaries. What are They?
📝 Does Vajrayana accept the idea that Buddha placed Lord Yama (a supposed Bodhisattva) in charge of the hell realms to ensure karmic retribution?
📝 Directing attention on body parts
📝 Meditation to simulate Near-death Experience
📝 Buddhism and Novelty of Persons
📝 Killing a Animal to prevent painful of that Animal.Is it consider as a bad thing for me according to buddhism?
📝 Which suttas in the Pali canon are relatively early or late?
📝 Evolution of a Buddha vs. Anatta
📝 Two arrows in the domain of vedana
📝 Danger of Body Scan Meditation
📝 Developing mindfulness doing complex activities like learning or programming?
📝 What is "meditation on the deathless state (nirvana)"?
📝 What's the relation between feelings of neither-pleasure-nor-pain and ignorance?
📝 Why is Kwan Yin riding a sea turtle?

Source: stackoverflow.com

Travel Tips

Search Posts

📝 Does Kwan Yin hold a place in Theravada Buddhism?
📝 Does Theravada Buddhism accept Jataka Stories?
📝 Does Theravada Buddhism encourages animal release?
📝 Does Zen Buddhism have canonical texts?
📝 Does studying mathematics or science lead to a practitioner of Buddhism acquiring wrong philosophical views and mental afflictions?
📝 Learning materials for Dependent Origination (Paṭiccasamuppāda) in Theravada Buddhism
📝 What does Buddhism literature and tradition say about transgender folks?
📝 How does Dating work in Buddhism
📝 What does Buddhism say about boredom?
📝 Does Buddhism have a concept of avatars?
📝 How does Buddhism describe God?
📝 How does Buddhism explain consciousness if there is no self?
📝 How does Shambhala differ from traditional Vajrayana Buddhism as it is practiced in Asia?
📝 Theravada Buddhism and Art
📝 Does Theravada believe in feeding food to hungry ghosts?
📝 What does buddhism say about bodybuilding (and weights training)?
📝 What does Buddhism say about how to manage other people's anger?
📝 What does Buddhism say about dealing with negative people?
📝 On what basis does the 'right' in Buddhism come from?
📝 Is Theravada Buddhism the only modern representative of Hinayana Buddhism?
📝 How does one practice Buddhism when experience is limited by the 6 senses?
📝 What does Buddhism say about creativity and spiritual development?
📝 What does Buddhism teach about fear of success?
📝 How Does Buddhism Handle Internal Conflict
📝 Does Buddhism focus on suffering too much?
📝 How does buddhism describe what exactly, or where exactly, or how exactly, consciousness exists?
📝 Does Buddhism have a significant notion of justice
📝 Does Buddhism have a concept of blasphemy?
📝 Does Pure Land Buddhism ever have a Buddha other than Amitābha as the object of devotion?
📝 What does Buddha and Buddhism say about fighting against enemy of dharma?

Does Kwan Yin hold a place in Theravada Buddhism?

More post

Search Posts

Related post