Miao Shan Kuan Forms
	cure being an ointment made from the hands and eyes of a `Pu T'ien Jen', or `One Who Is Never Angry'. Aware of her father's plight due to her acquired spiritual powers and out of compassion, Miao Shan freely despatched the heal- ing parts of her body, which effected the recovery. In gratitude the King then sent a delegation with his minister to thank the kind donor only to find, to his great shock, that those precious gifts came from none other than the daughter that he had kil ed. He was so overcome with remorse that he renounced his throne and accepted the Buddhist faith. us ended the legend of the `unfilial' daughter who became the saviour to her father, and to all mankind. iao han uan orms Miao Shan Kuan Yin is often represented as seated, her hands in the gesture of meditation, holding a flaming pearl, or with the hands in the praying gesture. Many famous paintings depict her as seated on a rock near running water, or on an island in the sea. Other pictures present her having a scroll of prayers which rep- resents the Heart Sutra or a wil ow sprig with which to sprinkle divine nectar (Amritha) which has the quality of removing suf- fering, cleansing evil karma and lenghtening life. Other pictures also show her carrying a rosary of pearls in her hand or it may be held in the beak of a heavenly bird. She is general y dressed in a white robe and is represented, standing upon a cloud, a lotus flower, or even a lotus petal on the sea. Another popular picture ¡ûBACK¡û |INDEX| ¡úNEXT¡ú