Prof, Enpin Rousselle, srtentifc president of the China Institute of the gate Fithiy of Prankfort-oh-Batu, has returned Yo Shaxghet rat Where he spent. several thedle oe the Buch study) some expects tke cult 0 ato meat the.
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Trends of these times can be found in the cult of the Tien Hou, the "Lady of the Heaven" who simultaneously as Stella Maris, "star of Sea," protected the seafarers, The cult of the Magna Mater is still today alive on the islands and on the coast in a somewhat changed form, The island of Macao got its name from the fact that this Goddess. was considered as being a mother.
the domination by the Western} tribes of ancient Turkish Gun) origin definitely established the predominance of the patriarchate politically and socially during the Chou, Tsin and Han Dynasties whilst the matriarchal influence of cultures of other tribes was pushed in the background, but it never was completely extinguished, Buddhist Transformation The ancient Indian "Goddess of Smallpox" Hariti, the "Mother of the Demons," had" to undergo Buddhism a transformation to become a Goddess giving children to the human race and protecting them, The Tantric doctrines of the esoteric schools had taught the theory of the female supplement to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas by the Goddess Tora in her different manifestations, wisdom and energy being attributed to the Goddess and methodology to the male partner. Such a female supplementary form of the Bodhissttva Avalokitesvara is Manipadma,, the well-known invocation in Budd-hsin being addressed to her mame. it was also taught that the Bodhis-olivas could take manifold forms to' the saviour of others, for instance the shape of a woman.
All these points offered the pos ability (revive within Ruddhism (he iden of kindness combir ed with wisdom and of the benevolent mercy of the Magna Mater in a new transformation in which the philosopher can see an indefinitely deeper rieanug. About the 12th century the Iemale form of the male Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (in Chine called Kuan Yin) {wiumphal march; it has put in the background the "Mother of the Demons" Hariti, and also the native! goddesses, such' as the "Mistress of the Heaven," the "Patroness of the Seafarers," the "Fairy Lady of the: Moon," the "Fairy Queen of the West" and others.
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