A visit to the Abbot Pao Tsing of! the Tien Tat sect in the Kuantsungchiang "monastery in Ningpo was therefore of special importance for the research work besides the local Investigations and the evening talks with the monks at Pootoo.
From the viewpoint of philosophic cal conception and true doctrine of wisdom of the meditation school as well as of the Tien -Tai sect, the following points can be considered as important for understanding the cult of the Madonna of the higher priests as a result of the investigations made.
The point of view of subjective! idealism: From this point of view the name of the Madonna is Kuan Tze Tsai Pu-so. This means "the Bodhisattva who sees that he is in own self."
Historically speaking this opinion not justified. "This Chinese express sion comes from the school of the Huan Tsang, the correct translation of Avalokitesvara being "Lord being in his ownself." This interpretation wants to say: I myself am the Madonna. When worshipping the heavenly Madonna or when loving an earthly being I transfer my own Madonna-ship and its ideals upon the image which I have made myself lof these two objects. But this trans-for is absolutely subjective and
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