[Buddha-l] Is Guanyin Catholic?

[curt]

I think it's also safe to say that originally Guan Yin did not exist - 
at least in one version of the story. According to that version, 
Celestial Bodhisattvas were not part of "original Buddhism" - whatever 
the heck that was. Certainly there are traditions that claim the 
opposite - such as the Hua Yen tradition which says that the Hua Yen 
Sutra was the very first thing "taught" by the Buddha after his 
enlightenment. There are lots of those big-time Bodhisattva beings in 
the Hua Yen Sutra.
- Curt

F.K. Lehman (F.K.L. Chit Hlaing) wrote:
> Let us keep it in mind that Guan Yin (in at least one standard version 
> of the story) was really, originally, male