Kanzeon Bosatsu is widely worshipped as a symbol of compassion.
The principal image of this temple is Kanzeon Bosatsu.
Common abbreviation of 観世音; used in everyday references to Kannon, while 観世音 is more formal or liturgical.
Standard modern spelling for the Bodhisattva of Compassion.
Old-form kanji spelling using 觀 instead of 観; encountered in historical or traditional Buddhist texts.
From the Chinese translation 觀世音 (Guānshìyīn) of the Sanskrit name Avalokiteśvara, meaning 'the one who perceives the sounds of the world'.