Is Guanyin a man or a woman?

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is already a Bodhisattva of Equal Enlightenment, and has long surpassed the form of the six realms.

But Avalokiteshvara is compassionate and saves suffering, and when it comes to saving people at this time, he can transform into a man, or a woman, or an old man, or a child, or a **, or a beggar, and so on.

So at present, there are many kinds of statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva, most of them are women in our country, there are also male statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain, and there are many male statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva in India, Nepal and other places.

Many, many people have told me, and I have read it in books myself: Guanyin is a man!!

Guanyin is a bodhisattva, and there is no male or female appearance. What you have in your impression is what you will see when you appear.

I don't know about this, I really haven't studied it, but I think since I call him Guanyin Niangniang, it should be a woman!

Buddhas are equal without distinction between men and women.

In the murals of Dunhuang, Guanyin still has a beard.

Amitabha, the benevolent:

Guanyin Bodhisattva is a Taoist in the eyes of Taoists. After Buddhism was introduced into China, in order to survive, it widely absorbed China's local culture, so it absorbed the image of the local Taoist Cihang Pudu Taoist, and corresponded with the legend of India Lao Liang, so the key digging had the belief of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea, also known as Nanhai Dashi, so the folk also called Guanyin Bodhisattva as Guanyin Dashi. Therefore, the image of Guanyin has also evolved from the original Indian two-headed horse image to the Han male image, and then evolved into the female image.

From the point of view of objective reality, from the perspective of folk people, Guanyin is the common belief of Buddhism and Taoism, so all the major Taoist sects in China have the belief of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and today's scholars who study Buddhism or people who are still practicing outside the door speculate through various channels whether Guanyin Bodhisattva is the same as Cihang Dao people, trying to set up their own spiritual cognition for themselves and others through their own artificial consciousness, but they do not know that the origin of the avenue is originally connected. The way of manifestation may be different, Taoism has the manifestation of Taoism, Buddhism has the manifestation of Buddhism, but the origin of Guanyin Bodhisattva is the same - great compassion to save suffering and help Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Ok, I hope the above introduction can help you, good luck!