Why is Guanyin Bodhisattva a woman , and is Guanyin Bodhisattva a man or a woman?

Guanyin Bodhisattva was a man when it was introduced to our country, and for a period of time after Buddhism was introduced to our country, Guanyin Bodhisattva was a man, and it is also recorded in the Huayan Sutra."Brave husband GuanyinBut after the Tang Dynasty, Guanyin Bodhisattva became the image of a woman, because of a sense of closeness to the female role, which was more inclusive.

So with the development of time, in the Tang Dynasty, Guanyin Bodhisattva developed into an image of a woman, and this image is very popular with the common people and Buddhist believers, so the female image of Guanyin Bodhisattva has been retained and continues to this day, so in China Guanyin Bodhisattva is the image of a woman, but in India he is still the image of a man.

Guanyin Bodhisattva in the legend of our country has always been doing some things to save suffering, so the image of doing this thing must be the image of a woman, if it is the image of a man, then some people will definitely find it strange, why a man will take care of these things every day, the image of a man is a unique image at that timeTherefore, according to this historical background and some of the good deeds done by Guanyin Bodhisattva, people at that time felt that the image of women was more in line with the image of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Because the female characters will have such kindness and tolerance, and Guanyin Bodhisattva is to rescue those who are suffering, and among these people, female characters account for the majority, so Guanyin Bodhisattva is a woman is also related to the status of women at that time. And men can feel the maternal love that men can't give under the protection of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and this maternal aura makes people believe that Guanyin Bodhisattva is a kind and kind woman. So in our country, after a assimilation of her by the people of our country, the Guanyin Bodhisattva of India has become the Guanyin Bodhisattva unique to our country, so the Guanyin Bodhisattva in India is still a man, and our country is just the opposite.

Men and women in the world have a lot of karma from the day they were born, and they have been creating karma and doing evil all their lives, men and women have different personalities, and the direction of creating karma and doing evil is different, and the Buddha and Bodhisattva are teaching men and women to abstain from their own evil thoughts and disgusting, so the Buddha and Bodhisattva are neither male nor female.

It is said that there are many Bodhisattvas who are men, but in the current TV dramas and movies, Guanyin Bodhisattva is mainly female, so many people think that Guanyin Bodhisattva is a woman

Guanyin Bodhisattva used to be a man, but because of his smile, his face and dress became a woman, and another reason was that he was more approachable when he dressed as a woman.

Guanyin Bodhisattva was a man when he came from India, but after it was transmitted to China, because of the aesthetic mood and understanding of the Chinese, Guanyin Bodhisattva believed that Guanyin Bodhisattva was a bodhisattva who sent his son, and gradually evolved him into a woman, so he made it into the shape of a male and female body.