Packet 8: Bonus 2

Answer the following about Guānyīn, a common figure in Chinese Buddhism. For 10 points each.
[10m] Guānyīn is sometimes interpreted as a female counterpart of Avalokitesvara, one of these figures who delay their own realization of nirvana to help others reach Buddhahood.
ANSWER: bodhisattvas
[10e] Guānyīn is often depicted having 1,000 eyes and 1,000 of these other body parts, which take different shapes in mudras. A Zen Koan asks what the sound is when one of these body parts claps.
ANSWER: hands [accept palms]
[10h] Guānyīn is among the figures depicted at a temple in this country that contains the tooth of the Buddha. A footprint at the peak of a mountain in this country is variously said to be that of Adam, the Buddha, or Hanuman.
ANSWER: Sri Lanka [or Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; accept Ceylon]
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