To remind his son of this maxim he puts in the boy's hand a small statue of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy.

为了让儿子不要忘却这一箴言，父亲将一尊小小的观音像(佛教中的慈悲女神)塞进了儿子手中。

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Amitabha is also held to have manifested himself on earth as the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kannon in Japanese).

人们认为，就象观世自在(日本人称为“观音”)一样，阿弥陀佛也会在人间示现。

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Amitabha is also held to have manifested himself on earth as the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kannon in Japanese).

人们认为，就象观世自在(日本人称为“观音”)一样，阿弥陀佛也会在人间示现。

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