With the localization of the belief in Guanyin, each area adopted their own Potalaka. Guanyin's abode and bodhimaṇḍa in India is recorded as being on Mount Potalaka. Several large temples in East Asia are dedicated to Guanyin, including Shaolin Monastery, Longxing Temple, Puning Temple, Nanhai Guanyin Temple, Dharma Drum Mountain, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Shitennō-ji, Sensō-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Sanjūsangen-dō, and many others. Guanyin is often referred to as the 'most widely beloved Buddhist Divinity' with miraculous powers to assist all those who pray to her, as is mentioned in the Pumen chapter of Lotus Sutra and Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra.

Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhāvatī. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means ' Perceives the Sounds of the World.' On the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, Guanyin's attainment of Buddhahood is celebrated.

She was first given the appellation 'Goddess of Mercy' or 'Mercy Goddess' by Jesuit missionaries in China.

She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara ( Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion. Guanyin ( traditional Chinese: 觀音 simplified Chinese: 观音 pinyin: Guānyīn) is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion.

Kabyeeb, Niam-Txiv Kabyeeb, Dabpog, Niam-Txiv Dabpog Wood carving of Guanyin with Amitābha on its crown.

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