Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Diety
From: Mikiro M <arbos@iname.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:55:01 +0100

At 6:48 AM +0100 99.1.21, Gib Robinson wrote:

>Hmm. I didn't know the origin of Canon's name. I assume the god/goddess was
>the androgonenous Chinese/Japanese/Buddhist Bodhisattva Quan Yin (Japanese
>Kanzeon?) -- the one who traditionally hears, sees, and responds to the
>suffering of the world.
>
>--Gib

May I ask.... if you are a professor of Asian cultures/religions? ;-)

Mikiro Mori
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