Host Mitch Jeserich recounts the story of Kuan Yin, then speaks with Maya Van Der Meer, author of Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion.

(AP photo/Luis Andres Henao) Daniel Choi stands in front of a statue of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion, at the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center in Franklin Township, N.J.

When Choi first visited, he was pleasantly surprised to find a statue of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion who is a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism commonly practiced in Tibet ...

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 ...