Kuan Yin of Hedge Creek Falls

Kuan Yin (Guanyin, Quan Yin) is the Buddha goddess of Compassion. Her name "Kuan Shih Yin" means "Perceiver of the Cries of the World." Kuan Yin hears each tear roll down each cheek, whether we are crying from laughter, fear, or sorrow. Making a commitment to extending compassion toward ourselves and the world, and recognizing that we are not separate from the world, is one way we can honor Kuan Yin in our daily lives. The Mt Shasta Goddess Temple’s devotional representation of Kuan Yin is set at the magical and picturesque Hedge Creek Falls in Dunsmuir, where our founding priestess saw an image of Kuan Yin in one of the stones, and knew she was meant to create the Temple near this sacred place. In her right hand Kuan Yin holds a vessel containing the sacred nectar of compassion, which she pours out into the waters of the Falls to meet the Sacramento River, which flows out to the Pacific ocean and joins the great waters of the world. In her left hand she holds a willow branch, with wh