Some people might wonder, if the Bodhisattva Kuan-yin really did attain Buddhahood after so many aeons, why doesn't she reside in the Pure Land, the home of the Buddhas, where she could enjoy fresh flowers and sweet dew, and taste all the joys of paradise? Why did she transform herself into a bodhisattva and choose to inhabit this sinful world, saving sentient beings from distress?
或許有人奇怪，觀音菩薩歷經各種劫數才修成佛果，為什麼不安居於諸佛所在的各個淨土，享受鮮花甘露、琉璃珍寶，卻偏要化身菩薩，在「五濁惡世」間往來奔波，救苦解厄呢？