If one were to ask which of all the myriad bodhisattvas attracted the most believers and which was most devoutly venerated, without doubt the Buddhisattva Avalokitesvara or Kuan-yin, the "savior of all in distress," would top the list by a wide margin.
瓶中甘露常遍灑手內楊枝不計秋千處祈求千處應苦海常作渡人舟若問佛教世界億萬位佛菩薩中，信徒最多、受供奉最虔誠的是那一位，毫無疑問的，「救苦救難」、「廣大靈感」的觀世音菩薩絕對穩居第一。