Perceiver of the World’s Sounds Sutra ［観音経］ (Chin Kuan-yin-ching;  Kannon-gyō): Another name for the “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” (twenty-fifth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, translated into Chinese by Kumārajīva in 406. In China and Japan, this chapter circulated as an independent sutra. It praises Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds, who benefits and saves people out of profound compassion. See also Perceiver of the World’s Sounds; “Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter.