• "Bodhisattvas Taught by the Original Buddha," or "earth bodhisattvas," are the infinite number of bodhisattvas who, in the 15th ("Emerging from the Earth")...
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    has media related to Bodhisattvas. Look up bodhisattva in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Ethical Discipline of Bodhisattvas, by Geshe Sonam Rinchen...
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    Muslim; remnants of reverence for bodhisattvas has continued in some of these regions. The following is a non-exhaustive list of bodhisattvas primarily respected...
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    four corners of the treasure tower. Shakyamuni, Many Treasures, and the four leaders of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth are side by side at the top." Nichiren...
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    Nichiren Buddhism (category Buddhism in the Kamakura period)
    He considered his disciples the "Bodhisattvas of the Earth" who appeared in the Lotus Sutra with the vow to spread the correct teaching and thereby establish...
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    Nichiren (category Founders of Buddhist sects)
    them as the leader of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth through a silent transmission from Shakyamuni. They are the invocation (daimoku), the object of worship...
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  • in the age of Dharma decline and save mankind and the earth. He and countless other bodhisattvas, specifically called Bodhisattvas of the Earth (of which...
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    who these bodhisattvas are since nobody has heard of them before. The Buddha affirms that he has taught all of these bodhisattvas himself in the remote past...
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    Guanyin (redirect from Bodhisattva of Mercy)
    name of the bodhisattva associated with compassion known as Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर). Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means "[The One...
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  • the following may be used as the Gohonzon: A statue of the Shakyamuni Buddha as the Eternal Buddha, sometimes flanked by the Four Bodhisattvas of the...
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  • force open the gates of hell and a wish-fulfilling jewel to light up the darkness. Kṣitigarbha is one of the four principal bodhisattvas along with Samantabhadra...
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    Jōsei Toda (category Members of Sōka Gakkai)
    conceptually linked the vitalistic, inexhaustible "life force" of the Buddha and his sense of mission as among the Bodhisattvas of the Earth with Makiguchi's...
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  • seen on images of Bodhisattvas. He is shown in a standing position, with his right foot slightly forward, a common pose for this bodhisattva used to indicate...
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    (mahābhūta) of space (ākāśa). Ākāśagarbha is regarded as one of the eight great bodhisattvas. His name can be translated as "boundless space treasury" or...
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    the major bodhisattvas are these "eight great bodhisattvas". The bodhisattva Prajñāpāramitā-devi is a female personification of the perfection of wisdom...
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    that they can hear the teachings of the Bodhisattva and ultimately be reborn with him when he becomes a Buddha. Other Bodhisattvas dwell in this heaven...
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    "bodhisattva of Earth and Land" Vasudhara, goddess In Meitei mythology and religion: Leimarel Sidabi, goddess of the earth, creation, nature, and the household...
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    Mahayana (category Culture of India)
    Devotion to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas: Mahayana bodhisattvas like Avalokiteśvara, Mañjuśrī, Tara and Amitābha Buddha are central objects of devotion. Practitioners...
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  • Viśiṣṭacāritra (category Bodhisattvas)
    Practice) is a bodhisattva mentioned in the 15th, 21st, and 22nd chapters of the Lotus Sutra. He is one of the four great perfected bodhisattvas who attends...
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    The Japanese Buddhist pantheon designates the multitude (the pantheon) of various Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and lesser deities and eminent religious masters...
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  • Prithvi (category Earth goddesses)
    Pṛthivī, "the Vast One", also rendered Pṛthvī Mātā), is the Sanskrit name for the earth, as well as the name of the goddess-personification of it in Hinduism...
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    Arhat (category Buddhist stages of enlightenment)
    advocated the transcendental nature of the buddhas and bodhisattvas and the fallibility of arhats; the Caitikas advocated the ideal of the bodhisattva (bodhisattvayāna)...
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  • On the tenth bhūmi, bodhisattvas overcome the subtlest traces of the afflictions. Like a cloud that pours rain on the earth, these bodhisattvas spread...
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    The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra (Sanskrit, Sutra of the Fundamental Vows of the Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha; Chinese: 地藏菩薩本願經) or Kṣitigarbhasūtra...
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    Many bodhisattvas arrive from other realms and recite verses on the nature of reality, praising the Buddha and bodhisattvas. In book 15, a bodhisattva named...
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    (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya...
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    Phra Mae Thorani (category Earth goddesses)
    Buddhist mythology of Theravada in Southeast Asia. Similar earth deities include Pṛthivī, Kṣiti, and Dharaṇī, Vasudhara bodhisattva in Vajrayana and Bhoomi...
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    Burke Jizō (category Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
    The Burke Jizō is a 13th century wooden statue of the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha, carved in the around 1202 by the sculptor Kaikei. Originally held at Kōfuku-ji...
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  • Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva) who has to find and protect Sachi, an incarnation of the Buddha Miroku (Maitreya Bodhisattva). Miroku is said to appear on Earth at a...
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  • Supratisthitacaritra (category Bodhisattvas)
    Buddhahood, which is the liberation from suffering. Reeves 2008, pp. 280, 437. McCormick, Ryuei M. "The Bodhisattvas of the Earth" Nichirenscoffeehouse...
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