The Japanese Buddhist pantheon designates the multitude (the pantheon) of various Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and lesser deities and eminent religious masters...

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Japanese Buddhist pantheon. Their rank is accordingly called the Nyorai-bu (如来部, or Nyorai category). The Buddhist honorific Nyorai is the Japanese translation...

Ugajin's effigy. In this limited sense, the kami is part of the Japanese Buddhist pantheon. Ugajin's feminine form Statue of Benzaiten, a torii and a male...

Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE. Most of the Japanese Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism which were established...

and Buddhist Studies (Indogaku Bukkyōgaku Kenkyū) (in Japanese). 60 (2): 615–618. doi:10.4259/ibk.60.2_615. Faure, Bernard (2015). The Fluid Pantheon: Gods...

Avalokiteshvara, and is considered an extremely wrathful male deity in the pantheon of Herukas in Vajrayana Buddhism. Hayagriva together with his female consort...

the Buddhist concept of wisdom and purity. Mahāvairocana is often translated into East Asian languages as "Great Sun Buddha" (Chinese: 大日如來, Japanese: Dainichi...

many parts of Buddhist southeast Asia. In some iconography, the symbolism of Surya, Vishnu and Buddha are fused. In Japanese Buddhist pantheon, Vishnu is...

buddhas. List of museums in Paris Japanese Buddhist pantheon Musée Guimet Galeries du Panthéon Bouddhique Galerie du Pantheon Bouddhique du Japon et de la...

cornerstones of Japanese mythology. The history of thousands of years of contact with Chinese and various Indian myths (such as Buddhist and Hindu mythology)...

including medieval Japanese aesthetics, art, and craftsmanship. Shingon Buddhism was founded in the Heian period (794–1185) by a Japanese Buddhist monk named...

Retrieved 27 August 2012. "Butsuzōzui (Illustrated Compendium of Buddhist Images)" (in Japanese). Ehime University Library. 1796. p. (077.jpg). Archived from...

Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. He is especially revered in Chinese Esoteric Buddhism in Chinese communities as well as Shingon and Tendai in Japan. Rāgarāja...

The Thirteen Buddhas (十三仏, Jūsanbutsu) is a Japanese grouping of Buddhist deities, particularly in the Shingon and Tendai sects of Buddhism. The deities...

Sanskrit), also Kongō-Haramitsu (金剛波羅蜜菩薩) is a Bodhisattva of the Buddhist Pantheon, belonging especially to the Esoteric Buddhism tradition of Vajrayana...

Daikokuten (大黒天) is a syncretic Japanese deity of fortune and wealth. Daikokuten originated from Mahākāla, the Buddhist version of the Hindu deity Shiva...

Six Kannon in Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-5622-9. Faure, Bernard (2015). The Fluid Pantheon: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 1. University...

Chan Buddhism and Buddhist scripture. With the spread of Chan Buddhism, he also came to be venerated in Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. Budai is said to have...

Devas (二十四諸天 Èrshísì zhūtiān), a group of Buddhist dharmapalas who manifest to protect the Dharma. In Japan, Kōmokuten (広目天) is commonly depicted holding...

Nepalese Buddhism, and revered both as a goddess and demon in other Mahayana Buddhist traditions where she is one of the Twenty-Four Protective Deities. In the...

mantras focus on developing equanimity and equality and, in Vajrayana Buddhist thought is associated with the attempt to destroy greed and pride. His...

Daishi (弘法大師, "The Grand Master who Propagated the Dharma"), was a Japanese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the esoteric Shingon school...

poets, women, and the way: Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist literature of medieval Japan. Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan. p. 102. ISBN 9781929280476...

Pali: सक्क Sakka) is the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven according to Buddhist cosmology. He is also referred to by the title "Śakra, Lord of the Devas"...

needed] East Asian Buddhist traditions commonly invoke Amitābha's name in a practice known as nianfo (念佛) in Chinese and nembutsu in Japanese. This is the central...

The Four Heavenly Kings are four Buddhist gods or devas, each of whom is believed to watch over one cardinal direction of the world. The Hall of Four Heavenly...

as Benzaiten in Japan. Brahma, known as 'Bonten', and Yama, known as 'Enma', are also part of the traditional Japanese Buddhist pantheon. In addition to...

Bhaiṣajyaguru (Sanskrit: भैषज्यगुरु, Chinese: 藥師佛, Japanese: 薬師仏, Korean: 약사불, Vietnamese: Dược Sư Phật, Standard Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ), or Bhaishajyaguru...