Kwan Yin The Goddess of Mercy; She Who Hears the Cries of the World ALSO KNOWN AS: Guan Yin; Kuan Yin; Phat Ba Quan Am (Vietnamese) Kwan Yin is the very essence
Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents a friendly and encouraging guide to spiritual practice for all those who want to take up the path of the bodhisattva–one who aspires to live life with courage, generosity, patience, fearlessness, and compassion.
The boddhisattva of good practice. He is represented riding on one of the elephants that support the world (a borrowing from Indian cosmology). Fugen represents the virtue embodied in the world, including
Eight Dharma Protectors – Defenders of the Law The Dharmapalas or Dharma Protectors are guardians of truth and defenders of Buddhism. Although fierce, wrathful deities, they are simultaneously Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and
Fugen – The One Who Is All Pervadingly Good Fugen is the Japanese manifestation of Samant-abhadra, the Great Conduct Bodhisattva. He teaches that actions and conduct are equally important as thought and
Ksitigarbha – Earth Matrix Bodhisattvas vow to remain on Earth until all suffering on Earth is relieved. Ksitigarbha took this one step further, vowing not to become a Buddha until all beings
Kokuzo The Boundless Vessel ALSO KNOWN AS: Akasagarbha (Sanskrit); Kokuyo CLASSIFICATION: Bodhisattva; Bosatsu Kokuzo is among the great Bodhisattvas, venerated for his endless store of knowledge. He was among the first of
Vajrapani – Thunderbolt Bearer; Diamond Bearer Vajrapani began as a Yaksha and was so fierce that he eventually attained the status of Chief General of the Yakshas. He is now one of
Seishi He Who Has Obtained Great Strength ALSO KNOWN AS: Tokudaisei; Tokudaiseishi; Daiseishi CLASSIFICATION: Bodhisattva; Bosatsu Seishi is the primary attendant of Amida Buddha. In the same manner that Kannon epitomizes compassion,
Yamantaka Death Terminator; Destroyer of Death; The Diamond Terrifier; The Diamond Terror; The Solitary Hero ALSO KNOWN AS: Vajrabhairava; Vajra Bhairava CLASSIFICATION: Bodhisattva; Buddha; Yidam Yamantaka triumphs over evil, suffering, death, and
Avalokitesvara The One Who Responds to the Cries of the World; Lord of the Six Syllables ALSO KNOWN AS: Avalokiteshvara CLASSIFICATION: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva of compassion, embodies the compassion of all Buddhas,
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