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Great mandala of the Tôji imperial temple in Kyoto. Buddhism includes a wide array of divine beings that are venerated in various ritual and popular contexts. Initially they included mainly Indian figures such as devas, asuras and yakshas, but later came to include other Asian spirits and local gods (like the Burmese nats and the Japanese kami).
List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere; List of fictional deities; List of goddesses; List of people who have been considered deities; see also apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king; Names of God, names of deities of monotheistic religions
She is popular in many Buddhist countries and is a subject in Buddhist legends and art. Originally an Indian bodhisattva, her popularity has spread to Theravadin countries. Her popularity, however, peaks in Nepal, where she has a strong following among the Buddhist Newars of the Kathmandu Valley and is thus a central figure in Newar Buddhism. [12]
Following is a list of pantheons of deities in specific spiritual practices: African pantheons; Armenian pantheon; Aztec pantheon; Buddhist pantheon; Berber pantheon; Burmese pantheon; Canaanite pantheon; Celtic pantheon; Chinese pantheon; Egyptian pantheon; Germanic pantheon; Greek pantheon; Guanche pantheon; Hindu pantheon; Incan pantheon ...
List of Norse gods and goddesses; Greek deities (see also Greek mythological figures, Twelve Olympians, Ancient Greek religion, Mycenaean deities) Neoplatonic triad; Hungarian deities; Lusitani deities; Paleo-Balkan deities (Dacian/Illyrian/Thracian) List of Roman deities; Sami deities; Slavic deities; Thelemic deities
Buddhist goddesses (4 C, 21 P) Buddhist gods (6 C, 44 P) + Sinhalese Buddhist deities (10 P) Tibetan Buddhist deities (3 C, 10 P) Vajrayana deities (6 C, 8 P) B.
Upon Buddhism's arrival in China, it became syncretized with the native culture. Three Taoist gods, namely the Emperor Zi Wei, Emperor Dongyue and the Thunder God, were added to the grouping as well, forming the modern list of twenty-four deities. [1] [2] Veneration of the twenty-four deities has continued into modern Chinese Buddhist traditions.
Buddhist mythology contains legends of the Buddhas of past ages, such as Vipassi. An important source for these is the Pali TheravÄda Buddhavamsa (Buddha Chronicle) which chronicles the stories of 24 past Buddhas. [37] Buddhist works also include a wide range of prophetic myths, which speak of future events.