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(Ch. 多羅, Duō luó) Female bodhisattva, or set of bodhisattvas, in Tibetan Buddhism. She represents the virtues of success in work and achievements. Also a manifestation of Avalokiteśvara. Vasudhārā; Vasudhārā whose name means "stream of gems" in Sanskrit, is the bodhisattva of wealth, prosperity, and abundance. She is popular in many ...
Gender variant representations of some bodhisattvas, most notably Avalokiteśvara, has prompted conversation regarding the nature of a bodhisattva's appearance. Chan master Sheng Yen has stated that Mahāsattvas such as Avalokiteśvara (known as Guanyin in Chinese) are androgynous (Ch. 中性; pinyin : "zhōngxìng"), which accounts for their ...
In India, a list known as the "Eight Close Sons" (Skt. aṣṭa utaputra) became the main set of bodhisattvas of Shakyamuni Buddha's entourage, they are: [6] [7] Mañjuśrī ("Gentle Glory") Kumarabhuta ("Young Prince"), the main bodhisattva of wisdom; Avalokiteśvara ("Lord who gazes down at the world"), the savior bodhisattva of great compassion
Samantabhadri (Sanskrit; Devanagari: समन्तभद्री ; IAST: samantabhadrī, Tibetan: ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་མོ, Wylie: kun tu bzang mo) is a dakini and female Buddha from the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition.
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Bodhisattva Vidyārāja protector [22] Pure land and direction Vairocana: Ākāśadhātvīśvarī, also known as Vajradhātvisharī, Buddhaḍākinī or Sparśavajrī Vajraparamita or Vajrasattva: Acala: Akaniṣṭha-Ghanavyūha (Center) Akṣobhya: Locanā, also known as Buddhalocanā, Tathāgatalocanā Vajrapani or Samantabhadra ...
A mahāsattva (lit. ' great being ') [1] is a great bodhisattva who has practiced Buddhism for a long time and reached a very high level on the path to awakening ().Generally refers to bodhisattvas who have reached at least the seventh of the ten bhumis.
Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin is a bodhisattva revered in Mahāyāna Buddhism. He is one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas with Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Ākāśagarbha, Kṣitigarbha and Maitreya. His name means "He who blocks (viṣkambhin) all of the hindrances (sarva nivāraṇa)."