菩

bodhisattva

deciding to embrace Buddhism

aspiration for Buddhahood

Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis)

sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)

Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

Candraprabha (bodhisattva)

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

Bodhidharma

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

one's family temple

bodhi

Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)

Kannon (Bodhisattva)

Manjusri (Bodhisattva)

Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)

The Sword of Doom (1966 film)

Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)

image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)

buddhas and bodhisattvas

Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree)

Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva)

Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)

ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)

bodhisattva

Buddha-like compassion

anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)