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菩薩 ぼさつ

  1. bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha
  2. High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
  3. title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

菩薩揚げ ぼさあげ

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

如菩薩 にょぼさつ

  1. Buddha-like compassion

弥勒菩薩 みろくぼさつ

  1. Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

南無八幡大菩薩 なむはちまんだいぼさつ

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

普賢菩薩 ふげんぼさつ

  1. Fugen; Puxian; Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva)

地蔵菩薩 じぞうぼさつ

  1. Jizō; Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha

多羅菩薩 たらぼさつ

  1. Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)

勢至菩薩 せいしぼさつ

  1. Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)

文殊菩薩 もんじゅぼさつ

  1. Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
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