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enbodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha · High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)

enTilia miqueliana (species of linden tree) · sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree

enbodhi; enlightenment · happiness in the next world

enbeing compassionate like a bodhisattva

enaspiration for Buddhahood

enone's family temple; temple with one's family grave

endeciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have religious awakening

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

enMaitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

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

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

enSamantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian

enKshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

enBodhidharma

enTara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)

enMahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)

enManjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu

enCandraprabha (bodhisattva)

enSuryaprabha (bodhisattva)

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

enAkasagarbha (bodhisattva)

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

enBhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)

enanuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

enbodhisattva

enAvalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

enKannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin

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

enbuddhas and bodhisattvas

enIndian banyan (Ficus benghalensis); banyan tree

ensacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree

enAvalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

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

enThe Five Great Bodhisattvas (who uphold the Three Treasures and protect the sovereign)

enlooking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside

encompassionate and gentle woman (likened to a bodhisattva); saintly woman · courtesan; prostitute

enlooking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside

enThe Sword of Doom (1966 film)

enSutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva