bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
aspiration for Buddhahood
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian
Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
deciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have religious awakening
anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)
Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)
Candraprabha (bodhisattva)
Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)
image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)
ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)
ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)
Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis); banyan tree
sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree
sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree