Avalokiteśvara
A bodhisattva of compassion represented in many forms across Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, Vietnamese and Japanese traditions. Names, iconography and practices vary.
Traditions · Figures and vows
Seven bodhisattva traditions
Names, genders, forms, mantras and practices change across languages and lineages. These panels are orientation, not ritual authorisation.
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Mañjuśrī
A bodhisattva associated with wisdom and the discernment that cuts confusion. Iconographic attributes are symbolic, not permission for violence.
Vajrapāṇi
A figure associated with awakened energy and protection in several Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna contexts.
Kṣitigarbha
A bodhisattva especially important in East Asian traditions, associated with vows toward beings in difficult realms and with the dead.
Samantabhadra
A bodhisattva associated with practice, vows and conduct in Mahāyāna sources. This is distinct from figures bearing the same translated name in other contexts.
Maitreya
The future Buddha in Buddhist traditions, presently understood within cosmological narratives rather than as a current public claimant verified by this site.
Tārā
A female bodhisattva and awakened figure central to several Tibetan traditions, represented in multiple forms and ritual systems.
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