Bodhisattva

See also category: Jizo.

In Buddhist thought, a bodhisattva (中文: 菩薩 pú sà) is a being who has not attained enlightenment, and may refrain from nirvana in the hopes of aiding others to reach it. Conventionally, the term is applied to hypothetical beings with a high degree of enlightenment and power.

Avalokiteshvara

also: Lokeshvara, Guanyin (Guanshiyin, Kuan Yin), Kannon, Sho Kannon, Kanzeon, Kanjizai (Kozeo) Padmapani, Spyan ras gzigs (Chenrezi, Chen rezig)

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  Lokeshvara, Angkor, Cambodia

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  Lokeshvara, Angkor, Cambodia

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  Padmapani ?, Ajanta, India

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  Padmapani, Nepal, ca 1950

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  Guanyin (Pingyao)

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  An image of a bodhisattva, most likely Kuan Yin, taken at China's Mt. Jiuhua

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  Kuan Yin as sea goddess (Chinese style)

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  Guanyin (Putuoshan)

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  Lokeshvara, Cambodge

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  Lokeshvara, Cambodge

Maitreya

also: Metteyya, 弥勒佛 (Mi Le Fo), 布袋 (Hotei), 未来仏 (Miroku)

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  Buddha Maitreya, Leshan

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  Maitreya, art of Mathura, 2nd century CE.

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  Maitreya carving in Feilai Feng Caves (Hangzhou, China)

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  Maitreya and disciples carving in Feilai Feng Caves (Hangzhou, China)

Samantabhadra

also: 普賢菩薩 (Fugen), 普贤菩萨 (Pǔxián)

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Other bodhisattvas

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  A limestone carving of a bodhisattva, dating from the Northern Qi Dynasty of China (6th century CE)

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  Prajnaparamita, Java, Indonesia

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  Prajnaparamita, India (ca. 1080)

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  Vajrapani

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  Statues of Jizo, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

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  Manjushri at Senkoji in Onomichi, Japan