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菩 kanji
kind of grass, sacred tree
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- —菩薩Popularbodhisattva; 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
- —菩提bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
- —菩提樹Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree
- —如菩薩Buddha-like compassion
- —菩提心aspiration for Buddhahood
- —菩提寺one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
- —仏菩薩buddhas and bodhisattvas
- —女菩薩compassionate and gentle woman (likened to a bodhisattva); saintly woman; courtesan; prostitute
- —発菩提心deciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have religious awakening
- —弥勒菩薩Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
- —菩提道場Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
- —普賢菩薩Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian
- —地蔵菩薩Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
- —菩提達磨Bodhidharma
- —多羅菩薩Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)
- —勢至菩薩Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
- —文殊菩薩Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
- —月光菩薩Candraprabha (bodhisattva)
- —日光菩薩Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
- —妙見菩薩Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)
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