bodhisattva ②High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court) ③title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

one's family temple

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

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

bodhi ②happiness in the next world

Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree) ②sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

Buddha-like compassion

aspiration for Buddhahood

deciding to embrace Buddhism

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

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

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

Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva)

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travelers and the underworld)

Bodhidharma

Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)

Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)

Manjusri (Bodhisattva)

Candraprabha (bodhisattva)