Buddhas Who Cross the Sea of Karma
A volume on Buddhas and awakened beings who move through karma, suffering, judgment, mercy, and release. Here enlightenment is not escape from the world, but passage...
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Acala Vidyaraja
不动明王 Acala Vidyaraja (Immovable Wisdom King, Fudo Myoo) 大摧破法门 — Great Crushing Dharma: A practice centered on subduing the Three Poisons (greed, ha...
Akasagarbha Bodhisattva
虚空藏菩萨 Akasagarbha Bodhisattva / 虚空法门 (Space Treasury Dharma — By contemplating one’s mind as being like space, containing all without obstruction,...
Ananda
阿难尊者 (Ananda) / 多闻与侍亲 (The Dharma of Learning and Devotion) Attained Arhatship in the night of the First Buddhist Council, approximately 45 years a...
Avalokitesvara / The One Who Hears the Cries of the World
观世音菩萨 (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) / 观自在菩萨 (The Perceiver of Cries) / 观音菩萨 (Guanyin Pu Sa). 修行法门：耳根圆通法门 (Perfect Penetration of the Ear) / 大悲法门 (Gr...
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Bodhisattva Cundi (Sanskrit) / The Strategist
准提道人 (Zhun Ti Dao Ren) / Bodhisattva Cundi (Sanskrit: Cundi, also known as The Strategist, or Goddess Cundi in certain esoteric traditions) 修行法门: 准...
Buddha Amitabha (Sanskrit) / The Guide
接引道人 / 阿弥陀佛 (The Guide / Buddha Amitabha / Amitābha) 西方极乐净土法门 (The Pure Land Path of the Western Bliss / Vow-based Rebirth) Enlightenment Era: Late...
Buddha Amitabha / Infinite Light
阿弥陀佛 / 无量光佛 / 接引道人 (Buddha Amitabha / Infinite Light / The Guide) 修行法门: 念佛法门 / 净土法门 (Mindfulness of Amitabha / Pure Land Practice) 证果纪元: Countless...
Buddha Bhaisajyaguru / Medicine Master
东方琉璃光药师佛 (Medicine Master Bhaisajyaguru, Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata) / 药师琉璃光如来 (Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata) / 药师法门 (Medicine Buddha Practice) /...
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Candraprabha Bodhisattva
月光菩萨 Candraprabha Bodhisattva (Moonlight Bodhisattva) / 月光三昧 Moonlight Samadhi — Visualization of the cool moon-disk to pacify body and mind, extin...
Cloth Bag Arhat
布袋罗汉 / Cloth Bag Arhat (Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja / Sthavira) 乞食断执度人法 / Alms-Begging Cutting Attachment Path
Crossing-the-River Arhat
过江罗汉 (Crossing-the-River Arhat) / 渡人渡己法门 (Self-Crossing Dharma: using the physical act of crossing rivers to symbolize transcending the ocean of ka...
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Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
大愿地藏王菩萨 (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, He of the Great Vow) / 地藏 (Di Zang) Great Vow Dharma (大愿法门) — A cultivation path that transforms personal karma i...
Kuṇḍalī Vidyārāja
军荼利明王 (Kuṇḍalī Vidyārāja) / 密教降魔法 (Esoteric Subjugation Path, the wrathful enforcement of the Buddha's teaching authority) - Era of Attainment: Unk...
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Mahakashyapa (Great Kasyapa)
迦叶尊者 Mahakashyapa (Great Kasyapa) / 苦行与拈花悟旨 / Asceticism and the Flower Sermon Enlightenment. Attainment Era: Seven days after ordination under the...
Mahamayuri Vidyaraja
孔雀大明王 (Mahamayuri Vidyaraja, Great Peacock Bright King) 孔雀毒食法门 — Peacock Poison-Eating Dharma. A cultivation path that uses the peacock's biologica...
Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva
大势至菩萨 Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva / 念佛圆通法门 Buddha-Recitation Samadhi (The Dharma Door of Unifying the Six Senses through Single-Minded Buddha-Reci...
Maitreya Buddha / The Future One
弥勒佛 (Maitreya Buddha) / 当来下生弥勒尊佛 (The Future Buddha, the Honored One Who Will Descend) 修行法门：唯识瑜伽行派 (Yogacara, the Mind-Only School) / 净土法门 兜率净土 (Pu...
Manjusri Bodhisattva / The Lord of Wisdom
文殊师利菩萨 (Manjusri Bodhisattva / The Lord of Wisdom) / 妙吉祥菩萨 (The Prince of Virtue) 般若法门 (Prajna Path / The Way of Transcendental Wisdom) / 不二法门 (Non...
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Sakyamuni Buddha / The Tathagata
释迦牟尼佛 / 如来佛祖 (Sakyamuni Buddha / The Tathagata) 禅定 (Dhyana — Meditation that dissolves mental constructs) / 四圣谛、八正道 (The Four Noble Truths, The Nob...
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva / The Pervasive Virtue
普贤菩萨 (Samantabhadra Bodhisattva / The Pervasive Virtue) · 遍吉菩萨 (The All-Good One) 修行法门: 十大愿王 (Ten Great Vows) · 般舟三昧 (Pratyutpanna Samadhi, the Con...
Sitting Still Arhat
静坐罗汉 (Sitting Still Arhat, Sthāna-sthita Arhat) 不动心摄心法 (Unmoving Mind Concentration Path) Attainment Era: Not precisely recorded; flourished around...
Skanda Bodhisattva
韦驮菩萨 (Skanda Bodhisattva) / 护法金刚法门 — Dharma Protection Vajra Dharma: Through fierce and vigorous power, he safeguards the True Dharma and protects...
Subduing Dragon Arhat
降龙罗汉 / Subduing Dragon Arhat (Nāga Damaṇa Arhat) 禅定伏龙法 / Meditative Serpent Subjugation Path Cultivation Epoch: Shakyamuni Buddha's lifetime (India...
Subduing Tiger Arhat
伏虎罗汉 (Subduing Tiger Arhat, Vyāghra Damaṇa Arhat) / 无怖无畏度化法 (Fearless Compassion Conversion Path)
Suryaprabha Bodhisattva
日光菩萨 (Suryaprabha Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva of Sunlight) / 日光三昧 (Sunlight Samadhi — By meditating on the sun's light suffusing all directions, one m...
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The Contemplating Arhat
沉思罗汉 (The Contemplating Arhat) 以沉思入道，通过深入思维一切法的空性来斩断妄想 / The Dharma of Profound Contemplation: severing delusions by deeply contemplating the empti...
Trailokyavijaya Vidyaraja
降三世明王 (Trailokyavijaya Vidyaraja, the Wisdom King Who Conquers the Three Realms) 降伏三界法门 — Conquest of Three Realms Dharma: A fierce vajra path cent...