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'''Eight Great Bodhisattvas''' - or 'Eight Close Sons', the main [[bodhisattva]]s in the retinue of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]: [[Mañjushri]], [[Avalokiteshvara]], [[Vajrapani]], [[Maitreya]], [[Kshitigarbha]], [[Sarvanivaranavishkambhin]], and [[Samantabhadra]]. Each fulfils a particular role to help beings. Symbolically they represent the pure state of the [[eight consciousnesses]]. | '''Eight Great Bodhisattvas''' - or 'Eight Close Sons', the main [[bodhisattva]]s in the retinue of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]: [[Mañjushri]], [[Avalokiteshvara]], [[Vajrapani]], [[Maitreya]], [[Kshitigarbha]], [[Aksagarbha]], [[Sarvanivaranavishkambhin]], and [[Samantabhadra]]. Each fulfils a particular role to help beings. Symbolically they represent the pure state of the [[eight consciousnesses]]. | ||
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Revision as of 11:08, 26 December 2006
Eight Great Bodhisattvas - or 'Eight Close Sons', the main bodhisattvas in the retinue of Buddha Shakyamuni: Mañjushri, Avalokiteshvara, Vajrapani, Maitreya, Kshitigarbha, Aksagarbha, Sarvanivaranavishkambhin, and Samantabhadra. Each fulfils a particular role to help beings. Symbolically they represent the pure state of the eight consciousnesses.