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Buddhism

deciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have religious awakening

Buddhism

anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

Buddhism

Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)

Buddhism

Candraprabha (bodhisattva)

Buddhism

Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

Buddhism

Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)

Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree

Buddhism

image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)

Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis); banyan tree