菩 - kind of grass, sacred tree

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha

Bodhidharma

anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

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!

Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)

Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu

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

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