shrines to Kṣitigarbha often occupy a central role in temples, especially within the memorial halls or mausoleums. The story of Kṣitigarbha was first described...

twin brother of the "earth store" bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha, and is even briefly mentioned in the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra. Associated...

The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra (Sanskrit, Sutra of the Fundamental Vows of the Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha; Chinese: 地藏菩薩本願經) or Kṣitigarbhasūtra...

before Kṣitigarbha left Heaven to assume his new life as a monk, he found that his mother from his past life would be reborn as a dog. Then Ksitigarbha was...

Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Ākāśagarbha, Kṣitigarbha and Maitreya. His name means "He who blocks (viṣkambhin) all of the hindrances...

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Jizō Bosatsu, 地蔵菩薩), is a Japanese wood and bronze statue of about 1175 in the late Heian period, which is now in the permanent...

The Hall of Kṣitigarbha or Kṣitigarbha Hall (Chinese: 地藏殿; pinyin: Dìzàngdiàn) is one of the most important annexed halls in Chinese Buddhist temples....

Asian Buddhism and its name may originally have been Avalokitāśvara. Kṣitigarbha (Chinese: 地藏; pinyin: Dìzáng; Japanese pronunciation: Jizō; Korean: 지장;...

Bodhisattvas Avalokiteśvara Guanyin Mañjuśrī Mahāsthāmaprāpta Ākāśagarbha Kṣitigarbha Samantabhadra Vajrapāṇi Skanda Tārā Metteyya/Maitreya Disciples Kaundinya...

Kṣitigarbha Sūtra provides an episode in which all these of these figures are present:[citation needed] The Buddha told Avalokiteśvara, "Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva...