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'''Kshitigarbha''' (Skt. ''Kṣitigarbha''; Tib. [[ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་]], ''Sa Yi Nyingpo'', [[Wyl.]] ''sa yi snying po'' or ''sa'i snying po''; Chi. 地藏, pin. ''Dìzàng'') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]] who is especially revered in China and Japan. Having vowed not to achieve [[buddhahood]] until all hells are emptied, his activity focuses more particularly on helping those who suffer in the [[hells|hell realms]]. | '''Kshitigarbha''' (Skt. ''Kṣitigarbha''; Tib. [[ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་]], ''Sa Yi Nyingpo'', [[Wyl.]] ''sa yi snying po'' or ''sa'i snying po''; Chi. 地藏, pin. ''Dìzàng''; 'Essence of Earth') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]] who is especially revered in China and Japan. Having vowed not to achieve [[buddhahood]] until all hells are emptied, his activity focuses more particularly on helping those who suffer in the [[hells|hell realms]]. | ||
He is often depicted as white in colour, holding a staff in his right hand and a jewel that symbolizes [[wisdom]] in his left hand. | He is often depicted as white in colour, holding a staff in his right hand and a jewel that symbolizes [[wisdom]] in his left hand. | ||
==Text== | |||
*[https://ksitigarbhasutra.com Ksitigarbha Sutra], translated from Chinese | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 5 December 2023
Kshitigarbha (Skt. Kṣitigarbha; Tib. ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་, Sa Yi Nyingpo, Wyl. sa yi snying po or sa'i snying po; Chi. 地藏, pin. Dìzàng; 'Essence of Earth') — one of the eight great bodhisattvas who is especially revered in China and Japan. Having vowed not to achieve buddhahood until all hells are emptied, his activity focuses more particularly on helping those who suffer in the hell realms.
He is often depicted as white in colour, holding a staff in his right hand and a jewel that symbolizes wisdom in his left hand.
Text
- Ksitigarbha Sutra, translated from Chinese
Further Reading
- Jamgön Mipham, A Garland of Jewels, (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008.