Mahasthamaprapta
Mahāsthāmaprāpta | |
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Sanskrit | महास्थामप्राप्त
Mahāsthāmaprāpta |
Chinese | (Traditional) 大勢至菩薩 or 得大勢菩薩 (Simplified) 大势至菩萨 or 得大势菩萨 ( romaji: Daiseishi Bosatsu) |
Khmer | មហាស្ថាមប្រាប្ត (mo-haa-sthaam-praap) |
Korean | 대세지 보살
( Vajrayāna
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Attributes | Wisdom, Power |
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Mahāsthāmaprāpta is a bodhisattva mahāsattva who represents the power of wisdom. His name literally means "arrival of the great strength".
Mahāsthāmaprāpta is one of the
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Mahāsthāmaprāpta is one of the oldest bodhisattvas and is regarded as powerful, especially in the Pure Land school, where he takes an important role in the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra. He is often depicted in a trinity with Amitābha and Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin), especially in Pure Land Buddhism.
In the
In the Introductory chapter of the
China
Yìnguāng (Chinese: 印光), a teacher of Pure Land Buddhism, was widely considered to be a manifestation of Mahāsthāmaprāpta based on the accounts of two people:
1. Huìchāo (Chinese: 慧超), a former Christian who had never heard of him before
2. Běnkōng (Chinese: 本空), a Buddhist monk and former student
Both of these figures had independent dreams regarding the situation.[4][5][6]
Japan
In Japan, Mahāsthāmaprāpta is associated with the temple guardians
He is recognized as one of the Thirteen Buddhas.
Mantra
(Sanskrit):
Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, jaṃ jaṃ saḥ svāhā
(Homage to all Buddhas! Jaṃ jaṃ saḥ! svāhā)[8]
(Chinese):
Ǎn sàn rán rán suōpóhē (唵・散・髯・髯・娑婆訶)
(Japanese):
(Shingon) On san zan saku sowaka (オン・サン・ザン・サク・ソワカ)
(Tendai) On sanzen zensaku sowaka (オン・サンゼン・ゼンサク・ソワカ)
References
- ^ "Mahasthamaprapta (Shih Chih, Seishi) - Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia".
- ^ "Mahasthamaprapta (Shih Chih, Seishi) - Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia".
- ISBN 978-1-886439-39-9. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ 净土的见证(一) Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 共尊印光大师势至化身原因一_新浪佛学_新浪网
- ^ 印祖的故事-海天佛国奇缘
- ^ Josephine Baroni, Helen. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. p. 240.
- ^ The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra (PDF). BDK America, Inc. 2005.
Bibliography
- Getty, Alice (1914). The gods of northern Buddhism, their history, iconography, and progressive evolution through the northern Buddhist countries, Oxford: The Clarendon press, p. 100.