- Manjusri Bodhisattva
- As one of the Four Great Bodhisattva,
he is the one with the greatest wisdom. Manjusri is said to have: wonderful
head, universal head, glossy head, revered head, wonderful virtue and
wonderfully auspicious. Manjusri, the guardian of wisdom, is often placed on
the left of Shakyamuni, while Visvabhadra, the guardian of law, is on the
right. Manjusri always rides on a lion. He is described as the ninth
predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Shakyamuni. In the past lives, he is also
described as being the parent of many Buddhas and have assisted the Buddha
into existence. He is the Chief of the Bodhisattva, and the chief disciple of the
Buddha. He is the object for the pilgrimages visiting the Wu Tai Shan of
Shansi Province in China.
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