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There are 12 total results for your 地藏 search.

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地藏

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dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

地藏堂

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 jizoudou / jizodo
    じぞうどう
(personal name) Jizoudou

六地藏

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liù dì zàng
    liu4 di4 zang4
liu ti tsang
 Roku Jizō
six manifestations of Kṣitigarbha

地藏菩薩


地藏菩萨

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dì zàng pú sà
    di4 zang4 pu2 sa4
ti tsang p`u sa
    ti tsang pu sa
 Jizō bosatsu
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
Earth-Store Bodhisattva

地藏十輪經


地藏十轮经

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dì zàng shí lún jīng
    di4 zang4 shi2 lun2 jing1
ti tsang shih lun ching
 Chizō jūrin kyō
Ten Cakras of Kṣitigarbha, Mahāyāna Great Collection Sūtra

地藏本願經


地藏本愿经

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dì zàng běn yuàn jīng
    di4 zang4 ben3 yuan4 jing1
ti tsang pen yüan ching
 Jizō hongan kyō
Sūtra of the Original Vows of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva

地藏王菩薩


地藏王菩萨

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dì zàng wáng pú sà
    di4 zang4 wang2 pu2 sa4
ti tsang wang p`u sa
    ti tsang wang pu sa
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva

地藏菩薩經


地藏菩萨经

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dì zàng pú sà jīng
    di4 zang4 pu2 sa4 jing1
ti tsang p`u sa ching
    ti tsang pu sa ching
 Chizō bosatsu kyō
Sūtra of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva

大願地藏菩薩


大愿地藏菩萨

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dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà
    da4 yuan4 di4 zang4 pu2 sa4
ta yüan ti tsang p`u sa
    ta yüan ti tsang pu sa
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva

地藏菩薩十齋日


地藏菩萨十斋日

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dì zàng pú sà shí zhāi rì
    di4 zang4 pu2 sa4 shi2 zhai1 ri4
ti tsang p`u sa shih chai jih
    ti tsang pu sa shih chai jih
 Jizō bosatsu jissainichi
Ten Purifying Days of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva

地藏菩薩本願經


地藏菩萨本愿经

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dì zàng pú sà běn yuàn jīng
    di4 zang4 pu2 sa4 ben3 yuan4 jing1
ti tsang p`u sa pen yüan ching
    ti tsang pu sa pen yüan ching
 Jizō bosatsu hongan kyō
Sūtra on the Past Vows of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva

大乘大集地藏十輪經


大乘大集地藏十轮经

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dà shèng dà jí dì zàng shí lún jīng
    da4 sheng4 da4 ji2 di4 zang4 shi2 lun2 jing1
ta sheng ta chi ti tsang shih lun ching
 Daijō daishū chizō jūrin kyō
Dasheng daji dizang shilun jing

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 12 results for "地藏" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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