#Bodhisattva #Kshitigarbha Kubotesan, Buzen-shi, Fukuoka, #Japan. A bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian #Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk. Often regarded as the bodhisattva of hell-beings, as well as the guardian of children and patron deity of deceased children and aborted fetuses in Japanese culture, where he is known as #Jizō or Ojizō-sama. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Bodhisattva #Kshitigarbha Kubotesan, Buzen-shi, Fukuoka, #Japan. A bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian #Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk. Often regarded as the bodhisattva of hell-beings, as well as the guardian of children and patron […]

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This #Jizo Bosatsu / #Dizang Pusa / #Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva stands in my yard in the Philippines. The potted #Bodhitree--with a #Buddha--to its left is now about 8 feet tall. (The altar was there temporarily.) Read more about "Jizo and me," written 20 years ago
www.thetempleguy.org/2019/09/my-a...