SourceDipankaraThe earlier Buddha who recognises Sumedha’s resolve and foretells his awakening.Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
SourceGautama BuddhaThe awakened teacher whose search begins with the problem of suffering.Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
JizoA compassionate protector of children and the souls of the dead in the Japanese traditions described by F. Hadland Davis.Japanese Buddhist tradition
SourceKwannonThe goddess of mercy and her many forms in Davis’s account.Japanese legends, Davis retelling
SourceNirmāṇakāya in TheosophyAn exalted mode of service given a specialized Theosophical interpretation.Theosophical astral cosmology
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