Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
关羽
Guān Yǔ
Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
佛像
fó xiàng
Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL:尊[zun1], 張|张[zhang1]
弥勒
Mí lè
Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan / Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
地藏
Dì zàng
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
观世音
Guān shì yīn
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
文殊
Wén shū
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
观世音菩萨
Guān shì yīn Pú sà
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
观音菩萨
Guān yīn Pú sà
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
弥勒佛
Mí lè fó
Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
a clay Bodhisattva fording a river / unable to save oneself, let alone others
大势至菩萨
Dà shì zhì Pú sà
Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, the Great Strength Bodhisattva
地藏菩萨
Dì zàng Pú sà
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
地藏王菩萨
Dì zàng wáng Pú sà
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
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
文殊师利菩萨
Wén shū shī lì Pú sà
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
文殊菩萨
Wén shū Pú sà
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
韦驮菩薩
wéi tuó pú sà
Skanda, the general or guardian Bodhisattva
六字真言
liù zì zhēn yán
the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
大愿地藏菩萨
Dà yuàn Dì zàng Pú sà
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
泥菩萨过江,自身难保
ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎo
like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety / unable to save oneself, let alone others