Samantabhadra (Wylie: Kun-tu bzang-po, Mongolian: Qamugha Sain, Chinese: 普賢菩薩 ||pinyin]]: pŭ xián pú sà ||Wade-Giles]]: P'u3 hsien2 p'u2 sa4; Japanese: Fugen bosatsu, Vietnamese: Phổ Hiền Bồ Tát, Korean: Pohyun Posal), meaning Universal Worthy, is a Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with Buddhist practice and meditation. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and fellow bodhisattva Manjusri he forms the Shakyamuni trinity in Buddhism. He is the patron of the Lotus Sutra and, according to the Avatamsaka Sutra, made the ten great vows which are the basis of a bodhisattva. In China he is associated with action, whereas the bodhisattva Manjusri is associated with wisdom. In Japan this bodhisattva is often worshipped by the Tendai and Shingon sects, and as the protector of the Lotus Sutra
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