traditions in different countries have also absorbed native deities into their localized Buddhist pantheon, sometimes as Bodhisattvas. Some examples are Guan...

Sangharama are a class of deities who are guardians of Buddhist temples and monasteries. Equivalent to the Taoist "realm master deity" (境主), the Sangharama...

Buddhas Buddhist Bodhisattvas Buddhist deities Hindu deities Rigvedic deities (see also Proto-Indo-Iranian religion) Sri Lankan Tamil local deities Tamil...

nán Nán lí shēn Yīqiè zāiyāng huà wéichén English: Heavenly deities and earthly deities, may people be free from difficulties, may their hardships disappear...

In Buddhism, wrathful deities or fierce deities are the fierce, wrathful or forceful (Tibetan: trowo, Sanskrit: krodha) forms (or "aspects", "manifestations")...

all modern Buddhist schools accept the existence of deities of some kind; the main point of divergence is the influence of these deities. Of the major...

and 11th centuries there are numerous examples of Buddhist deities and kami pairings: The deities are usually Kannon, Yakushi, Amida or Shaka Nyorai...

An important aspect of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries is the presence of ritualistic places that are dedicated to deities. Vajrayana Buddhism contains intricate...

belief that many deities exist, but that only one of these deities may be validly worshipped. Monotheism is the belief that only one deity exists.[excessive...

of 88 locales. The Shingon pantheon includes numerous Buddhist deities. Many of these deities have vital roles as they are regularly invoked by the practitioner...