Word Meaning 大菩薩峠

Listen to 南無八幡大菩薩

南無八幡大菩薩

なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

Listen to 八幡大菩薩

八幡大菩薩

はちまんだいぼさつ

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

Listen to 菩薩

菩薩

ぼさち

High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)

Listen to 地蔵菩薩本願経

地蔵菩薩本願経

じぞうぼさつほんがんきょう

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Listen to 観自在菩薩

観自在菩薩

かんじざいぼさつ

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

Listen to 観世音菩薩

観世音菩薩

かんぜおんぼさつ

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

Listen to 日光菩薩

日光菩薩

にっこうぼさつ

Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

Listen to 地蔵菩薩

地蔵菩薩

じぞうぼさつ

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

Listen to 月光菩薩

月光菩薩

がっこうぼさつ

Candraprabha (bodhisattva)

Listen to 菩薩揚

菩薩揚

ぼさあげ

ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)

Listen to 仏菩薩

仏菩薩

ぶつぼさつ

buddhas and bodhisattvas

Listen to 如菩薩

如菩薩

にょぼさつ

Buddha-like compassion