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I have read that Jizo's stick is meant for awakening people. However, I do not know the authenticity of this statement, so I request that someone with the knowledge either make a change on the page or erase this comment. Thank you.

It should be made clear that Ksitigarbha is not the judge of Hell, Yama, which many uninformed Buddhists, Taoists, and those who believe in Chinese folk religion, see Ksitigarbha as.
Bias, much? --Tydaj 16:40, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Title Change

I will move the article to Ksitigarbha. The current title Jizo is the Japanese name of the bodhisattva, which is somehow misleading and neglecting its Chinese counterpart.

Is Ksitigarbha really less neglectful? Well, possibly. - Nat Kraus e 28 June 2005 17:57 (UTC)

Take Bodhisattva for example. We don't put it in Bosatsu or Pusa because Bodhisattva is what it is called in its place of origin. -- G.S.K.Lee 29 June 2005 10:18 (UTC)

As a counter-example, one could look at [{Zen]], which we have under the Japanese name because that is by far the most common in the West. - Nat Kraus e 30 June 2005 16:13 (UTC)

On a different matter entirely: where is this divine punishment upon the fetus coming from? Spiraling 19:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Too much superstition

I think it needs to be made clear that the information in the section realting to Japan should be labelled as popular beliefs rather than any grounded Buddhist thought. Also, there needs to be greater emphasis on his 'Buddhist' aspect rather than separating the page into the countries he is venerated in. Jmlee369 08:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese Buddhism changed to Oriental Buddhism

Many contents in Chinse section are shared by all oriental Mahayana Buddhism in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Korean section is needed but I don't know much about Zizo in Korea. Vapour