Vajraparamita

Kongo Haramitsu Bodhisattva

Vajraparamita (in Sanskrit), also Kongō-Haramitsu (金剛波羅蜜菩薩) is a Bodhisattva of the Buddhist Pantheon, belonging especially to the Esoteric Buddhism tradition of Vajrayana. Kongō-Haramitsu is one of the deities of the Five Mysteries of Vajrasattva, where it appears as one of the four Paramitas.^[1] Kongō-Haramitsu is also a central deity of the Buddhist Pantheon of Tō-ji Temple.

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Japanese Buddhist pantheon Buddhas (Nyorai-bu) Vairocana (Dainichi Nyorai) Amoghasiddhi (Fukujoju Nyorai) Amitābha (Amida Nyorai) Akshobhya (Ashuku Nyorai) Ratnasambhava (Hossho Nyorai) Shakyamuni (Shaka Nyorai) Bhaisajyaguru (Yakushi Nyorai) Bodhisattvas (Bosatsu-bu) Vajraparamita (Kongō-Haramitsu) Vajrasattva (Kongosatta) Maitreya (Miroku) Avalokitesvara (Kannon) Samantabhadra (Fugen) Manjusri (Monju) Mahapratisara (Daizuigu) Kshitigarbha (Jizo) Akasagarbha (Kokuzo) Mahasthamaprapta (Seishi) Wisdom Kings (Myōō-bu) Five Wisdom Kings Acala (Fudo-Myoo) Rāgarāja (Aizen-Myoo) Ucchusma (Ususama) Hayagriva (Bato Kannon) Mahamayuri (Kujaku-Myoo) Yamantaka (Daiitoku) Heavenly deities (Ten-bu) Shitennō Marici (Marishi-ten) Mahakala (Daikokuten) Saraswati (Benzaiten) Brahma (Bonten) Hotei Jurōjin Fukurokuju Vaisravana (Bishamonten) Ebisu Ugajin Kangiten Circumstantial appearances (Suijakushin-bu) Izuna Gongen Atago Gongen Konpira Daigongen Religious masters (Kōsō・Soshi-bu) Bodhidharma Prince Shōtoku Kūkai Saichō Eisai Dōgen Kigen Honen Shinran Nichiren Sixteen Arhats Zen Tendaishū Pure Land Vajrayana Tantrism Shingon Nichiren Japanese mythology