Bodhisattvas of the Earth

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Bodhisattva Religious concept

Bodhisattvas of the Earth are a vast assembly of enlightened beings in Nichiren Buddhism who emerge in the Lotus Sutra as the destined protectors and propagators of its teachings in the present age.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bodhisattvas of the Earth canonical	1
Protectors of the Lotus Sutra	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bodhisattva ⓘ Religious concept ⓘ
appearsIn	Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Lotus Sutra
appearsInChapter	Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Lotus Sutra Chapter 15 Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Lotus Sutra Chapter 16
associatedWithDoctrine	Amitābha Buddha ⓘ surface form: Eternal Buddha Latter Day of the Law ⓘ Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ⓘ surface form: Myoho-renge-kyo
associatedWithPractice	Daimoku chanting ⓘ Propagation of the Lotus Sutra ⓘ
category	Lotus Sutra figures ⓘ Nichiren Buddhist concepts ⓘ
contrastedWith	Bodhisattvas from other worlds ⓘ
cosmologicalStatus	Disciples of the Eternal Buddha ⓘ
describedAs	Vast assembly of enlightened beings ⓘ
emergeFrom	Earth ⓘ
function	Protect the practitioners of the Lotus Sutra ⓘ Spread the correct teaching in the evil age ⓘ
identifiedByNichirenAs	His disciples and followers in the Latter Day of the Law ⓘ
interpretedBy	Nichiren ⓘ
languageName	Japanese: Jiyu no bosatsu (Jiyu Bosatsu) or Jigyo-keta bosatsu (for leaders) ⓘ
ledBy	Bodhisattva Boundless Practices ⓘ Bodhisattva Firmly Established Practices ⓘ Bodhisattva Pure Practices ⓘ Samantabhadra’s Practices and Vows ⓘ surface form: Bodhisattva Superior Practices
linkedConcept	Soka Gakkai ⓘ surface form: Human revolution (in Soka Gakkai interpretation) Risshū ⓘ surface form: Kosen-rufu
numberDescribedAs	Innumerable ⓘ
religiousTradition	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ
role	Propagation of the Lotus Sutra ⓘ surface form: Propagators of the Lotus Sutra in the Latter Day of the Law Bodhisattvas of the Earth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Protectors of the Lotus Sutra
symbolizes	Emergence of enlightenment from daily life ⓘ Inherent Buddhahood in ordinary people ⓘ
textualSource	Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Chinese Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) Kumarajiva’s Chinese translation of the Lotus Sutra ⓘ Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Sanskrit Lotus Sutra
timeOfMission	mappo (Latter Day of the Law) ⓘ surface form: Latter Day of the Law (Mappo) Present age ⓘ
veneratedIn	Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Nichiren Shoshu Soka Gakkai ⓘ Various Nichiren schools ⓘ
worshipForm	Often represented collectively rather than individually ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nichiren Buddhism → hasConcept → Bodhisattvas of the Earth ⓘ

Bodhisattvas of the Earth → role → Bodhisattvas of the Earth self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protectors of the Lotus Sutra