Bodhisattavas

Meaning:: A person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so through compassion for suffering beings.

Bodhisattavas

1. Avalokitesvara
2. Manjusri
3. Samantabhadra
4. Ksitigarbha
5. Maitreya
6. Vajrapani
7. Sadaparibhuta
8. Akasagarbha

Avalokitesvara 

• Avalokitesvara encompasses all buddhas
• In China he is known as guanshiyin pusa, in Tibetan as chenrezig, in Thai as avalokitesvaran.
• He is said to incornate in Dalai Lama.
• He is depicted as holding a lotus flower
• He is depicted as female also.
• A cave wall painting of avalokitesvara is devoted in Ajanta caves as padmapani.

Manjusri

• Heits known as wenshu in chines, jampelyang in Tibetan, and is a manifestation of great wisdom and meditation.
• Manjusri depicted as a male Bodhisattva wielding a flaming award in his right hand.

Samantabhadra

• Means universal worthy and he is associated with meditation.
• Known as puxian pusa in Chinese and fugen bosatsu in Japanese and very popular in Japan among the tendai and shingon sects.
• His manifestation is action and he is key figure in flower garland sutra.

Ksitigarbha

• It usually depicted as a Buddhist monk in the Orient, East Asia. 
• It's means Earth Womb.
• He is regarded as Bodhisattva of earth or hell beings or mortals.
• He is regarded as guardian of children and patron deity of deceased, children and aborted fetuses in Japanese culture.
• He carries a staff.

Khitigarbha, samantabhadra,manjusri and avalokitesvara are the principal bodhisattavas of East Asian Mahayana Buddhism.

Maitreya

• Future Buddha
• He is also known as Ajita buddhisattva.
• He hold a water phial in his left hand.
• It is said that he will arrive when oceans will decrease in size and will rule the ketumati pure land (varanasi).
• Budai was Chinese zen monk who lived durind the later Liang dynasty in China, in Japanese he is called Hotei and is one of the 7 luckey god's of Japan.

Vajrapani

• Vajrapani is depicted as one of the three protective deities around Buddha, other are manjusri and avalokitesvara.
• Vajrapani manifests buddhas power, manjusri manifests buddhas wisdom and avalokitesvara manifests buddhas compassion.
• In Japan a dharma protector called NIO is also vograpani.

Sadaparibhuta

• Sadaparibhuta is a Bodhisattva which manifests "never disparaging" spirit.

Akasagarbha

• Akashgarba is boundless as space.
• He is known as twin brother of ksitigarbha.
• He is menifestation of wisdom.