Manjushri Bodhisattva, one of the Four Great
Bodhisattva, he is the one with the greatest wisdom. Manjushri
is said to have: wonderful head, universal head, glossy head,
revered head, wonderful virtue and wonderfully auspicious. Manjushri,
the guardian of wisdom, is often placed on the left of Shakyamuni,
while Visvabhadra, the guardian of law, is on the right. Manjushri
always rides on a lion. He is also described as the ninth predecessor
or Buddha-ancestor of Shakyamuni. He is the Chief of the Bodhisattva,
and the chief disciple of the Buddha. He is the object for the
pilgrimages visiting the Wu Tai Shan of Shansi Province in China.
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