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Adi – Buddha ( Half Buddha )

Posted by: Suresh Gupta on: July 26, 2009

Samantabhadra is a Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with Buddhist practice and meditation.
Unlike his more popular counterpart Manjusri, Samantabhadra is only rarely depicted alone and is usually found in a trinity on the right side of Shakyamuni, mounted on a white elephant. In those traditions that accept the Avatamsaka Sutra as its root instruction, Samantabhadra [...]