Fugen’s Connections

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Equivalent to

• Puxian(Chinese),Samantabhadra(Buddhist)

  Fugen, Puxian, and the Buddhist Samantabhadra are all forms of the bodhisattva of universal virtue, transmitted from Sanskrit across East Asian Buddhist traditions, each riding a white six-tusked elephant as symbol of patient cultivation.

  ⚠ The Tibetan Kuntuzangpo (Samantabhadra) is the Nyingma Primordial Buddha, doctrinally distinct from the bodhisattva Samantabhadra despite sharing the Sanskrit name.