Anantacaritra

Anantacāritra
Sanskrit	अनन्तचारित्र Anantacāritra
Chinese	無邊行菩薩 (Pinyin: Wúbiānxíng Púsà)
Japanese	無辺行菩薩（むへんぎょうぼさつ） (romaji: Muhengyō Bosatsu)
Khmer	អនន្តចារិត្រ (a-non-chaa-reut)
Korean	무변행보살 (RR: Mubyeonhaeng Bosal)
Tibetan	སྤྱོད་པ་མཐའ་ཡས་ Wylie: spyod pa mtha’ yas
Vietnamese	Vô Biên Bồ Tát
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Anantacāritra (Sanskrit: अनन्तचारित्र; also known as Boundless Practice) is one of the four great perfected bodhisattvas mentioned in the 15th chapter of the Lotus Sutra. According to the (法華文句輔正記), by Tiantai priest , this bodhisattva is understood as representing eternity.^[1]

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^ "Boundless Practices", Nichiren Buddhism Library, 12/03/2018

v t Lotus Sūtra
Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra
Components	Threefold Lotus Sutra: Innumerable Meanings Sūtra Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma Samantabhadra Meditation Sūtra
Concepts	Bodhisattva Buddha-nature Emptiness Eternal Buddha Six Pāramitās Skillful Means Ten Suchnesses
Key figures	Bodhisattvas Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin) Maitreya Mañjuśrī Medicine King Samantabhadra Firm Practice Pure Practice Superior Practice Unlimited Practice Never Disrespectful Buddhas Abundant Treasures Buddha Akshobhya Śākyamuni Buddha Vairocana (in Samantabhadra Meditation Sūtra) Devas Śakra Brahmā Hārītī (with ten rākṣasī daughters) Nāgakanya (daughter of Sāgara Nāgaraja who becomes a Buddha) Vaiśravaṇa Dhṛtarāṣṭra Śrāvakas Ānanda Aniruddha Kauṇḍinya Mahā-Kāśyapa Mahā-Kātyāyana Maha-Maudgalyayana Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī Nanda Pūrṇa Rāhula Śāriputra Subhūti Upāli Yaśodharā
Nichiren Buddhism Tiantai Buddhism (J. Tendai, K. Cheontae)

v t Bodhisattvas
Major	Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin) Mañjuśrī Samantabhadra Kṣitigarbha Maitreya Mahāsthāmaprāpta Ākāśagarbha
Chinese	Skanda Sangharāma (Guān Yǔ)
Vajrayāna	Padmasambhava Mandāravā Tārā Vajrapāṇi Vajrasattva Sitātapatrā Cundī
Other	B. R. Ambedkar Bhaiṣajyarāja Candraprabha Niō Supratiṣṭhitacāritra Supuṣpacandra Sūryaprabha Vasudhārā Viśiṣṭacāritra Viśuddhacāritra Nagarjuna Śāntideva

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