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1. • • More specifically, we'll deal only the Assimilation of Shiva as a deity into Buddhism. Shiva was initially considered as an Emanation of Avalokiteshvara. It was also believed that Shiva himself will attain Buddhatva (i.e Buddhahood) in the future as Bhasmeshvara Buddha.
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   Is Shiva a emanation of Avalokiteshvara?

   • Shiva was initially considered as an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. It was also believed that Shiva himself will attain Buddhatva (i.e Buddhahood) in the future as Bhasmeshvara Buddha. We’ll see some Buddhist Sutras that directly reference to Shiva as a deity. (There are also Buddhist tantras that deal with Shiva but that's for another day)

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   Is Shiva a deity?

   • More specifically, we’ll deal only the assimilation of Shiva as a deity into Buddhism. Shiva was initially considered as an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. It was also believed that Shiva himself will attain Buddhatva (i.e Buddhahood) in the future as Bhasmeshvara Buddha. We’ll see some Buddhist Sutras that directly reference to Shiva as a deity.

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   Is Avalokiteshvara a bodhisattva?

   • Avalokiteshvara is beloved throughout the Buddhist world—not only in Mahayana Buddhism but also in Theravada (“Way of the Elders”), the branch of Buddhism that largely does not recognize bodhisattvas, and in Vajrayana (“Diamond Vehicle”), the Tantric (or Esoteric) branch of Buddhism.

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   Is Avalokiteshvara a Buddhist sutra?

   • The virtues and miracles of Avalokiteshvara are accounted in many Buddhist sutras (scriptures). The Avalokiteshvara-sutra was incorporated into the widely popular Saddharmapundarika-sutra, or Lotus Sutra, in the 3rd century ce, though it continued to circulate as an independent work in China.

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   Some have suggested that Avalokiteśvara, along with many other supernatural beings in Buddhism, was a borrowing or absorption by Mahayana Buddhism of one or more deities from Hinduism, in particular Shiva or Vishnu. This seems to be based on the name Avalokiteśvara.

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   According to Karandavyuha Sutra, Maheśvara was born from the brow of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. [1] According to Buddhist traditions, he helps good people, mostly who follow the Buddhist precepts and eat a vegetarian diet, and also punishes bad people for their evil deeds

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   Shiva was initially considered as an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. It was also believed that Shiva himself will attain Buddhatva (i.e Buddhahood) in the future as Bhasmeshvara Buddha. We’ll see some Buddhist Sutras that directly reference to Shiva as a deity.

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   More specifically, we'll deal only the Assimilation of Shiva as a deity into Buddhism. Shiva was initially considered as an Emanation of Avalokiteshvara. It was also believed that Shiva himself will attain Buddhatva (i.e Buddhahood) in the future as Bhasmeshvara Buddha.

7. www.britannica.com › topic › AvalokiteshvaraAvalokiteshvara | Buddhist Deity, Compassionate Bodhisattva

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   Avalokiteshvara is the earthly manifestation of the self-born eternal Buddha Amitabha, whose figure is represented in his headdress, and he guards the world in the interval between the departure of the historical Buddha, Gautama, and the appearance of the future buddha, Maitreya.

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8. www.encyclopediaofbuddhism.org › wiki › AvalokitesvaraAvalokitesvara - Encyclopedia of Buddhism

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   Some have suggested that Avalokiteśvara, along with many other supernatural beings in Buddhism, was a borrowing or absorption by Mahayana Buddhism of one or more deities from Hinduism, in particular Shiva or Vishnu. This seems to be based on the name Avalokiteśvara.

9. buddhism-guide.com › avaloketishvaraAvaloketishvara (Avalokiteshvara, Avalokitesvara)

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   Some have suggested that Avalokitesvra, along with many other supernatural beings in Buddhism, was a borrowing or absorption by Mahayana Buddhism of one or more Hindu deities, in particular Shiva and Vishnu.