Akṣayamati

Akṣayamati
Sanskrit	अक्षयमति Akṣayamati
Chinese	(Traditional) 無盡意菩薩 (Simplified) 无尽意菩萨 (Pinyin: Wújìnyì Púsà)
Japanese	無盡意菩薩（むじんいぼさつ） (romaji: Mujin'i Bosatsu)
Khmer	អក្សយមតី (asa-yama-tei)
Korean	무진의보살 (RR: Mujin-ui Bosal)
Tibetan	བློ་གྲོས་མི་ཟད་པ་ Wylie: blo gros mi zad pa
Vietnamese	Vô Tận Ý Bồ Tát
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Venerated by	Mahāyāna (Lotus Sutra) (Akṣayamatinirdeśa Sūtra) (Consecration Sutra (灌頂經)) (Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā Sūtra) (Buddhadhātu Śāstra) Vajrayāna
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Akṣayamati (Sanskrit: अक्षयमति; also called Inexhaustible Awareness) is a bodhisattva who appears in the Lotus Sutra and the Akṣayamatinirdeśa Sūtra within the larger Mahāvaipulya Mahāsamghāta Sūtra.

He is recognized as one of the sixteen bodhisattvas of the auspicious aeon (bhadrakalpa). He also has the ability to perceive and understand all actions of cause and effect (Skt. aparuṣā).

Lotus Sutra

In Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra, Akṣayamati asks the Buddha to elaborate on the character of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.

After receiving a detailed explanation on the Bodhisattva's wanderings throughout the world, Akṣayamati offers Avalokiteśvara a pearl necklace of great value. Avalokiteśvara refuses at first, but Akṣayamati entreats him to accept it for the Dharma, out of compassion. Avalokiteśvara finally accepts the necklace out of compassion for the fourfold assembly, devas, nāgas, yakshas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kinnaras, mahoragas, humans, non-humans, etc.

Sources

• "無盡意". Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
• "The White Lotus of the Good Dharma". 84000. Retrieved 2019-03-27.