Samantabhadra's Birthday · Puxian

Culture of origin: Buddhist · Cultural

Holiday sources: Buddhism

Samantabhadra, Puxian in Chinese, is a great bodhisattva whose name means 'Universal Worthy'. He is associated with practice and meditation and known for the ten great vows that found the bodhisattva's path. He is usually shown riding a six-tusked white elephant, and with Manjushri he stands beside Shakyamuni in the Shakyamuni triad. Mount Emei is his seat of enlightenment, and Chinese Buddhism keeps his birthday on the 21st of the 2nd lunar month.