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Sudhana (Child of Wealth)

Sudhana (Child of Wealth)

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♦Sacred birth celebrated on the same day as Guanyin Ancestral Buddha♦

Natural treasures flowed forth when this disciple of the bodhisattva was born, hence he was given this name. He is the protagonist in the work Avataṃsaka Sūtra, and is a radiant exemplar for those practicing the way of the Buddha. After initiating the Anuttara Samak Sambodhi heart, he gradually traveled southward from where Manjusri bodhisattva was, visiting 53 Kalyāṇa-mitra benevolent advisors before completing his spiritual cultivation and entering the Dharma Realm. The smiling boy child who stands next to Guanyin Bodhisattva in the mural of Guanyin in most altar rooms is Sudhana. And on the other side of Guanyin is Dragon Girl ārya. The duo together is referred to as Child of Wealth and Girl of Jade.