He is his namesake in the Buddhist Vaisravana or Jambhala, and the Japanese Bishamon.

He is related to the Buddhist Jambhala rather than the Hindu Kubera.

Shambhala Buddhism holds various meditation techniques of traditional Tibetan Buddhist lineages, including shamatha / vipashyana, zazen, madhayamaka, mahamudra and Dzogchen, tonglen, Lojong, Lujong, traditional yidam practices such as Vajrayogini, Chakrasamvara, Vajrakilaya, Jambhala, Gesar, Tara, Manjushri, and Vajrasattva.

is also known as Kubera ( Sanskrit ) or Kuvera ( Pāli ), and as Jambhala ( Sanskrit ).

Kubera has also been assimilated into the Buddhist and Jain pantheons.

Kubera is usually depicted with a mongoose in Buddhist iconography.

Kubera is a popular figure in Buddhist as well as Jain mythology.

The Buddhist Vaisravana, like the Hindu Kubera, is the reagent of the North, a Loka-pala and the Lord of Yakshas.

In Buddhist legends, Kubera is also equated with Pañcika, whose wife Hariti is the symbol of abundance.

The character of is founded upon the Hindu deity Kubera, but although the Buddhist and Hindu deities share some characteristics and epithets, each of them has different functions and associated myths.

In addition, Nalakubar ’ s father Kubera was eventually absorbed into the Buddhist pantheon as the Heavenly King Vaisravana.

In the latter painting on silk ( image and description provided in the link ), bald-headed Buddhist Luohan are depicted in a practical setting of washing clothes by a river.

The monkey's gift is frequently depicted in Buddhist art.

In Chinese Buddhist iconography, Guanyin is often depicted as meditating or sitting alongside one of the Buddhas and usually accompanied by another bodhisattva.

* Nāga ( or Naga ), a Hindu or Buddhist deity often depicted as a king cobra

thumbIn many Buddhist countries, the concept of the nāga has been merged with local traditions of great and wise serpents or dragons, as depicted in this stairway image of a multi-headed nāga emerging from the mouth of a Makara in the style of a Chinese dragon at Phra Maha Chedi Chai Mongkol on the premises of Wat Pha Namthip Thep Prasit Vararam in Thailand's Roi Et Province Nong Phok District.

Apsaras are often depicted as flying figures in the mural paintings and sculptures of Buddhist cave sites in China such as in the Mogao Caves, Yulin Caves, and the Yungang and Longmen Grottoes.

In Tibetan Buddhist tradition the Chintamani is sometimes depicted as a luminous pearl and is in the possession of several of different forms of the Buddha.

Her origin sometimes, is also falsely depicted as " hindu ", either by Indocentrist historians or by those historians who do not understand that her incorporation in to Buddhist lore was a much later development which was most likely a conversion-to-Buddhism strategy for Iranian speaking Gandharans.

The Buddhist god of wealth Vaiśravaṇa, or Dzambala for Tibetans, is frequently depicted holding a mongoose that is spitting jewels from its mouth.

The reliefs also depicted mythical spiritual beings in Buddhist beliefs such as asuras, gods, boddhisattvas, kinnaras, gandharvas and apsaras.

Ryūha founders often attributed their mastery to magical teachings transmitted by Shinto or Buddhist deities, by long-dead historical figures like Minamoto no Yoshitsune, or by legendary supernatural creatures like the ' tengu ', a Japanese goblin commonly depicted with a long red nose.

Adjacent to the statue were a collection statues of evils and animals that was depicted from the Tantric Mahayana Buddhist scripture.

The main stupa is only the crown part of the monument, while the base is pyramidal structure elaborate with galleries adorned with bas relief of scenes derived from Buddhist text depicted the life of Siddharta Gautama.

Ksitigarbha ( Sanskrit: ) is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism, usually depicted as a Buddhist monk in the Orient.

In Buddhist iconography, Ksitigarbha is typically depicted with a shaven head, dressed in a monk's simple robes ( unlike most other bodhisattvas, who are dressed like Indian royalty ).

The Face of Glory is often seen in Vajrayana Buddhist Thanka art and iconography where it is often incorporated as a cloudform simulacrum ; and depicted crowning the ' Wheel of Becoming ' or the Bhavachakra.

For example, masses of pipa-playing Buddhist semi-deities are depicted in the wall paintings of the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang.

Some researchers believe Paranasabari is another name for Hindu Goddess Tara, and Tara is the only female goddess not only worshiped in India but also Mongolia and Tsarist Russia. Again in Buddhist religion incidentally, Paranasabari is depicted as attendant of Buddhist deity of same name, Tara.

His second possible reason for ninjatō being described as a staight bladed, rather short sword could be that the ninja were emulating one of the patron Buddhist deities of ninja families, Fudo Myo-oh, who is depicted brandishing a straight bladed short sword similar to a chokutō.

Characters in Kindred of the East ( or Kuei-jin, as they call themselves ) are vampires as depicted in classical Japanese, Chinese, and Indian Hindu, Taoist, Shinto and Buddhist mythology.

Gandhara fortified city depicted in a Buddhist relief.

Finally, after the reign of Menander I, several Indo-Greek rulers, such as Amyntas, King Nicias, Peukolaos, Hermaeus, Hippostratos and Menander II, depicted themselves or their Greek deities forming with the right hand a benediction gesture identical to the Buddhist vitarka mudra ( thumb and index joined together, with other fingers extended ), which in Buddhism signifies the transmission of Buddha's teaching.

Hume's Bundle theory is a very similar concept to the Buddhist skandhas, though his denial of causation lead him to opposite conclusions in other areas.

Monastic estates were called chos-gzhis (), linked to Buddhist monasteries, and were similar to priests or clergy castes of other societies.

Zoé Oldenbourg ( 2000 ) compared the Cathars to " Western Buddhists " because she considered that their view of the doctrine of " resurrection " taught by Jesus was, in fact, similar to the Buddhist doctrine of reincarnation.

Ben E. Perry ( compiler of the " Perry Index " of Aesop's fables ) has argued controversially that some of the Buddhist Jataka tales and some of the fables in the Panchatantra may have been influenced by similar Greek and Near Eastern ones.

In Japan, hearses, called " reikyusha " ( 霊柩車 ), can come in two styles: " Foreign " style, which is similar in build and style to an American hearse, or a " Japanese " style, in which the rear area of the vehicle is modified to resemble a small, ornate Buddhist temple.

The Sangha or community of ordained Buddhist bhikkhus ( similar to monks ) and original bhikkhunis ( similar to nuns ) was founded by Gautama Buddha during his lifetime over 2500 years ago.

The later Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, which incorporated elements of Buddhist thought, give similar instructions on how to attain the ability.

In a similar sense the Hindu concept of Moksha and the Buddhist concept of Nirvana may be thought of as a kind of utopia.

The use of missions, formation of councils and monastic institutions influenced the emergence of Christian missions and organizations which had similar structures formed in places which were formerly Buddhist missions.

Esoteric traditions in China are similar in teachings to the Japanese Shingon school, though the number of practitioners was greatly reduced, due in part of the persecution of Buddhists under Emperor Wuzong of Tang, nearly wiping out most of the Chinese Esoteric Buddhist lineage.

Another characteristic feature of Tangut Buddhism was similar to the Buddhist beliefs in the Khitan kingdom of Liao: a number of texts previously believed to be of native Tangut origin, turned out to be translations of Khitan source texts.

Various schools of Nichiren Buddhism give similar interpretation of the state of Bodhisattva, the path leading to Buddhahood, however SGI literature assigns this state also to non-Buddhist individuals of supreme compassion such as Jesus of Nazareth :“ I believe that both St Francis and Jesus belong in what we Buddhist call the Bodhisattva World ”.

In retrospect, the Central Asian Muslim informants ' idea of the Ming China being a heavily Christian country may be explained by numerous similarities between Christian and Buddhist ecclesiastical rituals-from having sumptuous statuary and ecclesiastical robes to Gregorian chant-which would make the two religions appear externally similar to a Muslim merchant.

Despite the fact that Phimai has been built in a similar fashion to Angkor and other Khmer Buddhist temples, some religious structures located within Phimai ’ s walls are still being debated about its original religion.

Chhinnamasta's popular iconography is similar to the yellow coloured severed-head form of the Buddhist goddess Vajrayogini, except the copulating couple – which is exclusive to the former's iconography – and Chhinnamasta's red skin tone.

In Theravada Buddhism, the story of a Buddhist monk called Phra Malai, who has the similar qualities of Ksitigarbha, is well known throughout Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand and Laos.

Columbaria are often closely similar in form to traditional Buddhist temples which from ancient times have housed cremated ashes.

Scientific investigators have used a SPECTscanner to analyze the brain activity of both Christian contemplatives and Buddhist meditators, finding them to be quite similar.

In this respect, Dervishes are most similar to mendicant friars in Christianity or Hindu / Buddhist / Jain sadhus.

At the four corners, the gopuras have a facia of Lokesvara ( Buddhist deity, Avalokitesvara ) mounted over Garuda images ( it is also mentioned that the smiling faces are of King Jayavarman II, similar to those seen in the Beyan temple ).

Piriven are monastic college ( similar to a seminary ) for the education of Buddhist priests.

The 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar Shantideva of Nalanda University expressed a similar sentiment: