Mahasthamaprapta

Mahasthamaprapta (Ch大势至Dàshìzhì ,势 至Déshìzhì or short势 至Shizhi; jap势 至Seishi; . Vietnam Dai Thế Chí tát Bó ) is a bodhisattva who embodies the power of wisdom and often in Buddhist triad of the "Three Saints of the West "(Chinese Xifang san sheng西方 三圣, ie the Western paradise Sukavathi ) with Amitabha and Avalokitesvara ( Guanyin ) occurs, especially in Amitabha Buddhism ( the Pure Land ). In Chinese Buddhism, he is usually depicted as a woman, similar to Guanyin. He is one of the traditional Japanese Thirteen Buddhas (十三 仏jūsanbutsu ).