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Samanta Bhadra There are three groups with sixteen Bodhisatwas.
Among these three groups is headed by Samanta Bhadra (Universal goodness). So he is important as the leader of sixteen
Boddhisatwas. He is not less important than the Future Buddha Maitreya who is head of the two other lists of Boddhisatwas. He
embraced by his consort "Dharmavajra".Literally He whose bounty is omnipresent, he represents the Buddhist ideals of Law and Compassion. He is often associated with Manjushri, alongside whom he is one of the three acolytes of Shakyamuni. Here, shown in intimate sexual union with his consort. Sexual imagery suggests the integrative process which lies at the heart of the mandala. Male and female elements are nothing but symbols of the countless pairs of opposites (e.g. love and hate; good and evil etc.) which one experiences in mundane existence. The initiate seeks to curtail his or her alienation, by accepting and enjoying all things as a seamless, interconnected field of experience. Sexual imagery can also be understood as a metaphor for enlightenment, with its qualities of satisfaction, bliss, unity and completion.
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