These will be supplemented by Accessions Lists and further Interim Catalogues as resources permit. It is said that he rode from India to mount O-mei in China on a white elephant representing power that is tame at heart. His six tusks represent the overcoming of attachment to the six senses. Different practicers following different schools fulfil different cycles of teaching. All ultimately have the same essence or Buddha-nature and form the 'body' of Samantabhadra.
None completes the entire task alone.
The Bodhisattva Manjushri is usually depicted riding on a tamed snow lion or with two lotuses at the level of his head on which his attributes of a sword and a book of praj aparamita literature are placed, they stand for the wisdom that dispels darkness and ignorance which he embodies.