Earth Release: Secret Teachings—Great Bodhisattva Statue of Manjushri

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Using doton the user creates a earthen statue of bijū-dwarfing titanic proportions. It is an embodiment of the Great Manjushri Statue of Bodhisattva whose residence is in Iwareibyō (岩霊廟, "Rock Mausoleum"), a secretive valley of statues in a northern Earth Country province. The actual statue is topic of dispute as each one looks exactly the same. Great Manjushri (大文殊, "Great Gentle Glory") was a man who lived thousands of years ago during the time of Hagoromo Otsutsuki. He is the first human to try and obtain the power of a Sage, absorbing natural energy. Although the man failed in his endeavors, the massive amount of energy he absorbed caused him to become a giant statue. Year after year followers of him who believed that he had become "truly enlightened" imitated his practice and too became statues.

The phenomenon is this: he has, even during death, been absorbing natural energy and chakra into himself. Chakra goes into the kanji on his podium, reading "truth" (真). Nature energy goes into the diadem on his forehead. Both are molded in his chest. Once summoned, Great Manjushri rises from the earth below or materializes form the sky in a large thud. What is summoned is a replica of the statue. One could even recreate him from the earth below using doton. Stoic and without a word, the earth that his body is made up of is immensely durable, capable of withstanding enormous pressures and heat. This same endurance can be obtained by compressing the earth below with ones chakra. On command with the use of the Ram seal, the user will have Great Manjushri siphon from the world around him life forces, chakra and natural energy at alarming rates. This elephantine suction of chakra is breathtaking as lesser people are quick stripped of their vital energies. The more and more chakra and natural energy absorbed, the more the diadem on the forehead glows a golden color. Because of its sheer size, its absorption of the energies is much quicker and robust than man-made absorption techniques, oftentimes cancelling them out altogether. What is also peculiar about its power is its ability to seal even bijū into its confines; the kanji is the place in which the tailed beast is suctioned in. The closer they are the greater the suction, that is, until the statue descends from its mantel, prostrating itself on the earth before the mantel. Should this happen, Great Manjushri will press both hands and its forehead to the earth as it bows. Its suction of chakra and nature energy will bolster to great capacities.

This is so-much-so true that trees and wildlife around it begin to wither of life and shrivel into nothingness. The golden light from the diadem shines brightly, bathing the area in enlightenment, proof that energy is temporary and power relative to perception. Proof that in a moment it all can be taken away just as quickly as it was given. It takes but moments for the tailed beast to be stripped from a host, killing them (*whether sitting or prostrating*.) If summon, the statue already has stored energy in it. When chakra and natural energy are conjugated, the statue can erect the Barrier of Bodhisattva (*結界の菩薩, "Kekkai no Bodhisattva"*), a powerful spherical golden barrier of titanic proportions that is on par with that of the most powerful known to man.

Other descriptions of Great Manjushri are the Ten Grounds (*十地面, "Ten Bhūmis"*) that govern it:

* ***Great Joy***: It is said that being close to enlightenment and seeing the benefit for all sentient beings, one achieves great joy, hence the name. The statue can see into the vast distance, even able to perceive all things natural.
* ***Stainless***: The statue has no perceivable intent or desires.
* ***Luminous***: The light of Dharma is said to radiate for others from the bodhisattva. The greater the light, the greater amount of energy it possess.
* ***Radiant***: This bhūmi is called "radiant", because it is said to be like a radiating light that fully burns that which opposes enlightenment. If need be, its light can be transformed into a golden fire that scorches those spiritual and physically, though only through touch. It has no radiant heat.

* ***Very difficult to train***: Bodhisattvas who attain this bhūmi strive to help sentient beings attain maturity, and do not become emotionally involved when such beings respond negatively, both of which are difficult to do. The emphasized perfection is meditative concentration (dhyāna). It does not play favorites and is strict with whom it allows to use it.

* ***Obviously Transcendent***: Destroying its physical form does not eradicate the statue unless one should find the actual statue in its place of resting.
* ***Gone afar***: It is eager to help the one who summons it because this one was enlightened enough to find it.
* ***Immovable***: When the elements or a person attempts to lift it, it increases its weight continually.
* ***Good Discriminating Wisdom***: The emphasized virtue is power.
* ***Cloud of Dharma***: The emphasized virtue is the practice of primordial wisdom. He has been around for thousands of years and has a vast shareable knowledge of most things.