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Kṣitigarbha (known as Jizō in Japan or Dìzàng in China) is the primary bodhisattva renowned for the vow to enter hell realms and refrain from Buddhahood until all hells are emptied. He vows to save all beings in the six worlds, particularly those in deepest torment, serving as their guardian.

Key Aspects of Kṣitigarbha (Earth Store Bodhisattva):
The "Great Vow": He pledged, "If I do not go to the hell to help the suffering beings there, who else will go?". He vows to empty the hells of all beings, particularly between the death of Gautama Buddha and the rise of Maitreya.
Appearance: Unlike other celestial bodhisattvas, he is usually depicted as a simple Buddhist monk with a shaved head, symbolizing his presence among suffering beings.

Attributes: He holds a wish-fulfilling jewel
in one hand to illuminate the darkness, and a staff
to open the gates of hell.
Role in Buddhism: He is deeply revered in Mahayana Buddhism for his boundless compassion in protecting sinners, the deceased, and children.

His vows and stories are detailed in the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Fundamental Vow Sutra, a crucial text in East Asian Buddhism.

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Consider how well the Holy Spirit’s interpretation of the motives of others will serve you then. ⁷Having taught you to accept only loving thoughts in others and to regard everything else as an appeal for help, He has taught you that fear itself is an appeal for help. ⁸This is what recognizing fear really means. ⁹If you do not protect it, He will reinterpret it. ¹⁰That is the ultimate value in learning to perceive attack as a call for love. ¹¹We have already learned that fear and attack are inevitably associated. ¹²If only attack produces fear, and if you see attack as the call for help that it is, the unreality of fear must dawn on you. ¹³For fear _is_ a call for love, in unconscious recognition of what has been denied. https://acim.org/acim/en/s/155#8:6-13

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