NYORAI

Meaning of NYORAI in English

[Japanese] The Japanese esoteric term for all Buddha's appearances. It is often used in a name, as in Dai-Nichi-Nyorai ("The Great Sun Buddha").

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YAKUSHI-NYORAI — [Japanese] Literally, 'the master of remedies'. One of the six Buddhas of meditation in Japan, and the Buddha of healing. …
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FUKU-NYORAI — [Japanese] In Japanese cosmology, the element of air, signifying the wisdom of accomplishment.
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DAINICHI-NYORAI — [Japanese] In Japanese cosmology, the name for the bodhisattva Dainichi in his aspect of the element of ether. Ether signifies …
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ASHUKU-NYORAI — [Japanese] The element of earth in Japanese cosmology. It signifies the power of making images manifest. Also called 'The Immovable …
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VAIROCANA — In Mahayana and tantric Buddhism , the supreme buddha who is the cosmic counterpart of Sakyamuni in his teaching mode. …
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VAIROCANA — ((Sanskrit: Illuminator), ) also called Mahavairocana (Great Illuminator), the supreme Buddha, as regarded by many Mahayana Buddhists of East Asia …
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RYOBU SHINTO — ( (Japanese: Dual Aspect Shinto), ) also called Shingon Shinto, in Japanese religion, the syncretic school that combined Shinto with …
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MAHAVAIROCANA-SUTRA — ( (Sanskrit: Great Illuminator Sutra), ) Japanese Dainichi-kyo, text of late Tantric Buddhism and a principal scripture of the large …
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KURATSUKURI TORI — flourished 7th century, , Japan the first great Japanese sculptor of the Asuka period (552645). Tori belonged to the hereditary …
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BHAISAJYA-GURU — (Sanskrit), Tibetan Sman-bla-rgyal-po, Chinese Yao-shih-fo, Japanese Yakushi Nyorai the healing Buddha, widely worshiped in Tibet, China, and Japan. According to …
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VAIROCANA — In Mahayana and tantric Buddhism , the supreme buddha who is the cosmic counterpart of Sakyamuni in his teaching mode. …
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JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY — All the articles available in the Japanese mythology section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Aizen-Myoo; Ajari Joan; Aji-Shiki; Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone; Am-No-Tanabata-Hime; Ama-No-Minaka-Nushi; …
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AMIDA — [Japanese] The god to whom the Japanese turned at the moment of death. Amida-Nyorai's realm had a lotus pond brimming …
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