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| | Buddha Vairochana |
 | | Vairocana Buddha in the padmasana lotus position and in dharmacakra-mudra, the gesture of the "starting-up" of the wheel of the law |
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http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/x-Schede/METs/METs_Sala01_01_01_011.html
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| | The China Society of Fine Arts Vairocana Buddha |
| | The 50 foot tall Vairocana Buddha, one of several statues carved from the natural rock of the Longman Caves in Luoyang, China, stands as a testament to the popularity of Buddhism during the Tang period. | | | Constructed with the support of the Tang emperors to serve as a monument for Buddhist worship, the majestic Vairocana Buddha is shown with several carved statues of other Buddhas from various worlds. | | | Not only does the Vairocana Buddha demonstrate the cultural significance Buddhism held during the Tang Dynasty, but it also shows the gradual refinement and increased sophistication of Buddhist thought and teachings over the course of its history in China. |
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http://www.marymount.k12.ny.us/marynet/stwbwk02/ixvm02/vmbuddhas/nf2.html
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| | Vairocana |
| | Represents the Dharma Body of Buddha Shakyaniuni and all Buddhas. | | | Vairocana, Buddhism, Buddhism Dictionary, Buddhism Archives, Buddhism Dictionary - V, Buddhism Glossary - V, Buddhism Terms - V, India, Buddha, Zen Buddhism, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Mysticism Archives, Mystic, Mystic Archives, Mysticism Dictionary - V, Mysticism Glossary - V, Mysticism Terms - V | | | Vairochana Vairocana (Sanskrit) A son of the sun (Virochana -- the spiritual sun); a generalizing term for some of the highest classes of dhyani-chohans emanating directly from the Third Logos, and therefore virtually identical with the vairajas, kumaras, manasaputras, and agnishvattas, called collectively children of the sun. |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/vairocana
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| | Buddhist texts - encyclopedia article about Buddhist texts. |
| | Entirely centred on the worship of the Buddha Vairocana. | | | The Gandhavyuha sutra is thought to be the source of a cult of Vairocana that later gave rise to the Mahavairocana-adhisambodhi tantra which became one of two central texts in Shingon Buddhism, and is included in the Tibetan canon as a carya class tantra. | | | This is a small class of texts that probably emerged after the 6th century. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Buddhist+texts
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| | God in Buddhism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the Mahavairocana Sutra, this essence of the one ultimate Buddha, named Vairocana, is symbolised by the letter “A”, which is said to reside in the hearts of all beings and of which Buddha Vairocana declares: | | | This great Vairocana Buddha is called: “the Bhagavat [ = Blessed One - a term traditionally linked in Indian discourse with "the Divine"], Master of the Dharma, the Sage who is completely perfect, who is all-pervasive, who encompasses all world systems, who is All-Knowing, the Lord Vairocana” (p. | | | The Tantric text, The Sarva-Tathagata-Tattva-Samgraha, eulogises the supreme Buddha Vairocana in the following theistic paeons: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism
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| | Travel in Korea: Naewon-sa (Gyeongsang (South) Province) |
| | The hands are held together on the chest in a gesture typical of Vairocana that shows the Buddha and the multitude are one. | | | This stone image of Vairocana, the Buddha of Light, is from Songnam-am temple in Jiri-san, and has been designated Treasure #1021. | | | It is often compared with the Buddha in the Kyongju's Sokkuram Grotto. |
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http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Travel2/191
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| | Birushana Nyorai - Big Buddha of Nara, Todai-ji Temple |
| | The image embodied the Buddha Birushana (Skt: Vairocana), who was regarded by the Kegon sect as the cosmic, central Buddha. | | | Birushana is also the main object of worship in the Kegon-Kyo (the Flower Garland Sutra, also called the Avatamsaka Sutra in Skt.), which is the scriptural authority of the Kegon sect. | | | Vairocana is the Sanskrit word for "belonging to, or coming from, the sunlight." |
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http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/birushana.shtml
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| | A Dzogchen Approach to Meditation - Khenpo Palden Sherab, 1987 at KEBI Melbourne |
| | In Vajrayana, the body is referred to as 'the city of the vajra.' The reason one has to adopt the Vairocana posture in meditation is because Vairocana is the embodiment of the physical aspect of all the Buddhas and, therefore, engaging in that particular practice is a worthwhile thing. | | | The seven characteristics of the Vairocana style of meditating is related with one's body. | | | However, first we must apply what are known as 'the seven characteristics of Vairocana's style of sitting meditation.' In the Vajrayana teachings, it is said that it is extraordinarily important for one to pay attention to one's physical condition and to remember that there are four authentic conditions. |
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http://www.ordinarymind.net/Feature/feature1_jan2002.htm
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| | U-M Museum of Art (UMMA) U-M |
| | This particular icon of Vairocana was made in Japan, probably in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, as the central icon in a Shingon Buddhist pagoda. | | | Vairocana (“Great Radiance”) Buddha is a product of late developments in the Buddhist tradition. | | | He is recognized by his signature gesture of clasping his left forefinger with his right hand, symbolizing the philosophical notion of “the union of six elements”—earth, air, fire, water, and wood, all subsumed into mind. |
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http://www.umma.umich.edu/collections/acquisitions/buddha.html
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| | The China Society of Fine Arts "The Middle Way" |
| | This artwork, and in particular the central figure of the Vairocana Buddha, reflects the Buddhist belief that nirvana can be reached via the “middle way”, and which my poem attempts to describe. | | | This particular work of art, showing the central Vairocana Buddha accompanied by ornate Boddhisattvas reflects such Buddhist values, as it depicts the simple, yet majestic Vairocana Buddha trying to detach himself from the material wealth which surrounds him. |
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http://www.marymount.k12.ny.us/marynet/stwbwk02/IXvm02/vmbuddhas/nf3.html
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| | Bent Cards |
| | The balance seems to indicate that buddha Vairocana is the source of Maha Vairo, which gives us another card that has been gender-flipped. | | | The other result was a huge slew of sites about a (male, of course) buddha named Vairocana, all of which indicated that the name meant "coming from the sun". | | | First was a handful of name-meaning sites that said vairocana is a feminine Hindi name that means "king of demons". |
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http://www.alltrees.org/anime/redgold/YGO.surprise1.html
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| | Five Buddha Families |
| | The fifth dhyana Buddha is Buddha Vairocana, who is | | | Both hands of Vairocana Buddha are placed in the mudra | | | The fifth dhyana Buddha is Vairocana who is known as sangay |
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http://dharmavision.homestead.com/fivebuddhafamilies.html
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| | These precepts were customarily recited by Vairocana Buddha when he first developed the Bodhi Mind in the causal stages. | | | They are precisely the original source of all Buddhas and all Bodhisattvas as well as the seed of the Buddha Nature. | | | At that time, Vairocana Buddha began speaking in general about the Mind-Ground for the benefit of the Great Assembly. |
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http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/bns/bnstext.htm
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| | Zen Master Hae Kwang Morning Bell Chant I |
| | Vairocana, like Amitabul, is also a Buddha of light—he radiates light like a quasar, and every photon contains countless Buddhas: he is constantly birthing Buddhas from the flower womb of the universe and he is the universe itself. | | | Next the chant expresses our unity with Vairocana, the cosmic Buddha who presides over the assembly in the Hwa Yen Sutra although he himself never speaks (numerous, wonderful bodhisattvas do all the talking). | | | Become one with Vairocana, lotus world master, Great Love, Holy One. |
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http://www.kwanumzen.com/primarypoint/v19n2_2001_summer_hkzm_morning_bell_chant_i.html
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| | Windhorse Gallery - Tibetan Art Gallery |
| | The central Buddha family is that of Vairocana, ‘Radiance’, whose gesture is the mudra known as the Wisdom Fist. | | | He transforms delusion and ignorance into a Mirror-like Wisdom which allows things to be seen in their ultimately perfect form. | | | Vajrayana Buddhism sought to use the negativities and psychological flaws of being as the very tools by which to gain enlightenment, neither wishing to negate or even disassociate from them. |
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http://www.windhorsegallery.com/references1.html
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| | Dhyani Buddha Ratnasambhava |
| | In this painting the yellow-complexioned central figure is Ratnasambhava, one of the five Dhyani Buddhas (Buddhas of meditation), the other four being Vairocana, Akshobhya, Amitabaha, and Amoghasiddhi. |
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http://www.exoticindiaart.com/paintings/ZE99
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| | Chinese Tales of the Transcendent |
| | The second part describes in more detail the section of the sutra that serves as the textual source for the myth, and examines the text's presentation of Vairocana as a symbol of ultimate reality and his role in the creation of the world. | | | The first part of the paper surveys the role myth plays in the Avatamsaka Sutra, the scripture which provides the main and most authoritative version of the myth about Vairocana as the cosmic Buddha. | | | The conclusion brings together the preceding arguments and points to some of the external and internal causes that might have exerted influence on the Hua-yen appropriation of the myth of Vairocana. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/gradconf/abstracts96/10transcend.html
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| | Early Tibetan Mandalas : page 7 |
| | The teachings associated with this form of Vairocana were transmitted by a lineage of Buddhist masters represented in the top and bottom registers and enclosed by scrolling vines just outside the mandala proper. | | | For a brief biography of Buddhaguhya, see Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, vol. | | | 2 A similar, though not identical, Abhisambodhi Vairocana mandala appears in Sonam Gyatso, Tibetan Mandalas, The Ngor Collection, pl. 20. |
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http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/page7.html
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| | I have taken classes at Reed College on theory and method in the study of religions, Chinese language, Chinese humanities, and Chinese religions. | | | I have four contacts in Taiwan who are members of the Maha Vairocana Chan Institute. | | | I have lived in Taipei, Taiwan for nine months and have been involved with the Maha Vairocana Chan Institute for six of those months. |
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http://web.reed.edu/luce/documents/MadenskiLuceProposal.doc
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| | Buddha Vairocana |
| | The Five Transcendental Buddhas (also called Dhyani, Tathagata, and Jina Buddhas) are: Vairocana, Akshobya, Ratnasambhava, Amitaba, and Amogasiddhi. | | | name: Buddha Vairocana (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.) | | | May the Goddess grant YOU love, peace, joy, bounty, and wisdom. |
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http://www.teenwitch.com/DEITY/BUDDHA/VAIROCAN.HTM
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| | The Prose & Verse of The Lotus Sutra |
| | Vairocana: (The Illuminator) Name given for the embodiment of spirituality (S. Dharamakaya) in various sutras, notably The Flower Garland (Avatamsaka) Sutra and later The Maha Vairocana Sutra. | | | The Spiritual Body of The One That Has Come has been called Vairocana | | | The Sutra on Resolving Doubts in the Age of the Copied Dharma closes The Nirvana Sutra, and it says: |
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http://www.tientai.net/lit/hkmg/chapter16/16-5.htm
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| | Chong Hae Sunim JDPS - Many Buddhas |
| | The Buddha who embodies the Wisdom of Universal Law, Vairocana is the central figure of a trinity that includes the bodhisattvas Manjusri and Samantabhadra, who attend him. | | | In the pagoda we have a beautiful example of Vairocana Buddha (K. Birojana Bul), the Cosmic Buddha who spreads the light of Buddhist Truth in every direction. | | | Vairocana is usually depicted with his hands in the mudra of the "knowledge fist." The right hand forms the "diamond fist" and the left index finger, called the "diamond finger," is inserted into the right fist. |
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http://www.kwanumzen.com/pzc/newsletter/v15n06-2003-jun.html
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| | Vairocana Hall - Pirojon |
| | Vairocana or Pirojana, in Korean, is the Cosmic Buddha and central to the Hawom Philosophy espoused by Pomosa's founder, Uisang. | | | His attendants are Munsu and Pohyon, the same bodhisattvas that accompany Sakyamuni in the Main Hall. |
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http://www.pomosa.com/tour/pirojon.htm
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| | Vairocana |
| | He is one of five mystic spiritual counterparts of the human buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism; a product of Adibuddha who represents the branch of the cosmos concerned with the bodily form. | | | Vairocana, coming from the sun, is the oldest |
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http://www.themystica.org/mythical-folk/articles/vairocana.html
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| | Bridgewater State College Study Tour of Japan |
| | The statue of the Buddha Vairocana inside the main building is the largest indoor bronze Buddha in the world. | | | It took forty years to create the original buildings, which were originally built after the Emperor Shomu issued an Imperial edict to cast a great image of Buddha Vairocana and a temple to house it in 743. | | | The current building is is only 2/3 the size of the original, and it is 187 feet tall. |
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http://webhost.bridgew.edu/tpittman/todaiji.htm
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| | Lost Buddha |
| | The second statue carved was the western Buddha (175 feet/ 53 meters.) This Buddha is assumed to represent Vairocana, the "Light Shining throughout the Universe Buddha." Buddha Vairocana was dressed in red robes and also ornamented with copper on the face and hands. | | | As stated previously the Buddha is a symbol to prove that enlightenment | | | The statue of Buddha Vairocana was more architecturally successful because of the way it was constructed. |
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http://orathost.cfa.ilstu.edu/~cmkukla/scholars/lstbuddha.html
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| | Todaiji temple views |
| | Statue of the Vairocana Buddha at the center of the Great Buddha Hall, carved in the late 17th century after fire destroyed the 8th century original and a later reconstruction. | | | The statue sits on the same foundation stones as the 8th century original, carved in the year 757. |
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http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/nara/TODAIJI18.htm
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| | Encyclopedia topic: Vairocana |
| | In the conception of the Five Wisdom Buddhas (additional info and facts about Five Wisdom Buddhas), Vairocana is at the center. | | | The Vairocana statue in Nara (The independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections) 's Todaiji (additional info and facts about Todaiji) is the largest bronze image of Vairocana Buddha in the world. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/v/va/vairocana.htm
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| | BAUS - Great Buddha Hall |
| | Inside the Hall is a 37-foot statue of the Buddha Vairocana - the largest Buddha statue in the Western hemisphere. | | | The building is 84 feet tall, contains 24,000 square feet of space and can accommodate 2,000 people in the main hall. |
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http://www.baus.org/baus/about_us/cym_buddha_hall.shtml
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| | Vairocana |
| | Vairocana is the enlightened aspect of the mind that transforms ignorance and stupidity into intelligence and wisdom. | | | The ignorance we talk about here is not the lack of culture but it is the root of all mental poisons. | | | Ignorance is heavy, dense and depressing so its opposite is the luminous space of Vairocana. |
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http://www.geocities.com/lena_liu2000/vairocana.htm
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| | KTD--Questions and Answers about Taming the Mind-- |
| | According to the sutras, there are "five positions of Vairocana," and according to the tantras, there are seven positions, or more literally "seven Dharmas of Vairocana." These are the positions that contribute toward the state of Vairocana, which means seeing things in the most complete and clear way they can be seen. | | | They contribute to the development of insight or panoramic awareness. |
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http://www.kagyu.org/buddhism/tam/tamqa.html
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| | Vairocana -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Some Buddhists regard Vairocana, or Mahavairocana, as a being separate from the five “self-born” Dhyani-Buddhas, one of whom is known as Vairocana (see Dhyani-Buddha). | | | Among the Shingon sect of Japan, he is the chief object of reverence and is regarded as the source… | | | "Vairocana." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074637?tocId=9074637&query=vairocana
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| | E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Collection Of Buddhas |
| | Vairocana, Akshobhya, Ratnasmabhava, Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi, it will be nice to see them being arranged according to a sequence, such as, Central, E, S, W, N. It will be also nice to see them in different traditions, such as the Himalayan styles (Nepali, Tibetan). | | | This post has been edited by boom_cat: Feb 19 2004, 05:42 PM | | | Thanks Henry, I will look through your site and change that picture to Vairocana. |
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http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=3199
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| | ITBA Sites Lalung Vairocana Chapel |
| | It is very likely that all the images once performed the teaching gesture (dharmacakramudra) similar to the image at Tabo, but the mudra of highest enlightenment (bodhyagrimudra) also seems possible, as one image has its index finger raised. | | | It seems that the four-fold Vairocana is the only remains of a temple once situated at the western end of the hill (> Lalung Vairocana gallery). | | | That these four images are a representation of Vajradhatu-Vairocana can today only be concluded from a comparison with the four-fold Vairocana at Tabo. |
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http://www.univie.ac.at/itba/pages/sites/Lalung/VaiTemp.html
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| | Chinese Architecture: Qixia temple, near Nanjing |
| | The Vairocana Hall is a huge double-eaved hall with a 30-foot statue of Vairocana Buddha, the cosmic Buddha, with two huge wooden statues of bodhisattvas. | | | Inside the gate one enters the main courtyard of the temple which has the Vairocana Hall at the head and which is flanked by a Founder’s Hall to the right and Visitor’s Room to the left. | | | One of the guidebooks I read identifies them as Avalokitesvara (Guanyin) and the Bodhisattva of Great Strength (Dashizhi). |
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http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/nanjing/QIXIA.htm
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| | Longmen Grottoes: Luoyang Tourist Attractions |
| | Sitting in the middle of the niche, this colossal Buddha shows a perfect combination of moral integrity, delicate emotions, broad mind and elegant semblance. | | | Stretching along the precipitous cliff of the southern side of West Hill, Fengxian Temple, also named Grand Vairocana Buddha Niche, is the largest cave in Longmen. | | | The most extraordinary statue in Fengxian Temple is the Grand Vairocana Buddha, which is 17.14 meters tall with his head 4 meters long and his ear 1.9 meters wide. |
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http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/henan/luoyang/longmen.htm
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| | Meditation Posture FAQ's |
| | And one can spend all day in a clasical posture in a state of great harmony - virtually impossible in everyday positions. | | | These need to be applied at the right time, in the right way, under the guidance of a competent meditation teacher. | | | Below you will find the classical 7-Point Posture of Vairocana, with some variations. |
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http://www.samyeling.org/Teachers/KenHolmes/posturefaq.htm
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| | Adi-Buddha -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | in Mahayana and Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism, any of a group of five “self-born” Buddhas who have always existed from the beginning of time; the five are usually identified as Vairocana, Aksobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi. | | | Though the concept of an Adi-Buddha was never generally popular, a few groups, particularly in Nepal, Tibet, and Java, elevated Vairocana to the position of Adi-Buddha or named a new deity, such as Vajradhara or... | | | Though the concept of an Adi-Buddha was never generally popular, a few groups, particularly in Nepal, Tibet, and Java, elevated Vairocana to the position of Adi-Buddha or named a new deity, such as Vajradhara or Vajrasattva, as the… |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003729?tocId=9003729
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| | Locana |
| | "Eye." A Buddhist goddess, assigned as partner (prajñand#257;) to Vairocana or to Aksobhya. | | | She is white in color, signifying the spirit of peace. | | | Article "Locana" created on 01 September 2004; last modified on 01 September 2004 (Revision 1). |
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http://www.pantheon.org/articles/l/locana.html
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| | Tibetan Art |
| | The usual set of five Dhyani-Buddhas are as follows: Akshobya in the east, Amitabha in the west, Ratnasambhava in the south, and Amoghasiddhi in the north, and Vairocana in the center. | | | There is also a central or presiding Dhyani-Buddha, sometimes conceived of as a sixth Dhyani-Buddha, who may hover above the center: this can be either Vairocana or Vajrasattva, according to the particular sect. | | | They are arranged in four corners, corresponding to the four points of the compass, with a presiding deity in the center. |
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http://www.brown.edu/Research/BuddhistTempleArt/TibetanArt5.html
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| | Cosmic Sun Buddha MahaVairocana |
| | Vairocana or Vairochana, from vi ruc, means all-shining. | | | You see, luci comes from ruc, or light. |
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http://www.mahavairocana.org
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