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	Dainichi Nyorai, The Cosmic Buddha, Japanese Buddhism Photo Gallery
		Dainichi is accordingly represented in the preaching gesture, the Dharmacakra mudra (Japanese: Hokai Jo-in).
		Dainichi is known as the primordial or cosmic Buddha, and represents the center or zenith and the color white.
		Dainichi is the central figure in mandala of the Shingon and Tendai sects of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/dainichi.shtml (2263 words)

	Image no. 681 \| Dainichi Nyorai in the Form of Ichiji Kinrin Buccho \| AskAsia.org
		Dainichi Nyorai (Sanskrit Vairochana Buddha), whose name means "Great Sun Buddha," is considered to be the primary deity of the Shingon sect of Japanese Esoteric (Vajrayana) Buddhism and is worshiped as the cosmic origin of all things.
		In this painting, he is seated in the posture of meditation (padmasana) and performs a distinctive gesture known as the wisdom-fist (jnanamushti mudra).
		According to one text, Dainichi is another name for the sun, using the sun as a metaphor to explain the deity that brings light and salvation and cuts through darkness and ignorance.
	www.askasia.org /teachers/images/image.php?no=681 (250 words)

	Shingon Buddhist Intl. Institute: Teachings
		Dainichi Nyorai, The Chief Deity In Shingon Buddhism
		In all matters, Shingon Buddhism takes these Mandalas as its foundation, and the overall main deity is Mahavairocana Buddha (Dainichi Nyorai), while all of the many other buddhas are emanations of Mahavairocana Buddha (Dainichi Nyorai), which is the absolute Dharma Body, and manifest themselves in the world in order to enlighten all living beings.
		The first virtue of Mahavairocana Buddha (Dainichi Nyorai) is his universal radiance that dispels the darkness, and his ability to destroy suffering and despair.
	www.shingon.org /teachings/ShingonMikkyo/Dainichi.html (857 words)

	mahavairocana page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If you revere and/or worship any particular Buddha, you are perfectly worshipping Dainichi and if you revere and/or worship Dainichi, you are worshipping any of his Buddha's and Bodhisattvas.
		Dainichi Nyorai is the central figure in both the Kongo-kai (Vajradhatu) and Taizo-kai (Gharbadhatu) Mandaras (Mandalas).
		The two aspects of Dainichi's existence -his Teachings and the Understanding of them, is called in Japanese "Ri" (the principle / reason) and "Chi" (wisdom).
	www.asunam.com /mahavairocana_page.htm (220 words)

	bokkenshop.com - Pocket Dainichi Nyorai
		Dainichi's characteristic hand gesture (although not always) is the mudra of the six elements -- the index finger of the left hand is clasped by the five fingers of the right.
		Images of Dainichi are often surrounded by the Myo-O, warlike protectors who represent the Dainichi's wrath against evil and serve as messengers of the Nyorai.
		Although not terribly common or popular, the Dainichi Nyorai is the most important of all Buddhas.
	bokkenshop.com /eng/a160.html (234 words)

	JAANUS / Dainichi 大日
		In origin he has been linked to an ancient sun cult and to the Zoroastrian god of light, Ahura Mazda, and in Bradmanical literature the appelation Vairocana appears, for example, as the name of a legendary king and of the king of the asuras *Ashura 阿修羅.
		In Japan Dainichi also figures among the so-called Thirteen Buddhas Juusanbutsu 十三仏, presiding over the memorial service held on the 12th anniversary of a person's death.
		Dainichi differs icongraphically from other Buddhas in that he is represented in the form of bodhisattva *bosatsu 菩薩, seated, wearing silk robes and accessories such as armlets and bracelets, and having long locks of hair.
	www.aisf.or.jp /~jaanus/deta/d/dainichi.htm (201 words)

	Identifying Buddhist Images in Japanese Painting and Sculpture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the basis of this doctrine is the idea that Nyorai and bosatsu appear in the various realms of existence to bring an end to suffering for all beings in the universe.
		Perhaps the most popular Nyorai is Amida, the "Buddha of Boundless Light." He is mentioned in many sutras and is the central figure of worship in Pure Land Buddhism (the Jodo and Jodo Shin sects).
		Dainichi is most often depicted with the "Supreme Wisdom" Mudra where the index finger of the left hand is grasped by the fingers of the right hand.
	www.aasianst.org /EAA/sjoquist.htm (2252 words)

	The Jeweled Net of Nature
		He reasoned that as the sun is the source of light and warmth, Dainichi is the "Great Luminous One" at the source of enlightenment and unity underlying the diversity of the phenomenal world.
		Thus Dharma mandalas portray Dainichi Nyorai’s continual communication of the Dharma throughout all moments of space-time to all sentient and non-sentient beings.
		The universe is Dainichi’s "sound-body." Dharma mandalas represent the totality of the sound of the Dharma as Dainichi continually discloses or "preaches" it throughout the universe as depicted in "seed syllables" (Skt., bija; Jpa., shuji) written in Sanskrit letters.
	www.religion-online.org /showarticle.asp?title=2853 (4793 words)

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		Tokyo, Japan -- A wooden carving of a seated Dainichi Nyorai Buddha, owned by an unnamed private collector, is believed to have been made by Unkei, a leading sculptor of the Kamakura period (1192-1333), The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Friday.
		It is quite similar to an Unkei piece owned by Kotokuji temple in Ashikaga, which is believed to have been made at the request of Ashikaga Yoshikane, a close aide to the shogun in the early years of the Kamakura period, Yamamoto said.
		There is also a document stating that a Dainichi Nyorai figure was enshrined at a Buddhist temple in the area in 1193 in honor of Yoshikane's deceased daughters.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/kamakura-buddha-150304.php (271 words)

	Dainichi Buddha Statues - Online Store Selling Handcrafted Buddhist Wood Statues
		Dainichi is the central deity of Japan's Shingon Sect of Esoteric Buddhism, and the main object of veneration in Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism in Asia.
		Images of Dainichi are accordingly represented often with the preaching-hands gesture, called the Dharmacakra Mudra (Sanskrit).
		As Mahavairocana he is concretely envisaged as the all-encompassing lord of the cosmos and is the object of worship for a form of Tantric Buddhism that spread from India to Sumatra, China, Japan, and Tibet.
	www.buddhist-artwork.com /statues-buddhism/dainichi-buddha-nyorai-statuary.html (1259 words)

	Wicce's Tarot Collection -- Second Opinions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the Hierophant, Dainichi Nyorai is depicted in his aspect of Wisdom, the jeweled crown upon his head representing the Five Wisdoms possessed by a fully awakened Buddha.
		Candraprabha is an attendant of Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of the Master of Medicine, who offers medicine to people suffering from illness and grants nourishment to the mind and body.
		This aspect of the Dainichi Nyorai depicts the hands in the Samadhi mudra, which represents the basic nature of the world.
	www.wicce.com /gibby3.html (2055 words)

	Robin Beck: Kokagaku Ryobu Shinto
		The Honmon Shoshu version of Hokke Shinto appears to be influenced by a "Reverse" or "Kokugaku" {Japanese Nativism/Nationalism} Honji-Suijaku: "Dainichi Nyorai (Great Sun Tathagata) in the context of the Kankenki, is not the provisional Vairochana (Birushana) per se preached by the Shingon Sect.
		The Dainichi Nyorai of the Kankenki is the alternate name for Oohi-rume-no-muchi.
		That is to say, the full title of Dainichi Nyorai is Amaterasu-oohi-rume-no-muchi-daijin which is shortened to Tensho Daijin; the Sun God.
	www.fraughtwithperil.com /blogs/rbeck/archives/000712.html (1213 words)

	Vairocana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Daibutsu of Todaiji, a Kegon Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.
		According to the Buddhist Trikaya doctrine, Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahavairocana; 大日如來 or 毘盧遮那佛 Chinese: Dàrì Rúlái or Piluzhenafo, Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai) is a Buddha who is the embodiment of Dharmakaya, and which therefore can be seen as the universal aspect of the historical Gautama Buddha.
		In the conception of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, Vairocana is at the center.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vairocana (569 words)

	Otake Dainich-nyorai Engi Emaki
		The Otake Dainich-nyorai engi emaki is painted on three scrolls and in the possession of Kotakuji-Shozenin, the headquarters and training center of the Haguro Shugendo sect.
		This emaki explains the origin of the Otake Dainichi-do, a sanctuary within the temple's compound enshrining Otake Dainichi Buddha.
		The scrolls depict the legend of the woman Otake, who is considered by Haguro Shugendo to be an incarnation of Dainichi Buddha.
	www.nichibun.ac.jp /graphicversion/dbase/nyorai_e.html (104 words)

	Robyn Buntin of Honolulu: Japanese Gallery
		20th century Japanese butsu-dan (Buddhist altar cabinet) with the images of Dainichi Nyorai and a heavenly assemblage of perfected Buddhist beings.
		Dainichi Nyorai represents the ultimate reality of universal truth; he is the first of the 5 wisdom deities.
		In the front row, starting from the left, are images of Jizo-sama (savior of souls from Hell); the Bodhisattvas Seishi and Kannon; and Fudo Myoo (the immoveable) who represents the absoluteness of the Dharma.
	www.robynbuntin.com /Japanese/g_Sculpture.asp (627 words)

	Ajikan - Buddhist meditation
		Its purpose is to bring the practitioner into a state of 'non-duality' with Enlightened Cosmic Reality as personified in the form of Dainichi Nyorai - the Cosmic Sun Buddha.
		While visualising the shuji, recite the shingon (mantra) "a vi ra un ken" [this is one of the two primary shingon of Dainichi Nyorai] to further the process of integration with the Cosmic Reality.
		When you reach the point where you can hold the image on the honzon clearly in your mind’s eye while your eyes are closed, become aware that the luminous image of the shuji, moondisc and lotus are being absorbed into the core of your being - your heart centre.
	www.geocities.com /fascin8or/jsp_ajikan.htm (833 words)

	Japanese Buddhist Deities
		One of the primary vows of Amida Nyorai is that he will never abandon even those who have committed serious transgressions.
		The Great Shining Cosmic Buddha - central to Shingon, Dainichi Nyorai is the life force of the buddhas that illuminates all things - the universal truth which dissolves away all troubles and rescues us from uncertainty
		The two myo-o Aizen and Fudo are sometimes identified with the Ni-o, the 'Two Kings', and as such are seen as a dual manifestation of Dainichi Nyorai.
	www.geocities.com /fascin8or/jsp_b_and_other_deities.htm (1211 words)

	Myohoji Tour
		The inner sanctuary is dedicated to Kongokai Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairocana-tathagata of the Diamond Realm), The Trinity of Shaka images (Shaka Nyorai, Fugen Bosatsu, and Monju Bosatsu), Fudomyoo, Nyoirin Kanzeon Bosatsu, Jizo Bosatsu, statues of Tendai Daishi and Ganzan Daishi, and Daikokuten.
		Kongokai Dainichi Nyorai, although not opened to the visitors, has been enshrined since 1669, when the temple was converted to the Tendai sect.
		The framed and carved calligraphy "Henshokaku" placed at the top of the inner sanctuary was originally written by the high priest of Enryakuji Temple during the Edo period.
	www.busondera.com /keidai/e_keidai.html (657 words)

	~~~~~ The Esoteric Blog: Ursi's Eso Garden ~~~~~
		Dainichi Nyorai ist der wichtigste Buddha des sogenannten esoterischen oder tantrischen Buddhismus, der in Japan vor allem in Gestalt der Shingon-shû und Teilen der Tendai-shû vertreten ist.
		Doch auch für andere buddhistische Richtungen zählt dieser Buddha, der in Indien unter dem Namen Vairocana verehrt wurde, zu den bedeutendsten.
		Dainichi Nyorai wird auch als kosmischer Buddha bezeichnet, der nicht aus einer menschlichen Existenz hervorging, sondern von Anfang an eins mit dem universalen Dharma war.
	www.eso-garden.com /index.php?/weblog/2005/11/25 (1143 words)

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		This Buddha was introduced into Japan at the beginning of the Heian Period (ninth century C.E.) together with a large number of other Buddhist divinities.
		Under the name of Dainichi Nyorai he became the supreme deity of the esoteric Tendai, Shingon, and Kegon sects.
		This early statue portrays the "Great Illuminator" bejewelled and seated, making the gesture known as the "fist of recognition" and wearing a diadem after the fashion of a bodhisattva.
	www.uwec.edu /beachea/dainichi.html (73 words)

	ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Warrior Gods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dainichi Nyorai is considered the paramount diety in esoteric Buddhism.
		Mikkyō contains a number of rituals to call on the power of the gods including incantations (mantra), hand gestures (mudra), inscriptions etc. These were used to divine powers of protection, healing and invisibility.
		For warriors and commoners alike, Dainichi Nyorai was a bit too superior to approach.
	www.cominganarchy.com /?p=1669 (760 words)

	Daimond and Womb World Mandalas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Now each one of them is an offshoot of Dainichi Nyorai.
		What we find here is a logic by which even something that is ninety-nine percent bad has a hundred percent value by virtue of the one percent of the special characteristic it has.Therefore there is no such thing as leaving behind something that is ninety-nine percent bad.
		Because they have a special characteristic in the amount of one percent, they are seen as an offshoot of the one hundred percent that is Dainichi Nyorai.
	brian.hoffert.faculty.noctrl.edu /REL275/Daimond.Womb.Mandalas.html (481 words)

	Robin Beck: Authentic Nichiren Mandara Part I: Aizen & Fudo Kankenki
		Tentative Translation: "Observe with reverence, the living embodiment of Aizen/Fudo Myo'o” "From Dainichi Nyorai, culminating in Nichiren, twenty three eras of legitimate inheritance.
		In one sense, their frightening appearence serves to scare unprepared neophytes away from the deepest secrets of the Dharma.
		The Myo-o served as messengers of Dainichi Buddha, who the Shingon School regarded as the Dharmakaya Buddha, as well as the Eternal Buddha of the Juryo Chapter of the Lotus Sutra.
	www.fraughtwithperil.com /blogs/rbeck/archives/000457.html (1041 words)

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		Dainichi Nyorai: Southwest; Year of the Monkey; Year of the Ram/Sheep
		She was believed to be delivered by the Lord Buddha to give guardianship over the Nagas.
		Fudo: Positioned in the Centre; He frightens people into accepting the teachings of Dainichi and carries the Devil Subduing sword in his right hand.
	www.houseofenlightenment.com /budmyth.html (790 words)

	Three sets of Trinity( sanson seki ) stones - Japanese Gardens Forum - GardenWeb
		Dainich nyorai (sanskrit/ vairocana buddha) is also called Birushana butus.
		Amida nyorai is center of west jodo/ Heven of west.
		Tei Ami, SoAmi, Rin Ami, Sho Ami etc Ami is short of Amitabha= Amida nyorai, center of Amida sanzon seki also those Jisho monk was "Kawaramono" some have Ami name are not necesery he is ji sho monk.
	forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/jgard/msg1010435422978.html (3312 words)

	Shorenji
		Unlike other Nyorai statues, Dainichi-Nyorai is represented in a princely costume and accessories similar to those worn by Bodhisattvas.
		All Myo-o are its attendants and are believed to admonish, by the command of Dainichi Nyorai, those who are reluctant to accept its teachings.
		In stark contrast to Nyorai and Bosatsu statues, all the Myo-o statues take on a ferocious appearance with pugnacious aspect, with a third eye in the middle of their forehead, designed to frighten away evil spirits and threaten those who do not easily accept teachings.
	www.asahi-net.or.jp /~qm9t-kndu/Shorenji.htm (2050 words)

	Moebius spike - Buddhist mandalas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the center of the Mandala is the "Dainichi Nyorai” (Great Sun), which stands for the highest state.
		Around the Sun we find lesser "Nyorais" which indicate various teachings of Buddhism.
		The further we go from the center, the closer we are to the real world.
	www.moebius.nl /content/view/26/96 (251 words)

	Spiritual Growth - Morning Star Institute -- Guardians Heaven Myoos
		These radiant wisdom kings are messengers of Dainichi Nyorai (‘Great Sun’)—the Cosmic Buddha of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism.
		As a messenger of Dainichi Nyorai (Cosmic Buddha), Fudō grasps the devil-slaying sword (gōma no ken) in his right hand, which symbolizes wisdom cutting through ignorance, while in his left hand the rope (kensaku) catches and binds the demons of desire, the obvious as well as the unseen.
		And his hair, knotted in the way of the servant, signifies his service to Dainichi Nyorai and to all beings.
	www.divinehumanity.com /custom/myoo.html (654 words)

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