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	Manjushri - Buddha and Bodhisattva Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the Mi-tsung sect of China and Shingon sect of Japan, he is the chief object of reverence and is regarded as the source of the entire universe.
		The characteristic gesture displays in these two regions is the mudra of the six elements, in which the index finger of the left hand is clasped by the five fingers of the right, symbolizing the uniting of the five elements of the material world (earth, water, fire, air, and ether) with the spiritual (consciousness).
		As the supreme Buddha, Vairocana is usually located in the center of mandalas of the Dhyani Buddhas.
	manjushri.acumaestro.com /BUDDHA/Vairocana.html (369 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Vairocana
		Vairocana is the central figure of many early schools of Buddhism in Japan, including esoteric Shingon Buddhism and Kegon Buddhism.
		In addition, Vairocana is often tied to the Hua-Yen school of Buddhist philosophy that was prominent during the Tang Dynasty.
		Vairocana was gradually superseded as an object of reverence by Amitabha Buddha in Japan, but his legacy still remains in Shingon Buddhism and Todaiji temple with its massive bronze statue.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Vairocana (598 words)

	The China Society of Fine Arts \| Vairocana Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.marymount.k12.ny.us /marynet/stwbwk02/ixvm02/vmbuddhas/nf2.html (461 words)

	Vairocana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the conception of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, Vairocana is at the center.
		Indeed, Vairocana in Tibetan is called ‘Namnang' (rnang.par snang.mdzad), meaning ‘the illuminator'.
		Vairocana's distinguishing emblem is the golden or solar wheel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vairocana (609 words)

	Introduction to Buddhism
		Mandalas of the Buddha Vairocana are particularly common in one category of Buddhist tantras, and show the large number of celestial Buddhas and the Buddha-nature of all reality.
		Of these three bodies, Vairocana is regarded as the highest form, a god of light whose reflection throughout the universe is represented as endless.
		The mandalas show Vairocana enthroned at the center of the cosmos, where he is thought to embody all other buddhas.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /courses/tyamashi/relig/lect16.htm (538 words)

	Avatamsaka-bk6.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vairocana, zegt het woordenboek klassiek Sanskriet, betekent 'van de zon komen' of 'behorend tot de zon'.
		Het is hier niet te ver gezocht om te wijzen naar de Pali Pabba(d)já Sutta waarin Sakyamuni Boeddha zegt dat hij afstamt van de zonneclan, het zonneras, of de zonnestam.
		Waar boek zes, waarin de naam Vairocana dus niet voorkomt, vooral over gaat is het beschrijven van een "tijdspad", om het modieus te zeggen.
	soetras.tripod.com /Avatamsaka-bk6.html (566 words)

	True Buddha School Net - True Buddha School Net English Homepage
		Vairocana is the principal deity of Esoteric Buddhism, and is the main deity of both the Vajradhatu Mandala and Garbhadhatu Mandala, symbolizing Universal Illumination.
		Thus, the teaching of Mahamudra begins with the meditation posture of Vairocana, where the legs are crossed in the vajra posture of the full lotus position, with the soles of the feet facing upwards.
		The principal Buddha of the Buddha lineage is Vairocana Buddha.
	www.tbsn.org /english2/article.php?id=1146 (2154 words)

	A Dzogchen Approach to Meditation - Khenpo Palden Sherab, 1987 at KEBI Melbourne
		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.
		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.
		Vairocana is traditionally understood as a symbol that is totally related with the notion of the Sambhogakaya.
	www.ordinarymind.net /Feature/feature1_jan2002.htm (3953 words)

	True Buddha School Net - True Buddha School Net English Homepage
		What this means is that when Sakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment, he assumed the identity of the Dharmakaya Vairocana in the first seven days, and spoke to Vajrasattva and the assembly of holy beings at the vast palace of Vajradharmadhatu.
		Vairocana, absorbed in a state of Dharma bliss, expounded the doctrines of inner realization which later became The Mahavairocana Sutra.
		Vairocana is also known as the `The Most Supreme Clear Infinite Eye Treasury Tathagata`, who is Buddha Locana.
	www.tbsn.org /english2/article.php?id=1030 (407 words)

	Vairocana - Encyclopedia of Religion
		Vairocana In Mahayana and tantric Buddhism, the supreme buddha who is the cosmic counterpart of Sakyamuni in his teaching mode.
		He is the most prominent of the five self-born buddhas, those who were born as humans to propagate the dharma.
		Though without canonical basis, Vairocana holds a special place in Tibetan Buddhism and has a special role in the Avatamsaka-sutra, in which he is the solar buddha who is both the ultimate reality of the cosmos and the one who pervades its component parts.
	www.religion-encyclopedia.com /V/vairocana.htm (130 words)

	Geledraak.nl: Boeddha's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Dit was soms moeilijk te rijmen met de menselijke gedaante van de historische Boeddha Sakyamuni.Er zijn echter in de loop der tijden aan Sakyamuni eveneens goddelijke karaktertrekken toegekend.
		Vairocana is de boeddha van het Centrum en belangrijkste godheid van het esoterische (tantrische) boeddhisme (in Japan de Shingon-sekte).
		Wij hebben een boedha zitend in de houding van de medicijn boedha gezeten op een krans van lotus in plaats van medicijn bakje een lotusbloem met de elementen steen water vuur.
	www.geledraak.nl /filosofie/Boeddha_s.html (744 words)

	Keith Dowman / Jampa Lhakhang
		At the centre of the Vajradhatumandala (Fig 3) is the Tathagata Vairocana (rNam par snang mdzad), white, four-faced, in bodhyagrimudra, the mudra of supreme clarity and purity.
		Vairocana is surrounded in the four directions by subsidiary mandalas of the other four Tathagatas.
		The majority of mandalas subsidiary to the principal Vajradhatumandala represent Vairocana in his krodha forms, or in his aspect as peaceful Vajrapani (Phyag rdor), in the centre of various emanatory retinues.
	www.keithdowman.net /art/lojampa/index.htm (4070 words)

	Vairocana mantra and seed syllable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vairocana sits at the centre of the Mandala of the Five Jinas.
		He plays a very important role in Shingon Buddhism where he is known as Mahāhavairocana.
		There are a number of mantras associated with Vairocana.
	www.visiblemantra.org /vairo.html (127 words)

	Vairocana - Wikipédia
		Vairocana ou Maha Vairocana "Grand soleil" ou "Grande lumière" (sanscrit), Daïnitchi Nyoraï (大日如來) en japonais, Dari Rulai ou Rulaifo (如來佛) en chinois, Namnang en tibétain, est le bouddha central des écoles tantriques (tibétaines ou Shingon), ainsi que des écoles mahayana chinoises et japonaises Tiantai-Tendaï et Huayan-Kegon.
		Vairocana est mentionné dans le Rig Veda parmi les asuras, terme qui a pris le sens négatif d'ennemi des dieux ou de démon, mais qui correspond à l'origine au ahura (dieu) comme Ahura mazda le grand dieu de la lumière du zoroastrisme.
		Vairocana est souvent présenté comme la forme suprême (dharmakaya) dans les soutras mahayana, particulièrement le Soutra Avatamsaka et le Soutra du lotus.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vairocana (873 words)

	Vairocana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
	www.geocities.com /lena_liu2000/vairocana.htm (73 words)

	U-M \| Museum of Art (UMMA) \| U-M
		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.
		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.
	www.umma.umich.edu /collections/acquisitions/buddha.html (350 words)

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		A voice among the rays is heard telling the Buddhas seated on thousands of lotus petals, "You should practice and uphold the Mind-Ground Dharma Door and transmit it to the innumerable Sakyamuni Buddhas, one after another, as well as to all sentient beings.
		I have preached the Diamond Illuminated Jeweled Precepts (the Bodhisattva precepts) from beneath the Bodhi-tree for the sake of all sentient beings on earth, however dull and ignorant they may be.
		These precepts were customarily recited by Vairocana Buddha when he first developed the Bodhi Mind in the causal stages.
	www.quangduc.com /English/Maha/22dharmanetsutra.html (8810 words)

	Korea Travel: Naewon-sa (Gyeongsang (South) Province) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This stone image of Vairocana, the Buddha of Light, is from Songnam-am temple in Jiri-san, and has been designated Treasure #1021.
		The hands are held together on the chest in a gesture typical of Vairocana that shows the Buddha and the multitude are one.
		It is one of the earliest sculptured Vairocana statues from the Shilla period.
	www.lifeinkorea.com /Travel2/Temples/191 (289 words)

	AAS Abstracts: Korea Session 135 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Vairocana Buddha images with the wisdom-fist mudra were very popular in Korea during the Unified Silla and Koryo periods, without developing into the fully Esoteric Buddhist context.
		The main thesis of this paper is that the Buddha form of the Vairocana Buddha with the wisdom-fist mudra is the cosmic Buddha of the Avatamsaka sect, not Mahavairocana of Tantric Buddhism.
		In Korea, the deity Vairocana was not transformed into the esoteric deity, Mahavairocana, in all likelihood because the esoteric teaching of the Mahavairocana Buddha never developed a strong enough following.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1995abst/korea/kses135.htm (1295 words)

	Meaning Of Amida
		Kakuban emphatically states: "Amida is the manifestation of Maha Vairocana’s wisdom; Maha Vairocana is the essential nature of Amida." (KDS.
		Kakuban first explains that Amida is the manifestation of the wisdom of the Dharmakaya Maha Vairocana and corresponds to the wisdom of wonderful discernment (myokanzatchi; pratyaveksana-jnana).
		Again, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three periods throughout the ten directions are manifestations of the discerning wisdoms of Maha Vairocana Tathágata.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /pureland/esoteric_meaning_of_amida.htm (5134 words)

	Vairocana Temple or Wénchéng Gongzhu Miào (Temple of Princess Wénchéng) \| ...
		Vairocana Temple or Wénchéng Gongzhu Miào (Temple of Princess Wénchéng)
		Vairocana Temple or Wénchéng Gongzhu Miào (Temple of Princess Wénchéng)
		On her way to Lhasa, the princess stopped with her retinue for a month in this remote gorge, and carved statues of Vairocana Buddha (one of the five transcendent or Tathagata Buddhas, said to transform delusion and ignorance) and the eight bodhisattvas into the naked rock.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/yushu/A32934.html (333 words)

	Longmen Grottoes, Longmen Caves: Luoyang Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are nine major figures of various facial appearances and temperaments in the temple that were built in accordance with the Buddhist rite and their relationships by the artists.
		According to the record on the epigraph, the Empress Wu Zetian together with her subjects took part in the ceremony of Introducing the Light (a Buddhist blessing that the Buddha opens the spiritual light of himself and shares it with others).
		At the sides of Vairocana there are two statues of Vairocana Buddha's disciples, Kasyapa and Ananda, wearing prudent and devout expressions.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/henan/luoyang/longmen.htm (711 words)

	Shingon Buddhism - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		The teachings of Shingon are based on the Mahavairocana Sutra and the Vajrasekhara Sutra.
		In Shingon the Buddha Vairocana is held to be within all things.
		The goal of Shingon is the realization that one's nature was identical with Vairocana, a goal that is achieved through meditation and ritual practices.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php?title=Shingon_Buddhism&redirect=no (776 words)

	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 next section deals with the two major Hua-yen doctrines -- nature origination (hsing-ch'i) and conditioned origination (yuan-ch'i) -- that introduce abstract concepts as cosmogonic principles of a philosophical system that are parallel to the role of Vairocana as a spiritual principle in a cosmogonic myth.
		The fourth section examines the relationship between myth and philosophy in the Hua-yen school, and the ways both of these are related to and integrated into the Hua-yen soteriological schemata.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/ealac/gradconf/abstracts96/10transcend.html (1117 words)

	Three Bodies of the Buddha
		It is said that the Dainichi Buddha or Maha Vairocana Buddha is the Hosshin.
		The Dharma body of the Buddha symbolizes absolute truth, which is Maha Vairocana Buddha.
		It is the same concept that gravity existed before Isaac Newton discovered gravity by watching an apple falling to the ground.
	la.nichirenshu.org /teachings/talks/kanai/three_bodies_of_the_buddha.htm (1027 words)

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