Seated Fugen Enmei #Bodhisattva Statue, Daisen-ji, Oita Prefecture, #Japan. It was once the principal image of Fugendo in the grounds of Yusuhara Hachimangu Shrine in Ichinomiya, Bungo Province, but it was enshrined at this temple during the Meiji period when #Buddhism and Shintoism were separated. It is worshiped as the principal image of the Fugen-enmei-ho, a ritual to pray for protection from disasters and longevity. #Japan's oldest Fugen Enmei #Bodhisattva.
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Fudō Myōō (#FudōMyōō) enshrined in the main hall of Kinryuzan Hokai-ji in the east of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in #Kamakura, #Japan.
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#Avalokiteshvara 17Th-18th Century. Cast gilt-bronze, #China. The #bodhisattva is shown seated with the principal pair of hands are clasped at the chest in anjali #mudra, and twelve further pairs of hands, which once held various attributes, arrayed around the body. Principal head is flanked by two smaller, sideways-facing heads, all below a five-petaled crown enclosing the hair upswept into a double topknot.
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#Prajnaparamita Illumination, 11th century, West #Tibet (Tholing) Paper, pigments, gold. #Prajñāpāramitā means "the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom" in #Mahāyāna #Buddhism. It refers to this perfected way of seeing the nature of reality, as well as to a particular body of #sutras and to the personification of the concept in the #Bodhisattva known as the "Great Mother".
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Standing Statue (Dog God) of the Twelve Generals, #Tokyo National Museum, #Japan. It is said that this statue of the twelve generals was originally located at Joruri-ji, and may have been created by a #Buddhist sculptor of the Kei school, or as a homage to Unkei. #Buddhist statues with realistic, human-like facial expressions.
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Ruri-den of Yokozo-ji in Ibi-gun, Gifu Prefecture, #Japan. It is a nationally designated important cultural property made in the #Heian period.
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Detail from the first scroll of 'The Illustrated Tale of the Miraculous Origins of Ishiyamadera Temple' dating to the late #Kamakura period (1185-1333) and attributed to Takashina Takakane, illustrating the scene in which the monk Rōben (689-773) is guided by the local deity Hira Myōjin of Lake Biwa to the site where Ishiyamadera Temple is to be established.
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#Bodhidharma, #Japanese #kakemono.
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10 #elephants and #Samatha #meditation #thangka.
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Candi Sewu, Prambanan, Central #Java, #Indonesia.
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Water #Lily, Ohara Shōson, c. 1928-1930.
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'Evening Snowfall at Kiyomizudera Temple' by Kawase Hasui, 1950, Color woodblock print (#ukiyoe), #Japan.
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#Mongolian Polychrome Dancing #Citipati Group, #Mongolia, 19th century.
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#Thangka of #Amitayus #Buddha, 14th century. Central #Tibet. Distemper and gold gesso on cloth. Inscribed #Tibetan red ink 'om ah hum' invocations behind each diminutive figure and a series of prayers and #mantras devoted to Amitayus arranged within the drawn outline of a stupa behind the central figure.
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Bedse Caves near Pune in Maharashtra.
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#Thangka of the thirty-five Confession #Buddhas. This thangka is the representation of the purification of the #Bodhisattva aspiration and moral code of #Mahayana Buddhism.
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Standing #Kannon statue, Hiden-in, #Japan. This three-body #Buddha is treated as an alternate view of the #Buddha, and is said to embody the three thousand worlds, which is a #Buddhist view of the universe.
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Biroshanabutsu, created by Fujiwara, Kaidan-in, #Japan.
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#Bodhisattva #Mahapratisara Circa 17Th Century. #Nepal. Silver Figure. 11.1 Cm (4 3/8 In.) High. With Separately Cast And Affixed Side Ribbons And Halo, The Halo With Remains Of Cold Gold Pigment.
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Genji Komagome Daikannon. A #Buddha statue described as Meisho Zue in Edo. It was destroyed by fire during the Great #Tokyo Air Raid, but was rebuilt in 1993.
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