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- Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:20 am
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Pure Land Death Stories
- Replies: 45
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Re: Pure Land Death Stories
Shotoku supposedly lived around the year 600, so a long time ago indeed. The first records we have of buddhist texts and artefacts being brought to Japan from Korea are from around 550, and it was during Shotoku's time that the first big temples and such were built. He is credited with building the ...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:44 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Pure Land Death Stories
- Replies: 45
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Re: Pure Land Death Stories
Regarding stories of Pure Land rebirths in Japan, there is a whole genre of texts called Ojoden which is dedicated to collecting such stories. I wrote a paper on Shotoku Taishi recently, who is considered a founder and patron saint of Japanese Buddhism, and he is seen as the first Japanese individua...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:31 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Images of descending Amida
- Replies: 7
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Re: Images of descending Amida
That's fantastic, thank you.
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南無阿弥陀仏
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:34 am
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Images of descending Amida
- Replies: 7
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Re: Images of descending Amida
Indeed. What I'm wondering is what text or story the image is based on, if any.
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:41 am
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Images of descending Amida
- Replies: 7
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Images of descending Amida
Hello all, first post here so please be gentle. :) I'm sure many people here are familiar with the image of Amida Buddha descending from the sky surrounded by rays of light and attending Bodhisattvas, which is (was) a popular subject for paintings in Japan. What I am wondering is whether this image ...