A copy of the Sonshō #Mandara, a #mandala deployed in rituals praying for prosperity, longevity, rain, and/or the purification of sins, with the #cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) in the center surrounded by emanating #buddhas & #bodhisattvas as well as #FudōMyōō to the lower left and #GōsanzeMyōō to the lower right. Kamakura period (1185-1333) at Hōjū-in (宝寿院) on Mount Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture, #Japan.
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Inner Sanctum of the Great #Pagoda in the central area of Mount Kōya, with the #cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai of the Taizōkai #Mandala in the center (only partially visible here to the right behind pillars) surrounded by four accompanying #buddhas from the #Kongōkai #Mandala, a visual statement of the ultimate unity of both #mandalas, Kongōbu-ji, #Japan.
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#Cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) dating approximately to the 12th century at Chōryū-ji (長隆寺) in Iga, Mie Prefecture, #Japan.
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#Csmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) flanked by #Sonshō #Butchō (尊勝仏頂) on the left and #Kongōsatta (金剛薩埵) on the right enshrined in the Great #Dharma Transmission Hall of Negoro-ji (根来寺) in Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture, #Japan, with Sonshō Butchō dating to 1405 and the other two to 1387.
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The central chambers of the Taizōkai #Mandara, the Matrix World #Mandala depicting hosts of #buddhas, #bodhisattvas, wrathful wisdom kings, and assorted other divinities & supernatural beings radiating from the #cosmic buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai in the center, all represented by their #Sanskrit seed syllables in #Siddhaṃ script. Enryaku-ji, 14th cent., #Japan.
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A hanging scroll (#kakemono) of the #cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) in his regal 'Golden Wheel' (大日金輪) manifestation at Daigo-ji (醍醐寺) in #Kyoto, #Japan.. Color on silk, dating to the 13th century.
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#Buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai surrounded by four other emanating wisdom #buddhas enshrined within the #Pagoda of Many Treasures (多宝塔) constructed in 1223 on the grounds of the Kongō Sanmai’in Hall (金剛三昧院) on Mount Kōya (高野山) in Wakayama Prefecture, #Japan.
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Wooden sculpture of the #cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) by the travelling #Buddhist monk & artist #Enkū (円空) (1632–1695) in 1671 at Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) in Ikaruga, #Nara Prefecture, #Japan.
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Inside the prominent five-storied #pagoda of Tō-ji (東寺) in Kyoto, #Japan, with sculpted images of #buddhas and #bodhisattvas in a #mandala-based arrangement around the central pillar standing in for the #cosmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) on the first level.
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