Meaning of Hōshō Nyorai | Babel Free

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The Japanese name for the Southern Buddha, Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.

Japanese

Examples

“As we face Dainichi, the Buddha seated at our near left is Hōshō Nyorai, the Buddha of the South.”

“The Hōshō Nyorai sculpture sits on a lotus base, which rests on the back of several seated, winged horses. The deity's left hand grasps the edge of the robe, the left rests on the knee, palm facing upward in the wish-granting mudra.”

“Or if the dying person should manifest a sign presaging rebirth among any of the thirty-six kinds of hungry ghosts, the attendant should immediately intervene to save that person by performing the rites of Hōshō Nyorai, Kokūzō, Jizō, Thousand-Armed Kannon, Bodhisattva Perfection of Giving, and the rite of offering Deathbed Attendants”

“On the left is Shaku Nyorai, the founder of Buddhism. Behind them is visible only a part of the halos of the other two: of Hosho Nyorai, controlling the life of all things with the power to bestow the enjoyment of life; and of Amida Nyorai, an ideal of boundless light.”

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