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chanting of the
phrase 南無阿彌陀佛 (Mandarin: Nāmó Ēmítuófó, ****anese: Namu
Amida Butsu)
which means "Homage to Amitābha Buddha". Amitābha is also
known in...
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inflicted some
damage on its city walls. In
ancient times the city was
known as
Amida, a name
which could derive from an
older ****yrian
toponym Amedi. The name...
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Amida Hall.
Amida Hall (阿弥陀堂,
Amida-dō) - the
famous Amida statue which is the
central object of
worship for the temple, is
enshrined here. The
hall is seated...
- Land. In the
following year,
Amida-do
Hall (Phoenix
Hall) was
completed in
whose interior sits the 2.4
meters tall
Amida Buddha statue created by Jōchō...
-
schools of ****anese
Buddhist statuary: the Enpa, Inpa and
Keiha school. The
Amida Nyorai at Byōdō-in is the only
extant work by Jōchō. ****anese sculpture...
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strongly resembles the
common architectural attributes of a
Buddhist Amida Hall.
Amida Halls, however, did not
reportedly start being built until around 1051...
- in height. The
current hall was
constructed in 1895. The
Amida Hall to the left of the Founder's
Hall contains an
image of
Amida Buddha along with an image...
- The Raigō of
Amida and Twenty-Five Attendants, or
Rapid Descent of
Amida is a 14th
century ****anese
scroll painting on silk
completed during the late...
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Amida Buddha. Consequently,
Paradise or
Amida Halls—such as the
Phoenix Hall at Byōdō-in (1053), the main
hall of Jōruri-ji (1157) or the
Golden Hall...
- school, and
fourteen from the latter. The
temple enshrines images of the
Amida Buddha.
According to legend, the image,
having caused dispute between two...
