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  2. Budai - Wikipedia

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    e. Budai[a] is a nickname given to the Chinese monk Qici (Chinese: 契此) who is often identified with and venerated as Maitreya Buddha in Chan Buddhism. With the spread of Chan Buddhism, he also came to be venerated in Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. [2] He is said to have lived around the 10th century CE in the Wuyue kingdom.

  3. Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple - Wikipedia

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    Earlier building four blocks west at 1020 South Main Street, photographed circa 1914. Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple (built 1940–41) is a Japanese Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America. Its original name is the Seattle Buddhist Church. [ 1]

  4. List of Buddhist temples in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, Santa Rosa. Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Carmel Valley. Walnut Grove Buddhist Church, Walnut Grove. Wat Buddhanusorn, Fremont. Wat Mongkolratanaram, Berkeley. Yokoji Zen Mountain Center, near Idyllwild. Zen Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles. Zenshuji Soto Mission, Los Angeles.

  5. Lingyin Temple - Wikipedia

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    According to tradition, the monastery was founded in 328 AD during the Eastern Jin dynasty (266–420) by an Indian monk, named Huili in Chinese. From its inception, Lingyin was a famous monastery in the Jiangnan region. [ 1 ] At its peak under the Wuyue Kingdom (907–978), the temple boasted 18 pavilions, 72 halls, more than 1300 dormitory ...

  6. Relics associated with Buddha - Wikipedia

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    Relics in Myanmar. The Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar houses 8 strands of Buddha's hair taken by his first 2 disciples Tapussa and Bhallika; to the site where three relics of Buddha's previous incarnations had been enshrined. Shwedagon was created with the help of the King of Okkalapa and the Sule nat (spirit).

  7. Buddhas and bodhisattvas in art - Wikipedia

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    Buddhas and bodhisattvas in art. The many different varieties of Buddhist art often show buddhas and bodhisattvas, as well as depictions of the historical Buddha, known as Gautama Buddha (or Siddhārtha Gautama, Śākyamuni, or Tathāgata). Especially in Mahayana Buddhism, the main image in a temple or shrine often does not represent the ...

  8. Buddha in art - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Much Buddhist art uses depictions of the historical Buddha, Gautama Buddha, which are known as Buddharūpa (lit. 'Form of the Awakened One') in Sanskrit and Pali. These may be statues or other images such as paintings. The main figure in an image may be someone else who has obtained Buddhahood, or a boddhisattva, especially in the ...

  9. Ekādaśamukha - Wikipedia

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    Of the eleven faces, three wear a benevolent, serene expression characteristic of depictions of bodhisattvas, three sport a wrathful countenance, three are grinning with fangs protruding upward from their mouths, one is laughing boisterously, whilst the final, topmost head is that of a buddha, sporting a calm demeanor and a head knob ...

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