Buddha statues: each type and its individual meaning

1. Buddha Statues
1000 Speakers Conference in English
Noriko Nagura, Oct, 2016

2. Types of Buddha Statues
←Nyorai
←Bosatsu
←Myo-oh
←Tembu

3. Nyorai = Already reached enlightenment
Bosatsu = Still need practice to reach enlightenment
Myo-oh = Only seen in esoteric Buddhism, smash evils
with angry faces
Tembu = Came from other regions, such as Hinduism
Types of Buddha Statues

4. Kotoku-In (Nyorai)
Made by casting bronze
656 curls = symbols of wisdom ♡
Mounted part and knot on the head =
symbols of wisdom ♡
Curl between eyebrows = Emit light ♡
Three lines on the throat =Went trough
3 stages of practice ♡
Gesture of hands = promise to take you
to paradise ♡
Webbed between thumb and forefinger
= save everyone in need ♡

5. Eleven-Faced Kannon at Hase Temple
(Bosatsu)
Made out of one big camphor tree
Eleven faces =Watch carefully to find
anybody in need ♡
Vase = Ever-lasting water of merit inside,
and make everyone’s dream come ture♡
Stick = Remove worldly desires and get
wisdom ♡

6. Buddha statues give & give lots of love.
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