Amida Nyorai

English en Etymology From en ja 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai. Proper noun 1 en Japanese mythology Buddhism The Japanese name for the Western Buddha, Amitābha, one of the Five Tathagatas Five Dhyani Buddhas. en https://books.google.com/books?id=bpwCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA36 The Arts of Japan Edward Dillon Methuen Little books on art 1008200768 1906 36 The Tendai may indeed be regarded as the mother sect of all later developments of Japanese Buddhism, and Amida Nyorai is even of greater importance in Japanese art than Sakya Muni, the founder of the religion. en https://books.google.com/books?id=V-guH1q__1wC&pg=PT421 The Rough Guide to Japan Jan Dodd; Simon Richmond Penguin Rough Guide to... 9781405389266 1176178972 2011-02-01 The 13m-tall image represents Amida Nyorai, the future Buddha who receives souls into the Western Paradise, and was built under the orders of Minamoto Yoritomo to rival the larger Nara Buddha, near Kyoto. en https://www.google.com/books?id=d1nGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA578 U. Dessì 2019 The Pure Land and this World in Hishiki Masaharu’s Shin Buddhist Ethics G. T. Halkias; R. K. Payne Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts 578 University of Hawaii Press 9780824877149 Pure Land Buddhism suggests that the problem of suffering should not be addressed as a spiritual matter but at the level of change in the social environment. The desired social environment is the peaceful and equalitarian environment envisioned by Amida Nyorai’s vows in the Larger Sūtra and especially in the First Vow. Coordinate terms en Dainichi Nyorai en Ashuku Nyorai en Hōshō Nyorai en Fukūjōju Nyorai en Buddhas Japanese Romanization あみだにょらい