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nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

Buddhist (household) altar

large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

Buddhist family chapel; altar room

Amitabha

teachings of Buddha; Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhist enlightenment

Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple

Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)

Buddha's death; very unlucky day (in the traditional calendar)

(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering

various buddhas

stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person

Buddhist picture

buddhas and bodhisattvas

temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha (esp. the main hall of a Zen Buddhist temple)

Buddhist temple

temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha; Buddhist shrine

Buddhist memorial service

punishment by Buddha; divine retribution

punishment by Buddha; divine retribution

Buddhist; disciple of Buddha

Buddha and gods

Buddhist image normally withheld from public view

one's own Buddha statue

metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze); cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person

Buddha's providence

grace of Buddha; indebtedness to Buddha

rejection of Buddhism; expulsion of Buddhism

statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)

Confucianism and Buddhism

Buddhist studies; Buddhology

Vairocana-Buddha

single buddha; one buddha; the same buddha; Amitabha

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

seeing Buddha

wooden Buddha

wooden Buddha

the power of Buddha

small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image

Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas

the seven previous incarnations of Buddha

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings

Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)

Taoism and Buddhism

grand Lama; living Buddha

Buddhist term; teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha

tooth of Buddha recovered from his cremated ashes

woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images

Zen temple meditation hall

the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings

the death of Shakyamuni Buddha; Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

Buddha prior to Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni

Won Buddhism

ten epithets of Buddha

contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)

Buddhist image seat; temple pulpit

buddha state (ultimate level of Buddhist enlightenment); buddhahood

contemplating Buddha

Buddhist image in the open

coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

Buddhist calendar