Dainichi
Nyorai (Sanskrit : Mahavairocana)
Buddha of cosmic light & truth.
Guardian of people born in the Zodiac Year of the Sheep (Goat) & Monkey.
Dainichi Buddha sitting atop an ornate lotus. Dainichi is the central
deity of Japan's Shingon Sect of Esoteric Buddhism, and the main
object of veneration in Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism in Asia.
In Japan, images of Dainichi appear most often in the Taizoukai
(Womb World) and Kongoukai (Diamond World) Mandalas, which together
depict the key devotional images of Esoteric Buddhism.
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