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Dainichi Nyorai, The Cosmic Buddha, Japanese Buddhism Photo Gallery (2263 words) |
 | Dainichi is accordingly represented in the preaching gesture, the Dharmacakra mudra (Japanese: Hokai Jo-in). |
| Dainichi is known as the primordial or cosmic Buddha, and represents the center or zenith and the color white. |
| Dainichi is the central figure in mandala of the Shingon and Tendai sects of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism. |
| Image no. 681 | Dainichi Nyorai in the Form of Ichiji Kinrin Buccho | AskAsia.org (250 words) |
| Dainichi Nyorai (Sanskrit Vairochana Buddha), whose name means "Great Sun Buddha," is considered to be the primary deity of the Shingon sect of Japanese Esoteric (Vajrayana) Buddhism and is worshiped as the cosmic origin of all things. |
| In this painting, he is seated in the posture of meditation (padmasana) and performs a distinctive gesture known as the wisdom-fist (jnanamushti mudra). |
| According to one text, Dainichi is another name for the sun, using the sun as a metaphor to explain the deity that brings light and salvation and cuts through darkness and ignorance. |
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