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    The Taima Mandala (當麻曼荼羅,綴織当麻曼荼羅図) is an 8th century mandala in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism. It depicts Sukhavati, the western Pure Land, with the Buddha...
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    the Shingon and Jōdo sects of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is the Taima Mandala, a graphical representation of the Pure Land. The temple's full name...
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    famous mandala in Japan is the Taima mandala, dated to about 763 CE. The Taima mandala is based on the Contemplation Sutra, but other similar mandalas have...
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    association with the origin of the Taima Mandala dates back to the thirteenth century in the form of a handscroll painting titled Taima Mandara engi emaki. In the...
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    "Raigō". HighBeam Research, Inc. Retrieved 16 January 2013. "Exchange: Taima Temple Mandala: Amida Welcomes Chûjôhime to the Western Paradise". exchange.umma...
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    Contemplation Sutra Archived 2021-01-22 at the Wayback Machine The Taima Mandala Image of the Pure Land from a medieval Japanese scroll, based on the...
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    Buddhist biographies, Jataka tales, Pure Land variant paintings (such as Taima mandala), Raigō, Buddhist narrative paintings such as the Two Rivers White Path...
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    Pure Land (section Mandala)
    Esoteric Buddhist traditions, like Shingon, the dual mandalas of the Vajradhatu and Garbhadhatu mandalas are considered to be the representation of the buddhafield...
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    from the Shingon and Tendai sects including the use of mandala (such as the famous Taima Mandala), and other ascetic practices. Shōkū, its founder, was...
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    is known for his extensive commentary on the Taima Mandala at the invitation of the head priest of Taima-dera temple. His later years were marked by significant...
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    includes phowa practices and extensive visualization exercises where the main mandala is Sukhavati. The esoteric practice of phowa (mind transference, Sanskrit:...
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    Interior view of Taima-dera, where the spaces are set aside to show several stages of the story, thanks to the fukinuki yatai. Taima Mandala Engi [fr], 13th...
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    original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-09-07. 綴織当麻曼荼羅図 [Taima Mandala] (in Japanese). Taima-dera. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved...
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    Kengen 乾元 November 1302 – August 1303 Taima mandala (painted 1302) Location Japan Monarch(s) Emperor Go-Nijō Chronology...
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    require esoteric initiation (abhiseka), or make use of esoteric mudras or mandalas. There are various Mahayana sutras associated with the term guan, though...
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    talisman issued by the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) called Jingū Taima (神宮大麻). Jingū Taima were originally purification wands (祓串, haraegushi) that wandering...
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  • vols) 1988 Snodgrass, A. The Taima Mandala: A Descriptive Guide 1995 Snodgrass, A. The Matrix and Diamond World Mandalas in Shingon Buddhism (Satapitaka...
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  • Copy of the Taima Mandala, which is based on the visualizations taught in the Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra...
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    surviving works of Mitsunori is a scroll known as the “Legend of the Taima mandala” (当麻曼荼羅図, Taimamandarazu), executed in a quite conservative style. Tazawa...
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    it is concerned with the role of Princess Chujo-hime in creating the Taima Mandala. A relatively undramatic play, Taema recounts how an old man visits...
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    an inscription on the upper part written by Lanxi himself. Taima Mandala engi (当麻曼荼羅縁起, taima mandara engi) Two handscrolls (Emakimono), 51.5 cm x 796.7 cm...
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    from Chinese to Japanese, and is said to have witnessed weaving of Taima mandala by Amitabha Buddha himself & his attendants from lotus stems. It is...
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  • 065244; 136.698879 (Chinkokushukoku Jinja) [21] Taima Mandala, colour on silk 絹本著色当麻曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Taima mandara zu Muromachi period Kuwana Jūnen-ji...
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    Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1978. Kokuhō Tsuzureori Taima Mandara (国宝綴織大麻曼荼羅, "National Treasure: Taima Mandala Tapestry"). Tokyo: Kōsei Shuppansha, 1978. (with...
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    "Raigō". HighBeam Research, Inc. Retrieved 16 January 2013. "Exchange: Taima Temple Mandala: Amida Welcomes Chûjôhime to the Western Paradise". UMMA Exchange...
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  • Memorial Association) [7][8] *Legends of the Taima Mandala, colour on paper 紙本著色当麻曼荼羅縁起 shihon chakushoku Taima mandara engi Kamakura period Kamakura Kōmyō-ji...
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     116, OCLC 904863, retrieved January 1, 2010 当麻曼荼羅縁起 かまくら GreenNet [Taima Mandala engi Kamakura GreenNet] (in Japanese), Kamakura City, archived from...
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  • 2015. "Mandala of the Supreme Usnisa Buddhas (J., Sonsho Mandara)". National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 4 September 2015. "Mandala of the...
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    legend which states that this was the location where Chūjō-hime wove the Taima mandala. Iwaya larger cave Iwaya smaller cave Panoramic view List of Historic...
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  • Seikai Mandala 清海曼茶羅図 Seikai mandala zu Muromachi period Sendai Jōkaku-ji (成覚寺) the Seikai Mandala, along with the Taima Mandala and the Chikō Mandala, is...
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