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Page 108
... Buddha image has been a point of consid- erable disagreement among scholars . It now The Buddha preaching , relief from Gandhāra , schist , c . 2nd century AD ; in the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India , Bombay P. Chandra seems ...
... Buddha image has been a point of consid- erable disagreement among scholars . It now The Buddha preaching , relief from Gandhāra , schist , c . 2nd century AD ; in the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India , Bombay P. Chandra seems ...
Page 547
... Buddha , in the east ; Amita- bha , the Buddha of Infinite Light , who dwells in the Western Paradise , the Pure Land ; and the celestial Buddhas , Amoghasiddhi in the north and Ratnasambhava in the south . Other chapters present sexual ...
... Buddha , in the east ; Amita- bha , the Buddha of Infinite Light , who dwells in the Western Paradise , the Pure Land ; and the celestial Buddhas , Amoghasiddhi in the north and Ratnasambhava in the south . Other chapters present sexual ...
Page 800
... Buddha Amida , also grew in popularity . These doctrines of- fered solace to the populace during the social upheaval that occurred in the late Heian pe- riod , which was marked by local disturbances and armed struggle among provincial ...
... Buddha Amida , also grew in popularity . These doctrines of- fered solace to the populace during the social upheaval that occurred in the late Heian pe- riod , which was marked by local disturbances and armed struggle among provincial ...
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