Buddhas in a sentence

A painting of a multitude of sitting Buddhas on the walls of Ajanta, the caves of Maharashtra, India.

The theater features two minaret towers, three stained glass windows, six Buddhas, eight porcelain lions, hundreds of elephants, hand-drawn murals, and dozens of draperies, all of which have been in the theatre since its opening.

Buddhism main Buddhists in both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions hold the Arhats and Arahants in special esteem, as well as Bodhisattvas, other Buddhas, or eminent members of the Sangha.

Devotional schools such as Pure Land Buddhism seek the aid of celestial buddhas—individuals who have spent lifetimes accumulating positive karma, and use that accumulation to aid all.

For Kūkai, world, actions, persons and Buddhas are all part of the cosmic monologue of Vairocana, they are the truth being preached, to its own self manifestations.

In Buddhism, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have created a variety of skillful means (upaya) to help bring practitioners ever closer to realizing enlightenment.

In his view, the kami were just Buddhas by another name.

In May it is common to see dancing dragons at the Feast of the Drunken Dragon and twinkling-clean Buddhas at the Feast of the Bathing of Lord Buddha.

In the Mahayana world view, there are also pure lands which lie outside this continuum and are created by the Buddhas upon attaining enlightenment.

Mipham argued that the view of the middle way is Unity (zung 'jug), meaning that from the ultimate perspective the duality of sentient beings and Buddhas is also dissolved.

Moreover, indeterminate buddhas are available for intercession as they reside in awoken-fields (Sanskrit: buddha-kshetra).

Most of them represent buddhas and deities and have been built in the 2000s.

Note the statue of Hanuman next to the Buddhas in the picture, a common example of religious harmony in Kathmandu.

The gods and Buddhas, too, first started with a vow.

The Heart Sutra: The Womb of the Buddhas (2004) Shoemaker 7 Hoard.

The priest Gyogi is known for his belief in assimilation of Shinto Kami and Buddhas.

There is also a small Porites stupa in the Museum where the directional Dhyani Buddhas (Jinas) are etched in its four cardinal points as in the Mahayana tradition.

Thus, although Buddhas possess no limitation from their side on their ability to help others, sentient beings continue to experience suffering as a result of the limitations of their own former negative actions.