Ashuku Nyorai

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Etymology

From Japanese 阿閦如来 (Ashuku Nyorai).

Proper noun

Ashuku Nyorai

  1. (Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the Eastern Buddha, Akṣobhya, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
    • 1988, Taikō Yamasaki, Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Shambhala, →ISBN, page 139:
      Vajra Division (kongō-bu): The eternal life force. The central deity is Ashuku Nyorai.
    • 2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 128:
      Finally, behind Fukūjōju sits Ashuku Nyorai. Ashuku is the Buddha of the East. His left hand holds a piece of detached sleeve. His right hand hangs pendent in front of his right knee, palm turned inward, fingers pointing toward the ground.
    • 2008, Tatsuro Muro, David C. Moreton, A Journey of the Soul, Education Publishing Center, →ISBN, page 14:
      It contains statues of Ashuku Nyorai, Hōshō Nyorai, Muryōju Nyorai, and Fukūjōju Nyorai surrounding a statue of Dainichi Nyorai.
    • 2006, Mark Hosak, Walter Luebeck, The Big Book of Reiki Symbols, Lotus Press, →ISBN, page 263:
      Establish the connection with the Imperturbable Buddha Ashuku Nyorai through the distant contact. Greet him with the words: “Dear Ashuku Nyorai, I come to you as a sick person and request healing. […] ”
    • 2021, Burritt Sabin, Kamakura: A Contemplative Guide‎, Partridge, →ISBN:
      On the left is a third guest Buddha, a seated image of Ashuku Nyorai carved in 1322 by Inkō, about whom little is known.

Coordinate terms

Japanese

Romanization

Ashuku Nyorai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あしゅくにょらい
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