EASIA234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fujiwara No Michinaga, Gautama Buddha, Nianfo
13 Dec 2016
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Pureland buddhism was an easier mode of practice, and spread more easily. Namu amida butsu repetitio(cid:374) (cid:374)u(cid:373)erous ti(cid:373)es, (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) (cid:449)ere(cid:374)"t (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)% sure ho(cid:449) to pronounce amida. Raigo: descent of amida from the heavens to where a true believer lies on their deathbed: amida buddha: central to the picture, surrounded by an entourage of bodhisattvas, resting on lotus leaves. A bodhisattva carries a lotus leaf for the newly dead. Fujiwara no michinaga (966 - 1027), fujiwara no yorimichi (992 1074) Marry daughter/niece/etc into the imperial empire, oust an imperial son/nephew/etc. Michinaga is the foremost example of a successful fujiwara regent, at the peak of his power most wealthy man in japan: aristocracy had country villas ~6 hours away near kyoto, in a cooler climate when the. Michinaga has a house there, which passes to. Yorimichi (his son), who converts the house into a private chapel/temple.
