Vairocana Essays

aesthetics value hence suggests the distinctive practice each time period had with Chinese Buddhism. This paper aims to make a comparison between the Shakyamuni Buddha of the Northern Wei Dynasty; Cave 140, Middle Bin Yang (Figure 1) and the Buddha Vairocana of the Tang Dynasty; Feng Xian Temple (Figure

op.1 (see Fig.5) which is well-known and well-studied drawing of Kumagusu appears in his letter to Hōryu, written on July 18, 1903. In Shingon school, there are two main mandalas which symbolises the two realms of the universe. One expresses the Vairocana Tantra (dainichi kyō, 大日経) and is known as the Womb Realm (Sanskrit: Garbhadhatu, Taizōkai Mandala, 胎蔵界曼荼羅). The other expresses the Vajrasekhara Tantra (kongōchō kyō, 金剛頂経) and is known as the Diamond Realm (Sanskrit: Vajrhadhatu, Kongōkai Mandala