Shaka Nyorai

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Buddha deity in Japanese Buddhism representation of Shakyamuni Buddha

Shaka Nyorai is the Japanese name for Shakyamuni Buddha, the historical Buddha revered as the central enlightened figure in many Buddhist temples and traditions in Japan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddha ⓘ
deity in Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
representation of Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
associatedRitual Buddha’s Birthday celebrations in Japan ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Four Noble Truths NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noble Eightfold Path NERFINISHED ⓘ
enlightenment ⓘ
basedOnHistoricalPerson Siddhartha Gautama NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToCategory Nyorai class of Buddhas NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralFigureIn Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
centralScripturalSource Agama sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pali Nikayas (in origin) NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedOn Hanamatsuri (Flower Festival) in Japan ⓘ
contrastedWith Bosatsu (bodhisattvas) in Japanese iconography ⓘ
culturalContext Japanese religious culture ⓘ
depictedWithAttendants often flanked by bodhisattvas ⓘ
equivalentTo Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Shaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shakamuni NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameInJapanese 釈迦如来 ⓘ
hasTitle Tathagata NERFINISHED ⓘ
World-Honored One NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconographyFeature elongated earlobes ⓘ
seated meditation posture ⓘ
simple monk’s robes ⓘ
usnisha ⓘ
influenced Japanese temple architecture focus on main image ⓘ
development of Japanese Buddhist art ⓘ
JapaneseTermComponent Nyorai means Thus-Come One NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shaka means Shakya NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
originatesFrom Indian Buddhism ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
residesIn many main halls of Japanese Buddhist temples ⓘ
role enlightened teacher ⓘ
historical Buddha ⓘ
teaches Middle Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
impermanence ⓘ
non-self ⓘ
typicalMudra earth-touching mudra ⓘ
meditation mudra ⓘ
veneratedIn Japanese Pure Land Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japanese Shingon Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japanese Tendai Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japanese Zen Buddhism ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedAs central Buddha in many Japanese temples ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaminarimon → dedicatedTo → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
Rokuon-ji → dedicatedTo → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
Temple 1: Ryōzenji → dedicatedTo → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
subject surface form: Ryōzenji
Ryōzenji → dedicatedTo → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
Ninna-ji → hasMainDeity → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
Temple 9: Hōrinji → mainDeity → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
Tenryu-ji Temple → mainDeity → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
subject surface form: Tenryu-ji
Horyu-ji → primaryDeity → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
Kōfuku-ji → primaryDeity → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
Temple 1: Ryōzenji → principalDeity → Shaka Nyorai ⓘ
subject surface form: Ryōzenji