Amida Nyorai (阿弥陀如来)
The buddha of the Pure Land, and the principal image of Jōdo-shū temples.
Amida Nyorai, known in Sanskrit as Amitābha, is the buddha at the centre of Pure Land Buddhism, whose vow is to receive into his Pure Land those who call on him. Temples of the Jōdo school enshrine Amida as their principal image. At Zojo-ji in Tokyo the Amida image is a hidden one, kept from view and known as the Black Honzon, which the temple associates with victory and with Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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