Vairocana (毘盧遮那佛, Birojana)
The cosmic buddha of Hwaeom teaching, enshrined as the principal image at many Korean temples.
Vairocana is the buddha at the centre of Hwaeom (Huayan) teaching, understood as the body of the whole cosmos rather than as a figure who lived a life. Korean temples of the tradition enshrine him as the principal image, and he is usually recognised by the hand gesture in which one hand grips the raised forefinger of the other. At Sangwonsa on Odaesan the state record names him alongside Mañjuśrī as the focus of prayer.
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