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nijuugo bosatsu@“ρ\Œά•μŽF
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Lit. 25 bodhisattvas *bosatsu •μŽF. The bosatsu that are believed to accompany *Amida ˆ’–ν‘Ι when he leads a dying person to the Pure Land joudo ς“y and then offers welcome. These 25 bodhisattvas are first mentioned in the JUUOUJOU AMIDA BUKKOKUKYOU \‰Άˆ’–ν‘Ι•§‘Œo, an apocryphal sutra thought to have been composed in China, which states that they will protect the devotee at all times. But in Japan, with the gradual spread of the Pure Land faith from about the 10c onwards, they came to be associated specifically with the belief that Amida and his entourage come to welcome the dying person to the Pure Land. They appear in many depictions of this scene *raigou-zu —ˆŒ}}, and especially famous are the triptych now kept at Yuushi Hachimankou Juuhakkain —LŽu”ͺ”¦u\”ͺ‰Σ‰@ (Mt. Kouya ‚–μ; mid-12c) and the depiction of a so-called 'swift welcome' hayaraigou ‘—ˆŒ}, kept at Chion-in ’m‰Ά‰@ (late 13c) in Kyoto. As for representations in statuary form, there is a set of 26 seated, wooden images of these 25 bodhisattvas with Amida at Sokujouin ‘¦¬‰@ in Kyoto. They also figure in a version of the Amida mandara ˆ’–ν‘Ι™ΦδΆ—… brought to Japan by Eun Œb‰^ (798-869), a Chinese monk of the Kegon ‰ΨŒ΅ sect who is most remembered for his reclassification of the methods of teaching the sutras. Their names are as follows: *Kannon ŠΟ‰Ή, *Seishi ¨ŽŠ, Yakuou –ς‰€, Yakujou –ςγ, *Fugen •Œ«, Houjizaiou –@Ž©έ‰€, Shishiku Ž‚Žq™α, Darani ‘Ι—…“ς, Byakuzouou ”’Ϋ‰€, *Kokuuzou ‹•‹σ‘ , Tokuzou “Ώ‘ , Houzou •σ‘ , Konzou ‹ΰ‘ , Kongouzou ‹ΰ„‘ , Koumyouou Œυ–Ύ‰€, Sankaie ŽRŠCŒd, Kegon'ou ‰ΨŒ΅‰€, Shuhouou O•σ‰€, Gakkouou ŒŽŒυ‰€, Nisshouou “ϊΖ‰€, Sanmaiou ŽO–†‰€, Joujizaiou ’θŽ©έ‰€, Daijizaiou ‘εŽ©έ‰€, Byakuzouou ”’Ϋ‰€, Daiitokuou ‘εˆΠ“Ώ‰€, and Muhenshin –³•Σg.
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