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Vairocana is the Primordial Buddha in the Chinese schools of Tiantai, Huayan and Tangmi, also appearing in later schools including the Japanese Kegon, Shingon and esoteric lineages of Tendai. In the case of Huayan and Shingon, Vairocana is the central figure. | Vairocana is the Primordial Buddha in the Chinese schools of Tiantai, Huayan and Tangmi, also appearing in later schools including the Japanese Kegon, Shingon and esoteric lineages of Tendai. In the case of Huayan and Shingon, Vairocana is the central figure. | ||
Helen Hardacre, writing on the Mahavairocana Tantra, comments that Mahavairocana's virtues are deemed to be immanently universal within all beings: "The principle doctrine of the Dainichikyo is that all the virtues of Dainichi (Mahāvairocana) are inherent in us and in all sentient beings. | Helen Hardacre, writing on the Mahavairocana Tantra, comments that Mahavairocana's virtues are deemed to be immanently universal within all beings: "The principle doctrine of the Dainichikyo is that all the virtues of Dainichi (Mahāvairocana) are inherent in us and in all sentient beings.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vairocana wiki]</ref> | ||
==Statues== | ==Statues== | ||
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The Daibutsu in the Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan, is the largest bronze image of Vairocana in the world. | The Daibutsu in the Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan, is the largest bronze image of Vairocana in the world. | ||
'''The larger of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan that were destroyed was also a depiction of Vairocana.''' | '''The larger of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan that were destroyed was also a depiction of Vairocana.'''<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vairocana wiki]</ref> | ||