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    3. 如来

    如来

    如にょ来らい

    Tathagata

    KMT9News #28+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    如來

    にょらい

    Noun

    1.
    Tathagata, perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

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    仏ぶつ像ぞうには如にょ来らい像ぞうが多おおい。

    There are many statues of Tathagata among Buddhist statues.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    大だい日にち如にょ来らいは密みっ教きょうの中ちゅう心しん的てきな仏ほとけである。

    Dainichi Nyorai is the central Buddha of Esoteric Buddhism.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    寺じ院いんの本ほん堂どうには、阿あ弥み陀だ如にょ来らいが祀まつられていることが多 い。

    Amida Nyorai is often enshrined in the main hall of temples.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    釈しゃ迦か如にょ来らいは仏ぶっ教きょうの開かい祖そとして広ひろく信しん仰こうされている。

    Shaka Nyorai (Gautama Buddha) is widely worshipped as the founder of Buddhism.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    如にょ来らいとは、悟さとりを開ひらき、真しん理りを体たい得とくした仏ほとけの尊そん称しょうである。

    Tathagata is an honorific title for a Buddha who has attained enlightenment and embodied the truth.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    如
    ごと.し…(6)
    likeness・like・such as・as if・better…(2)
    来
    く.る・きた.る・きた.す・き.たす・き.たる・き…(7)
    come・due・next・cause・become
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