Buddhism Amida Nyorai Gold Wooden Statue Spiky Nimbus

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Buddhism Amida Nyorai Gold Wooden Statue Spiky Nimbus IMPORTANT NOTES This is a BUY IT NOW Auction meaning that the price is fixed and the first bidder purchases and wins the piece. Please know that items purchased from us will be shipped direct from California. Your item will arrive much sooner and the shipping cost will be far less than items being shipped direct from Japan. Take advantage of our combined shipping to save even more! DETAILS OF ITEM This piece measures 9" tall including the spiky nimbus. Faith in Amida Nyorai remained largely confined among the court, scholars and monasteries until the Kamakura period (1185-1333), when it became popular by the new Buddhist sects (the Pure Land sects) committed to spread Buddhism to the illiterate commoner. They preached that salvation of the ordinary person and stressed pure and simple faith over complicated ritualistic rites and doctrines of earlier Esoteric Buddhism. Their leaders, Honen Shonin and his disciple Shinran taught that anyone could attain salvation by faithfully reciting the name of Amida Buddha by simply chanting Amida's name "Namu Amida Butsu." Amida Nyorai vowed that anyone who calls his name with faith shall be reborn in a paradise called the Pure Land. The Amida figurines usually have very simple robes without any ornaments of jewels or crowns to express that he is free from all the earthly desires and devoting himself to teaching. His hands are to express his teaching and spirit. Among many expressions and position of hands, rising right hand and lowering his left like this particular piece symbolize Raigo-in that Amida descends from his paradise to lead the faithful back to the pure land. The gleaming gold is used to express the spiritual merits of Amida. The age of this piece is from the 1980's and it is in excellent condition. PLEASE VISIT MY EBAY STORE BY CLICKING THE LINK ABOVE TO EASILY BROWSE BY CATEGORY ALL OF THE OTHER JAPANESE ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES THAT ARE UP FOR AUCTION THIS WEEK. IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, PLEASE BOOKMARK OUR AUCTIONS TO EASILY FIND US. THANKS FOR VIEWING THIS AUCTION.A FEW IMPORTANT NOTES:If you have any questions concerning this or other items we have up for auction, please don't hesitate to email me for an answer. We will do our best to email you a reply within one day. It is best to get your questions in early since we may not be available to respond to you within minutes or hours of the auction end. Of course, we will try to reply if it is possible. For all of those who wish to combine items, please email me to let me know of your intent and I will email you confirming this. This allows us to keep your winning items aside until you are ready to finalize your purchases. Items can only be combined for a two week period starting with the earliest winning item marking the beginning of the period. California residents will be charged a sales tax of 8.75% unless a valid California resale card is on file with us. Paypal, Money order or cashier's check allows fast shipping. Personal checks wait 10 days. Thanks for looking and best of luck with your bid!Buyer pays actual shipping. Your item will be shipped domestically using either USPS priority mail, USPS first class mail or UPS ground service. The one limitation with UPS is that they only ship to a physical address not to a US Postal PO Box address. On rare occasions we would use Fedex ground or a Blanket Wrap service for very large furniture pieces. We will insure your packages ONLY AS AN OPTION ON REQUEST for the exact additional cost of insurance. In addition to the actual USPS or UPS shipping cost, we charge a handling fee of between $1.00 to $2.00 to cover packaging costs and though we are not out to make a profit on our shipping, we would like to cover our packaging material ... read more

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