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Acala Vidyaaraaja
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Acala Vidyârâja, Fudo Myo-O 不動明王
The Indian Connecion
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Interpreting art is a tricky, uncertain endeavor, particularly when the gods are involved. Take, for example, Fudo Myo-o, an esoteric Japanese Buddhist deity whose likenesses date back to the twelfth century. He was sometimes confused with Ususama, another Buddhist deity who was regarded as a devourer of stinking matter.
As a result, statues of poor Fudo Myo-o were occasionally placed near bathrooms in Buddhist temples. What is pleasing to one deity is perhaps not so enjoyable to another.
For millennia, religious statues, paintings, and diagrams have been created not only as objects to be admired, but also as tools for maintaining relations with ancestors, gods, and the dead transform- ing the human body and soul; and foreseeing and changing the future. But in spite of the original intentions behind them, they are―as in the case of Fudo Myo-o― subject to reinterpretations over time.
Even relatively current works can leave us scratching our heads, wondering what their creators intended. The 1918 plumbing contraption titled God, attributed to Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and Morton Schamberg, is intended to be a statement on technology, but leaves us to wonder what sort of statement the artists intended to make about a Supreme Being. We know from records that Freytag-Loringhoven wrote to Solomon Guggenheim that "God should take lessons on production efficiency from Henry Ford." Still, the meaning of "God" in any work of art lies within its beholders.
Read the full text HERE
The Divine is in the Details
by Ami Albernaz with Drew Bourne
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Acala (Skr.: Acala, Achala अचल; "immovable" one)
. Fudo Myo-O Introduction .
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Acala Vidyârâja, Fudo Myo-O 不動明王
The Indian Connecion
Quote:
Interpreting art is a tricky, uncertain endeavor, particularly when the gods are involved. Take, for example, Fudo Myo-o, an esoteric Japanese Buddhist deity whose likenesses date back to the twelfth century. He was sometimes confused with Ususama, another Buddhist deity who was regarded as a devourer of stinking matter.
As a result, statues of poor Fudo Myo-o were occasionally placed near bathrooms in Buddhist temples. What is pleasing to one deity is perhaps not so enjoyable to another.
For millennia, religious statues, paintings, and diagrams have been created not only as objects to be admired, but also as tools for maintaining relations with ancestors, gods, and the dead transform- ing the human body and soul; and foreseeing and changing the future. But in spite of the original intentions behind them, they are―as in the case of Fudo Myo-o― subject to reinterpretations over time.
Even relatively current works can leave us scratching our heads, wondering what their creators intended. The 1918 plumbing contraption titled God, attributed to Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and Morton Schamberg, is intended to be a statement on technology, but leaves us to wonder what sort of statement the artists intended to make about a Supreme Being. We know from records that Freytag-Loringhoven wrote to Solomon Guggenheim that "God should take lessons on production efficiency from Henry Ford." Still, the meaning of "God" in any work of art lies within its beholders.
Read the full text HERE
The Divine is in the Details
by Ami Albernaz with Drew Bourne
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Acala (Skr.: Acala, Achala अचल; "immovable" one)
. Fudo Myo-O Introduction .
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LINKS about Fudo Myo-o
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LINKS about Fudo Myo-o
不動明王のリンク集
The Best Site about Buddha Statues
Fudo Myo-O as personification of Dainichi Nyorai; best known of the five wisdom kings, and one of the main deities of the Shingon sect. Converts anger into salvation; furious, glaring face, as Fudo seeks to frighten people into accepting the teachings of Dainichi; carries "kurikara" or devil-subduing sword in right hand (also represents wisdom cutting through ignorance); holds rope in left hand (to catch and bind up demons); often has third eye in forehead (all-seeing); often seated or standing on rock (because Fudo is "immovable" in his faith).
Mark Schumacher
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/myo-o.shtml
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GOOGLE with "Fudo Myo-o"
GOOGLE with "Fudou Myou-ou"
GOOGLE with "Fudō Myō-ō"
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LINKS about Fudo Myo-o
不動明王のリンク集
The Best Site about Buddha Statues
Fudo Myo-O as personification of Dainichi Nyorai; best known of the five wisdom kings, and one of the main deities of the Shingon sect. Converts anger into salvation; furious, glaring face, as Fudo seeks to frighten people into accepting the teachings of Dainichi; carries "kurikara" or devil-subduing sword in right hand (also represents wisdom cutting through ignorance); holds rope in left hand (to catch and bind up demons); often has third eye in forehead (all-seeing); often seated or standing on rock (because Fudo is "immovable" in his faith).
Mark Schumacher
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/myo-o.shtml
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GOOGLE with "Fudo Myo-o"
GOOGLE with "Fudou Myou-ou"
GOOGLE with "Fudō Myō-ō"
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12/14/2006
Red Fudo Katsuyama
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Red Fudo at Katsuyama
秋葉神社の赤い不動明王 勝山、岡山県
In the compound of the Akiba Shrine, there is a little shrine for Fudo and En no Gyoja.
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Katsuyama, a station at the Road to Izumo
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Red Fudo at Katsuyama
秋葉神社の赤い不動明王 勝山、岡山県
In the compound of the Akiba Shrine, there is a little shrine for Fudo and En no Gyoja.
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Katsuyama, a station at the Road to Izumo
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Please send your contributions to Gabi Greve
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/
Alphabetical Index of the Daruma Museum
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