阿米达在法身中的显现 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	阿米达在法身中的显现
品名（英）	Amida Manifesting in the Dharma-body of Expedient Means
入馆年号	1918年，18.146.1
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1700 - 公元 1799
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	14 x 6 1/2 英寸 (35.6 x 16.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个散发光束的佛阿弥陀（梵语：Amitābha）的图像是作为一个私人的虔诚图像创建的，很可能是为日本佛教真净土派信徒的家庭祭坛。与为主要寺庙制作的豪华图标不同，像这样的作品在绘画之前会附着在纸背上——这是一种预制形式。在图像被执行之后，它将被安装在明亮的丝绸上。今天制作的类似例子有时是三件一套，以阿米达为中心；真纯地佛教的创始人新然在右边；左边是洪安济寺的复兴者仁约。或者，Amida的两侧分别有十个和九个字的书法铭文，被称为myōgō。在真正的净土宗中，最简单的myōgō;是六个字，翻译过来就是"阿密达佛的名字万岁"。尽管一些颜料已经丢失，但大部分切割的银箔仍然保留着，而且没有被玷污这些光线象征着阿弥达当菩萨时为帮助他人获得启迪而做出的四十八个誓言。
介绍（英）	This image of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitābha) radiating beams of light was created as a private devotional image, most likely for the home altar of a follower of the True Pure Land School of Japanese Buddhism. Unlike deluxe icons made for major temples, a work like this one would have been attached to a paper backing before it was painted—a form of prefabrication. After the image was executed, it would have been mounted on bright silks. Similar examples produced today are sometimes made in sets of three, with Amida at the center; Shinran, the founder of True Pure Land Buddhism, to the right; and Rennyo, the reviver of Honganji Temple, to the left. Alternatively, Amida is flanked by calligraphic inscriptions of ten and nine characters, respectively, known as myōgō. The simplest myōgō used in True Pure Land Buddhism is six characters, and translates to “Hail the name of Amida Buddha.” Although some of the pigments are lost, much of the cut silver foil remains, and is untarnished. The rays of light symbolize the forty-eight vows made by Amida when he was a bodhisattva to help others attain enlightenment.