Meanings

seeing Buddha

seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings

Shinto-Buddhist syncretism

kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)

there is no God!

various buddhas

all Buddhas of past, present and future

ten epithets of Buddha

God only knows what may happen

ignorance is bliss

round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines

spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death

transformed Buddha

Buddhist thought

seed of Buddhahood

place containing a Buddhist image

government-run workshop of Buddhist sculptors (during the Nara period)

Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings