Taima Mandala, 当麻曼荼羅, Edo period (1615–1868), 1750, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, 41 13/16 x 37 1/16 in

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Taima Mandala, 当麻曼荼羅, Edo period (1615–1868), 1750, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, 41 13/16 x 37 1/16 in. ( x cm), Paintings, The Taima Mandala represents the Pure Land of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitābha) bordered on three sides by parables from the Sutra on the Meditation on the Buddha of Infinite Life (Kanmuryōjukyō). This text, portions of which appear in the boundaries between scenes, recounts the promise at the core of Pure Land School teaching: that those who concentrate on the Buddha Amida during life, and recite his name, will be escorted to his Pure Land, known as the Western Paradise, at the final moment of death

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