西方三聖Western Trinity Buddha

 

盈珍水彩畫 - Ying CHen Watercolor painting 

西方三聖圖 - Western Trinity Buddha 

西方三聖

指的是西方極樂世界三尊主要的

佛菩薩，即教主阿彌陀佛，

和觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩薩。 

三者皆在蓮座上，

蓮象徵出淤泥而不染，

於一真法界而能應化在十法界。

阿彌陀佛居中，觀音菩薩在左，

大勢至菩薩在右。

三者塑像或畫像為修行淨土宗者禮敬。

西方三聖

接引臨命終時的信、願、行佛弟子

往生西方淨土極樂世界。

WESTERN TRINITY BUDDHA

A temple's main cultivation hall issimilar to a large meeting 

or teaching hall.

In the center of the main cultivation hall,

there are three statues, one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas. 

Buddha and Bodhisattva statues 

do not represent polytheism, 

the worship of more than one god. Each statue serves to inspire wisdom and awakening in each of us. 

They also represent certain aspects of Buddhism, which remind practitioners of the particular topic of teaching. 

Western Trinity Buddha 

will lead people ( faith, vow, action ) 

to Western pure land 

at the moment approaching 

the end of life.