attaining Buddhahood ②going to heaven

France

statue of Buddha

nembutsu ②visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

Namu Amida Butsu

Buddhist (household) altar

Amitabha

gods and Buddha ②Shinto and Buddhism

crown of a buddha's head ②brusqueness

dying ②being ruined

Buddhism

staying in France

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)

(before a) Buddhist altar ②offering placed on a Buddhist altar

French Open (tennis)

Buddha's heart

teachings of Buddha ②Buddhist enlightenment

Buddha

Buddha ②Buddhist image ③the dead ④merciful person

(a) Buddha ②deceased person

(a) Buddha ②deceased person

Lord Buddha

person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave

way of the Buddha

compassionate heart

God and Buddha

even the patience of a saint eventually runs out

gentle face

otherworldly

Adam's apple

living Buddha ②living person

there is no God!

God only knows what may happen

ignorance is bliss

spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death ②the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)

falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down

snow figure of Buddha

mercy

Usnisavijaya

citron (Citrus medica)

offering to Buddha (often rice)