#acala

[daily-yokai]

Day 304: Lord Acala

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"HE IS EQUIPPED TO GUIDE THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER PAST TEMPTATION ON THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 843×1080 -- Fudō Myōō, a Buddhist deity and guardian of the Buddhist law. His name translates to "The Undefeatable Enlightened King of Buddhism," or "the immovable or unshakable one."

DATE: 13th century (1199-1399)

ARTIST: Japan

DEPARTMENT: Arts of Asia

TITLE: Fudo Myo-o

ORIGIN: Japan (Artist's nationality)

MEDIUM: Wood with polychromy and gilt-bronze accessories

CREDIT LINE: Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

OVERVIEW: "The name Fudo Myo-o means “the immovable or unshakable one.” He is one of five myo-o, or lords of light, whose threatening appearance guards the Law of Buddhism. He is equipped to guide the spiritual traveler past temptation on the path to enlightenment. Fudo’s bulging eyes, piercing stare, and protruding fangs express the intensity of his wrath against evil. Seated on a stylized rock formation that symbolizes his steadfastness, he once held his attributes, a rope and sword (these have been removed for conservation), which were used to subdue evil forces and to cut through the ignorance that is the source of suffering. This finely modeled figure reflects the highly detailed, realistic direction taken by Japanese sculptors in the Kamakura period (1185–1333)."

-- THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Source: www.artic.edu/artworks/8085/fudo-myo-o.

[occvltswim]

奈良・如意輪寺の蔵王権現立像（鎌倉時代、「山の神仏展」カタログから）

[majestativa]

What is called Fudō Myōō is said to be one’s unmoving mind and an unvacillating body. Unvacillating means not being detained by anything.

— Takuan Sōhō, The Unfettered Mind: Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman, transl by William Scott Wilson, (2012)

[koerperlich]

Statue of Fudō Myōō (Acala) Japan, early 13th century (Kamakura period) Acala is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism

[maruhi]

炎と不動明王

Acala with Karura’s Fire

明王様、火気は厳禁ですよ

A sign saying “no fires”

[urbanchicagoan]

A sculpted image of the wrathful Buddhist deity Acala enshrined in the Dharma Protector Hall of Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple in Bridgeport, Chicago (10/15/2022)

[ninetail-fox]

the God of fire ,Ginza