Buddhism and statues of Budda

After chrismas we can hear at the end of December in the midnight in the temple the bell rnging out the old year..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJank6jvaHI&t=1043s


When we visit the japanese temples , we can find the Budda statues .
As we know, Budda is the religious leader who lived in India about 2500 years ago, and whose teachings led to the development of Buddhism.

Buddhism has been the dominant religion in Japan for over 1000 years..

So, we can say that Japan is home to a vast number of Buddhist statues that were produced with the aim of spreading Buddhism,...


So, How can we Identify Buddhist Statues ?

There are almost 3 type of Statues .Myorai, Bosatsu, Myo-o

! Nyorai are beings who have attained enlightenment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyorai

2 Bosatsu are beings who are working towards attaining enlightenment

3 Myo-o are deities who punish those who ignore the Buddha’s teachings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_King


At most of temples in Japan ,they have the principal statue of worship in front of which visitors pray.

We can buy personal Buddhist statues in amzon.com

https://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?field-keywords=%E4%BB%8F%E5%83%8F&ie=UTF8&language=en_US&url=search-alias%3Daps