Talk:Vairocana

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[edit] Largest bronze?

Which is accurate: the largest bronze Buddha or the largest bronze Buddha? - Nat Krause 15:29, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Neither, but it is the largest bronze Vairocana Buddha =) Jpatokal 01:37, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Um, right. Well, I wonder what the largest bronze Buddha statue is, then? - Nat Krause 05:58, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hong Kong's Tian Tan Buddha is the largest bronze seated outdoor Buddha. No, I don't know if there's a bigger non-bronze, non-seated or non-outdoor Buddha out there.... Jpatokal 08:22, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Mudras

I've qualified the article to say that Vairochana often displays the Dharmachakra mudra, given the image to the right. Melchoir 00:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dainichi Nyorai

Dainichi Nyorai redirects to this article, but this article only once mentions the word Dainichi, leading me to think that this article has little or nothing to do with Dainichi Nyorai and vice versa. Can someone please clarify this for me? 172.190.90.154 04:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, that one mention of the word is enough: "Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahavairocana; [...] Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai)", meaning that Dainichi Nyorai and Vairocana are two name in two different languages for the same subject. --Εξαίρετος (msg) 13:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)