Shâkyamuni heads the list, having a place in at least six.
In old Buddhism Shâkyamuni was the chief god, and in many temples he still nominally occupies the seat of honour, but he is completely eclipsed by the God or Goddess of Mercy.
The discourses of Śâkyamuni are accompanied in it by stupendous miracles culminating in a grand cosmic phantasmagoria in which is evoked the stupa containing the body of a departed Buddha, that is a shrine containing the eternal truth.
This is his bodhi tree under which he will obtain enlightenment as Sâkyamuni under the Ficus religiosa.
Later theology regards Amitâbha, Amitâyus and Śâkyamuni as a series corresponding to the three bodies.
The Lalita-vistara[133] is a life of Śâkyamuni up to the commencement of his mission.
One aspect of the story of Sâkyamuni and his antecedent births thus led to the idea that all may become Buddhas.
The first of these works purports to be a discourse of Śâkyamuni himself, delivered on the Vulture's Peak in answer to the questions of Ânanda.
The scene is laid in the paradise of Indra where Śâkyamuni was temporarily sojourning and the principal interlocutor is a Bodhisattva named Vajragarbha.
It purports to be a discourse delivered by Śâkyamuni on the Vulture Peak to an assemblage of Bodhisattvas.
The figure of Śâkyamuni is frequent in poses which illustrate the familiar story of his life and the statue in the cathedral of Lhasa representing him as a young man is the most venerated image in all Tibet.
But on the other hand the personality of Śâkyamuni is emphasized; his life and previous births are pictured in a long series of sculptures and Maitreya is duly honoured.
Footnote 7: The eldest son of Sâkyamuni by Yasodharâ.
They regularly make offerings to the three previous Buddhas, but not to Sâkyamuni Buddha.
It was in the Tushita heaven that Sâkyamuni met him and appointed him as his successor, to appear as Buddha after the lapse of five thousand years.
Footnote 2: Thus Sâkyamuni had been one of the thousand little boys who floated in the box in the Ganges.
Sākyamuni and in the practice of prayer by all Buddhists, he will find a wonderful preparation for the gospel of Christ.
The historical Sākyamuni has almost disappeared, and in his place there are the eternal or semi-eternal Buddhas, and the great Bodhisattvas.
The rule of Sâkyamuni which has lasted twelve thousand years is now fulfilled, and Maitrêya succeeds to his place.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kyamuni" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
