| This is a view from the top of the head of the Vairocana Budha that once stood carved in the rock on the road
from Bamian to Kabul in Afghanistan. As a point of interest, I counted 43 snow capped peaks form this view, an
d later climbed in the Karakoram, traversing the glacier at Ladakh.
Vairocana is the Primordial Buddha in the Chinese schools of Tiantai, Hanmi Esoteric School and Hua-Yen Buddhi
sm, also appearing in later schools including the Japanese Kegon and esoteric lineages of Tendai and Shingon.
In the case of Shingon and Hua-Yen schools, Vairocana is the central figure.
With regard to Emptiness, the massive size and brilliance of
Vairocana statues serve as a reminder that all conditioned existence is empty and without a permanent identity
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