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The Shingon abhiṣeka initiation rite instructs students to throw a flower upon one of these objects that represents the Womb Realm and the Diamond Realm. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these objects that, when based on the Vajraśekhara Sūtra, have Vairocana in the center of the Diamond Realm. Types of these objects made of sand undergo the dissolution ceremony to reinforce life’s transience.
ANSWER: maṇḍalas [accept sand maṇḍalas; prompt on circles]
[10h] Original language term required. Vairocana and the other four of these figures inhabit the realms depicted on Diamond Realm maṇḍalas. These figures are emanations of the Ādi-Buddha’s qualities.
ANSWER: Tathāgatas (“tuh-TA-guh-tuh”) [or Five Wisdom Tathāgatas or Pañcatathāgata; accept Dhyani-Buddhas]
[10e] Womb Realm maṇḍalas depict Vairocana at the center, surrounded by an eight-petaled type of this purity-representing flower. The doctrine of “skillful means” is explained in a major sūtra named for this flower.
ANSWER: lotus [accept Lotus Sūtra, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, or Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram]
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