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Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas |
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On
the 16th floor, this unique hall has more than 10,000 images
of the Medicine Buddha on its walls, all meticulously hand-cast
in bronze. In the center is a seven-story pagoda, constructed
of teakwood without the use of a single nail. Inside the pagoda
are statues of seven Medicine Buddhas and classic wooden reliefs
of 500 arhats. With the Diamond Sutra engraved on its outer
walls, the Three Jewels Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are unified
in this pagoda.
The enormous 30-meter high frameless glass curtains on both
sides of the pagoda are precision-engineered and can flex 43.9
centimeters in resistance to the force of fierce winds and earthquakes.
Through the glass curtains, the pagoda can be seen from a great
distance at night, with the light from the pagoda emanating
like a beacon, calling those in the mundane world to return
to the luminous nature of their original mind. |
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