Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

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The street co-naming honors the life of the Zen master who once lived and studied on the same block of West 109th Street.

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Saishorin chanted a sutra in front of a Buddhist “ihai” memorial tablet ... they headed to Mount Hanaokayama by car or on foot to visit Genya’s family grave halfway up the mountain in ...

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