三聖=三圣=Three Saints; 一佛二菩薩=One Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas; 一主尊二脅侍=One main figure in the center flanked by two attendants; 三聖圓融=三圣圓融=Unity of Three Saints; 信仰模式; 美德養成=System of Cultivating Virtues for Buddhist; 三位一體=Trinity
Abstract: In Buddhist temples and ancient caves, people often can see a set of three Buddhist images depicting a main Buddha figure in the center flanked by two attendant Bodhisattvas, one on each side. One Buddha with two Bodhisattvas, which as a group, is usually referred to as the“Three Saints”in Chinese or the“Buddhist Trinity”in English. Among the numerous combinations are the Three Saints of Western Pure Land, the Three Saints of the Huayan World, and that of the Eastern World. In China, not only is it a famili...
