The Lama Temple Main Hall was the place where Yongqinwang, later Emperor Yongzheng, received the officials and the generals. In the north of the Hall there are three bronze statues of the Three Buddhas¡: Sakyamuni in the middle, Dipamkara on its left and Maitreya on its right, each of almost two metres high. There are two sets of Three Buddhas in Buddhism. One is Sakyamuni with Medicine Master Buddha of the Eastern World on its left and Amitabha Buddha of the Western World on its right. These are the Three Buddhas of Space, meaning that Buddha is everywhere. However, the statues in the Lama Temple are the Three Buddhas of Time. Sakyamuni represents the present, Dipamkara the past, and Maitreya the future. The three of them together symbolize that Buddha exists at all times. On the northwest corner of the Main Hall there is the bronze standing statue of the Goddess of Mercy, and on the northwest corner the bronze standing statue of Maitreya. On the holy seat in front of the two mountain walls sits the statues of the Eighteen Arhats. Facing the Main Hall in the front yard are the Four Lecture Halls.
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