The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1933 page)

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Raig
(also raik
) Raik
(Jap., ‘welcome’). The welcome given by
Amida
and the attendant company of the
bodhisattvas
to those who enter the
Pure Land
. Raigo-in is the manual sign of welcome.
Rain
(Heb.,
geshem
). A recurrent theme in Jewish liturgy (see esp. the tractate
Ta‘anit
), perhaps reflecting the agricultural base of life in the biblical period. It was a mark of the
messiah's
connection with God that he would mediate rain to the land.
For the rainy season in Buddhism, see
VASSA
.
Rai Saligram
(Haz
r Mah
raj, guru):
see
R
DH
SO
M
.

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