The main shrine literally means "Precious Hall of the Great Hero," which is the most important place within the Buddhist monastery.   It is dedicated to the founding master of Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha who possesses the heroic quality of unsurpassed wisdom, virtues, compassion, and the power to subdue evils, thus saving all sentient beings from affliction and ignorance.

Amitabha Buddha (on the left)
He is the teacher of the Western Pure Land.  As a Bodhisattva, he made forty-eight great vows.  He has established the Western Pure Land in order to receive sentient beings who sincerely and repeatedly recite his name at the time of their passing.  At the Western Pure Land, devotees will continue to receive the teachings of Buddha and Bodhisattvas until their attainment of Buddhahood.

Sakyamuni Buddha (in the center)
Born in Northern India to the royal family of the Ksatriya caste over two thousand five hundred years ago, his given name was Siddhartha Gautama.  At the age of twenty nine, he left his family in search for the truth on human suffering from birth, old age, sickness, and death.  After spending six years, he finally became enlightened to the law of "dependent origination" and that everything is the direct result of causes and conditions.  Our existence in the world is impermanent.  It is only through the understanding of our true self that we can be at peace within the concept of "permanence, happiness, true nature, and purity."  After his enlightenment, Sakyamuni Buddha disseminated his teachings for approximately 45 years, until his entering into parinirvana (a conscious state of liberation) at the age of the eighty.

The Medicine Buddha (on the right)
He is the teacher of the Eastern Pure Land of Azure Radiance.  Renowned as the Great Medicine King in Buddhism, he heals the afflictions of hte body and the mind.  As a Bodhisattva, the Medicine Buddha made twelve great vows to deliver those who invoked his name.