Amida with the jō-in 定印 or *zenjō-in 禅定印 (Sk: dhyanamudra; concentration / meditation mudra). *Amida 阿弥陀 seated in the full lotus position with both hands facing up resting on his lap with the thumb and forefinger of each hand touching and forming a circle while the other fingers lie flat. The earliest example is seen in the Muryōju Bosatsu 無量寿菩薩 located to the west of the central eight petaled lotus section of the *Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅. It was brought back from China by *Kūkai 空海 (774-835) in 806 and resides in the collection of Jingoji 神護寺, Kyoto. Jō-in Amida is thus associated with Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō 密教. Variations include similar poses with the thumb forming a circle with the middle and ring fingers. These Amida jō-in mudras are associated with the highest class and three highest levels of birth in Amida's Pure Land jōdo 浄土.