Buddha Statue" among the locals. Daijokyo employed 120,000 masons to build the Great Buddha Statue over the course of seven years under the motto "Spread Buddha's beams to the Whole World." The people's sincere desire to see the spread of Buddhism from the sacred site of Bodhgaya as well as the achievement of global peace served as the project's biggest impetus. This is a reality that we Daijokyo devotees will never forget.