In the Jodo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism, Raigo means Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Tathagata), who is riding on the colorful clouds together with various bosatsu and tennin (heavenly beings), coming to see a person who is about to die in order to take him or her to the heavens, and who is served by Kannon Bosatsu (Kannon Buddhisattva) and Seishi Bosatsu on the side.
来迎（らいごう）とは、仏教中の浄土教において、彩雲に乗った阿弥陀如来が、臨終に際した往生者を極楽浄土に迎える為に、観音菩薩・勢至菩薩を脇侍に従え、諸菩薩や天人を引き連れてやってくること。