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The same fish asked the monk if he had made the request to Buddha but the monk said he had forgotten. The furious fish splashed him into the river. A passing fisherman saved the drowning monk but all the sutras had been lost in the river. Filled with anger at the fish, the monk made a wooden effigy of a fish head which he beat with a wooden hammer.
Siraitia grosvenorii. Siraitia grosvenorii, also known as monk fruit, monkfruit, luohan guo, or Swingle fruit, is a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is native to southern China. The plant is cultivated for its fruit extract containing mogrosides. Mogroside extract has been used as a low- calorie sweetener for ...
[citation needed] In Japanese temples, the khakkhara is usually handheld, with the rattle of the khakkhara being used as a rhythmic instrument during sutra chanting to keep time, similar to the wooden fish. [5] The khakkhara came to symbolize monks in Chinese literature, serving as an emblem similar to the robe and bowl. [3]
Buddhist symbolism. Lotus motif from Sanchi complex. An "Indra Post" at Sanchi. Buddhist symbolism is the use of symbols ( Sanskrit: pratīka) to represent certain aspects of the Buddha 's Dharma (teaching). Early Buddhist symbols which remain important today include the Dharma wheel, the Indian lotus, the three jewels and the Bodhi tree.
Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey jack [1] or monkey fruit, [1] is a tropical evergreen tree species of the family Moraceae. It is distributed throughout the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. [2] The tree is valued for its wood; its fruit is edible and is believed to have medicinal value. [3]
The jackfruit ( Artocarpus heterophyllus) [6] is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family ( Moraceae ). [7] The jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, reaching as much as 55 kg (120 pounds) in weight, 90 cm (35 inches) in length, and 50 cm (20 inches) in diameter. [7] [8] A mature jackfruit tree produces some 200 fruits per ...
Enkū (円空) (1632–1695) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, poet and sculptor during the early Edo period.He was born in Mino Province (present-day Gifu Prefecture) and is famous for carving some 120,000 wooden statues of the Buddha and other Buddhist icons, many of which were given in payment for lodging on his pilgrimages to temples throughout Japan.
Lophius piscatorius, commonly known as the angler, [2] frog fish, [2] fishing frog, [2] monk, [2] European angler, [citation needed] common monkfish, [citation needed] sea devil, [3] or devil fish, [3] is a monkfish in the family Lophiidae. It is found in coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar ...