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Votive Stela that includes scenes from the Vimalakirti Sutra and the Lotus Sutra. Northern Qi Dynasty (550–577). Found in Hebei, China. Displayed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. According to Lopez, the Lotus "is clearly a work of high literary quality. Its authors are unknown, but they were likely ...
The Threefold Lotus Sutra (法華三部経 pinyin: fǎ huá sān bù jīng, Jp: Hokke-sambu-kyo) is the composition of three complementary sutras that together form the "three-part Dharma flower sutra": [1] [2] [3] 1. The Innumerable Meanings Sutra (無量義經 Ch: Wú Liáng Yì Jīng, Jp: Muryōgi Kyō), prologue to the Lotus Sutra. 2.
Alternatively, she carries a box of sutras or an incense burner. Sarvasattvojohārī takes the form of a consort of Brahmā or Śakra. She wears armor and emerges from the crown of a horse's head. Her shape is fierce. She wields a vajra in her right hand and a trident in her left hand. Her clothes are a mixture of colors and she sits in the ...
Pages in category "Lotus Sutra" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anantacaritra; B ...
The Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka Sūtra (White Lotus of Compassion Sutra) is another hagiographical sutra which tells a story about a key event in the past life of Shakyamuni Buddha. [ 98 ] The Bhadrakalpika Sūtra give a list of over one thousand Buddhas which will arise in this "fortunate aeon".
Before Nichiren's time, during a Lotus Sutra lecture series in Japan in 1110 C.E., a tale was told of an illiterate monk in Sui-dynasty China who was instructed to chant from dawn to night the daimoku mantra "Namu Ichijō Myōhō Renge Kyō" as a way to honor the Lotus Sutra as the One Vehicle teaching of the Buddha since he could not read the ...
In east-Asian Buddhism, the Buddha of the Lotus Sutra is regarded as the eternal Buddha. [1] The Tathagata's "Lifespan" chapter (ch 16) of the Lotus Sutra portrays the Buddha as indicating that he became awakened countless aeons ("kalpas") ago. [2] The sutra itself, however, does not directly employ the phrase "eternal Buddha". [citation needed]
Heikenoukyou. The Heike Nōkyō 平家納経, is a collection of Buddhist religious texts in Japan from the late Heian period.These texts include 33 scrolls of the Lotus Sutra, one Amitabha Sutra scroll, one Heart Sutra scroll and one prayer scroll dedicated to the Itsukushima Shrine. [1]