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Kannon Bodhisattva (観音菩薩) coming to the aid of those in distress, a detail from an illustrated handscroll of chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra dated 1257

Kannon Bodhisattva (観音菩薩) ayudando a quienes están en apuros, un detalle de un pergamino ilustrado del capítulo 25 del Sutra del loto que data de 1257

Handscroll: ink, color, and gold on paper from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

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The frontispiece to the scroll for “Comfortable Conduct” i.e. chapter 14 of the Lotus Sutra (妙法蓮華経), featuring the Siddhaṃ Sankrit syllable representing the Buddha Shakyamuni (釈迦如来 Shaka Nyorai)

From a manuscript of the sutra dating to 1264 presented by the Taira clan to Itsukushima Jinja Shrine (厳島神社) in present-day Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture

Image from “Paintings of the Lotus Sutra” by Willa J. Tanabe, Weatherhill, 1988, color plate 10

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The frontispiece to the scroll for “Comfortable Conduct” i.e. chapter 14 of the Lotus Sutra (妙法蓮華経), with Monju Bodhisattva (文殊菩薩) prominent in the upper right perched on his lion mount

From a manuscript of the sutra dating to the 13th century in the collection of Hasedera Temple (長谷寺) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture

Image from “Paintings of the Lotus Sutra” by Willa J. Tanabe, Weatherhill, 1988, plate 14

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The 2015 Minerva T. Y. Lee translation of the Lotus Sutra. It even comes with summary overview and key messages. #namumyohorengekyo #nammyohorengekyo #hokekyo #namosaddharmapundarikasutra #namomiaofalianhuajing #fahuajing #lotussutra #dharmaflowersutra #nichiren #tiantai (at Macon, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Bu3W7hMqQ2xy7PcFRgL2XLHYDaaqNIsutLzw0/?igshid=1fvujclvf1xk6

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Chapter 12 of the Lotus Sutra. This reveals that women have the potential to attain Buddhahood. #saddharmapundarikasutra #miaofalianhuajing #myohorengekyo #fahuajing #hokekyo #dharmaflowersutra #namosaddharmapundarikasutra #namomiaofalianhuajing #namumyohorengekyo #nammyohorengekyo #lotussutra https://www.instagram.com/buddhistnichiren90/p/Btwz6P-lVSV-2FZdCvmr9vJXkeFafU-SnwtUEk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sbf7bq7tmszu