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Drawings
or paintings, zu } depicting the doctrine and stories of the Lotus Sutra
HOKEKYOU @Ψo, one of the most important Mahayana Buddhist scriptures in
all East Asia. *Hensou Ο literally
means to change form and hence generically refers to concrete depictions of
otherwise abstract concepts such as heaven joudo ςy and hell jigoku
n, or to events in scriptural passages. In the Esoteric Buddhism mikkyou
§³, hensou are termed *mandara
ΦδΆ
(Sk. mandala). Hokekyou hensou either serve to illustrate the Lotus Sutra
generally, or deal with specific parts. The illustration of Chapter 11, "Beholding
the Jeweled Stupa" KENHOU TOUHON ©σi shows the Buddhas *Shaka
ίή (representing the historic Buddha) and Tahou ½σ (relating to the future) seated
side by side in a jeweled pagoda *tou
. The hensou of Chapter 25, "The Universal Gate of the Bodhisattva, Regarder
of the Cries of the World" KANZEON BOSATSU FUMONBON Ο’ΉμFεi, illustrates
*Kannon ΟΉ or Shaka protecting against the seven perils shichinan ΅ο or twelve
perils juuninan \ρο to which sentient beings are susceptible illustration
from Chapter 1, "Introduction" JOHON i and Chapter 16, "The Life
Span of the Tathagata" NYORAI JURYOUHON @υΚi are also found. |
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