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Hokekyou hensou@–@‰ΨŒo•Ο‘Š
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Drawings or paintings, zu } depicting the doctrine and stories of the Lotus Sutra HOKEKYOU –@‰ΨŒo, one of the most important Mahayana Buddhist scriptures in all East Asia. *Hensou •Ο‘Š literally means to change form and hence generically refers to concrete depictions of otherwise abstract concepts such as heaven joudo ς“y 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 Œ©•σ“ƒ•i shows the Buddhas *Shaka Žί‰ή (representing the historic Buddha) and Tahou ‘½•σ (relating to the future) seated side by side in a jeweled pagoda *tou “ƒ. The hensou of Chapter 25, "The Universal Gate of the Bodhisattva, Regarder of the Cries of the World" KANZEON BOSATSU FUMONBON ŠΟ’‰Ή•μŽF•–ε•i, illustrates *Kannon ŠΟ‰Ή or Shaka protecting against the seven perils shichinan Ž΅“ο or twelve perils juuninan \“ρ“ο to which sentient beings are susceptible illustration from Chapter 1, "Introduction" JOHON ˜•i and Chapter 16, "The Life Span of the Tathagata" NYORAI JURYOUHON ”@—ˆŽυ—Κ•i are also found.
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