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Buddha Hands Buddha Laying Buddha Sitting Buddha Standing Buddha Walking Buddha Mudras |
Buddha Posture - Bhumisparsha MudraBhumisparsha mudra - Buddha touching the earth![]() Bhumisparsha mudra (touching the earth), where all five fingers of the right hand reaching to touch the ground (not always literally), symbolizing the enlightenment of the Buddha under the Bodhi tree. |
The Buddhist Flag
Buddhist Flag Meanings The Dharma Wheel
In Buddhism-according to the Pali Canon, Vinayapitaka, Khandhaka,
Mahavagga, the number of spokes of the Dharmachakra represent
various meanings: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo is a Japanese Buddhist
chant based upon the Lotus Sutra. Nichiren Daishonin (Feb 16, 1222 – Oct
13, 1282) a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura period (1185–1333)
in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra, entitled Myōhō-Renge-Kyō in
Japanese, as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment and the chanting of
Nam-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō as the essential practice of the teaching.
Various schools with diverging interpretations of Nichiren's teachings comprise
Nichiren Buddhism. |