"one word, one buddha"

"One word, one Buddha"; Shakyô [*] of the Lotus Sutra.

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The five virtues of shakyô are:

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"Venerating the letters with your eyes

Keeping the letters in your heart

Chanting the letters with your mouth

Writing the letters with your hands

Becoming one with Buddha"

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[ * ] Shakyô:

prática devocional que consistia em copiar os Sûtras [textos canônicos do budismo].

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Imagem e texto extraídos de:

STEVENS, John. Sacred Calligraph of the East. Shambhala: London, 1981

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