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'''[[thirty-four forms]]'''
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[[thirty-four forms]]
[三十四身] (Jpn sanjushi-shin )
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[[三十四身]] (Jpn [[sanjushi-shin]] )
  
     [[Forms]] assumed by [[Bodhisattva]] Wonderful [[Sound]] to save [[living beings]]. According to the "Wonderful [[Sound]]" (twenty-fourth) chapter of the [[Lotus Sutra]], [[Bodhisattva]] Wonderful [[Sound]] appears in various [[forms]] to instruct and convert [[living beings]]. The chapter lists [[thirty-four forms]]:  
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     [[Forms]] assumed by [[Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound]] to save [[living beings]]. According to the "[[Wonderful Sound]]" (twenty-fourth) chapter of the [[Lotus Sutra]], [[Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound]] appears in various [[forms]] to instruct and convert [[living beings]]. The chapter lists [[thirty-four forms]]:  
 
   [[King]] [[Brahma]],  
 
   [[King]] [[Brahma]],  
 
   the [[god]] [[Shakra]],  
 
   the [[god]] [[Shakra]],  
 
   the [[heavenly being]] Freedom,  
 
   the [[heavenly being]] Freedom,  
   the [[heavenly being]] Great Free-dom,  
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   the [[heavenly being]] Great Freedom,  
 
   a great general of [[heaven]],  
 
   a great general of [[heaven]],  
 
   the [[god]] [[Vaishravana]],  
 
   the [[god]] [[Vaishravana]],  
   a wheel-turning [[king]],  
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   a [[wheel-turning]] [[king]],  
 
   a petty [[king]], a rich man,
 
   a petty [[king]], a rich man,
 
   a [[householder]],  
 
   a [[householder]],  

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thirty-four forms
三十四身 (Jpn sanjushi-shin )

    Forms assumed by Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound to save living beings. According to the "Wonderful Sound" (twenty-fourth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound appears in various forms to instruct and convert living beings. The chapter lists thirty-four forms:
  King Brahma,
  the god Shakra,
  the heavenly being Freedom,
  the heavenly being Great Freedom,
  a great general of heaven,
  the god Vaishravana,
  a wheel-turning king,
  a petty king, a rich man,
  a householder,
  a chief minister,
  a Brahman, a monk,
  a nun, a layman,
  a laywoman,
  the wife of a rich man,
  the wife of a householder,
  the wife of a chief minister,
  the wife of a Brahman,
  a young boy,
  a young girl,
  a heavenly being,
  a dragon,
  a yaksha,
  a gandharva,
  an asura,
  a garuda,
  a kimnara,
  a mahoraga,
  a hell dweller,
  a hungry spirit,
a beast, and a woman in the women's quarters of the royal palace.

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