Japan: 'Bodhisattva Fudo Myoo Fighting the Passions'. Woodblock diptych print, 17th century. Fudo Myoo, known as Acala/Achala in Sanskrit, is a boddhisattva – a popular deity in Japanese Buddhism – who is always represented with a fearsome face appearing in a wreath of flames. This symbolizes the huge effort humans have to make for battling passions and worldly desires. The combination with letters in Indian Sanskrit is most unusual. His other names include Acalanatha, Aryacalanatha, Candarosana, Candamaharosana and Budong Mingwang (in Chinese).

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