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Buddhism
Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala
Buddhism
Dharmakara Bodhisattva; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation
secretly hoarded goods (esp. those belonging to the Japanese military at the end of WWII)
Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)
Proverb
people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama
Proverb
don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse
Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)
