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Kannon: Legend
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The Kannon can appear in many different forms to save people according to their time and place. The Avalokitesvara Sutra mentions 33 specific forms. Says Shaku Soen (deceased), lord abbot of Engakuji Temple in Kamakura: "She will be a philosopher, merchant, man of letters, person of low birth, or anything as required by the occasion, while her sole aim is to deliver all beings without exception from ignorance and suffering." <quoted from Kamakura: Fact and Legend by Iso Mutsu, ISBN: 0804819688 >
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The Kannon statue at Hasedera was made from a single piece of camphor wood in the 8th century. It has quite a legend attached to it, which ... explains the "Hase" part of the name. According to the legend, two images were made from the wood of a huge camphor tree. One of the images was kept in Hase (near Nara), while the other was given a short ceremony and then tossed into the sea to find a home of its own.
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There are a lot of people after this Arm of Kannon. An undercover organization that is breeding men with lizards wants it for the genetic mutations it inflicts on the wearer, among other as of yet non-specified reasons. And a secret temple has sent an expert and legendary swordsman to protect the siblings from the monster that their father has become under the Kannon’s influence.
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According to legend, two brothers kept trying to return a statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, to the Sumida River only to have it returned to them the next day. This temple located in Tokyo's Asakusa district was built to honor her.
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