(The Conversation) For many Buddhists today, both in East Asia and across the world, the Lotus Sutra offers religious support for various gender identities.
A Lotus Sutra scroll praising the manifold mercies of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Universal Gateway chapter of the Lotus Sutra/Calligrapher: Sugawara Mitsushige/The Metropolitan Museum of Art …