Many people [still] believe that at the time of your death, 1,000 Buddhas show up and welcome you into the paradise state.
Hiroshi SugimotoWaterlilies always come in Buddhist sculpture. The Buddhas all stand on lotus pedestals, because the lotus is grown from the mud. The mud represents the stained world, a dirty world, but growing from the dirt is such a beautiful, pure thing. This is the way the spirit should be.
Hiroshi Sugimoto