Yes and this Bodhisattva is already a facet of both the daimoku and gohonzon. It is central to the LS.Volan wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:44 pm According to the "Facing Everywhere: The Teaching of the Miracles of Avalokiteśvara" chapter of the Lotus sutra, Avalokiteśvara manifests himself in various forms: Maheśvara, Śakra, Brahmā, piśāca, yakṣa... Tara is the same entity as Avalokiteśvara manifesting itself in form of the goddess-devi.
The differences between the Buddha and the gods according to the "MAHĀPRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀŚĀSTRA",
transl. by ÉTIENNE LAMOTTE and Gelongma Karma Migme Chodron:
3. Furthermore, bhāga means glory (yaśas-) and vat indicates its possession. Thus this word means "the one who possesses glory". No-one else has as much glory as the Buddha. The noble cakravartin kings, Indra, Brahmā, the lokapālas, are inferior to the Buddha. What then could be said of ordinary men (pṛthagjana)? Why? The noble cakravartin kings are fettered by bonds (bandhanasaṃyukta): the Buddha has broken the bonds. - The noble cakravartin kings are sunk in the mire of birth (jāti), old age (jarā), sickness (vyādhi) and death (maraṇa); the Buddha has transcended them. - The noble cakravartin kings are enslaved (dāsa) by their passions (anunaya); the Buddha has eliminated them. - The noble cakravartin kings dwell in the womb of the calamities of the human jungle (lokakāntāra); the Buddha has escaped from it. - The noble cakravartin kings dwell in the shadows of ignorance (avidyāndhakāra); the Buddha lives in the supreme light. - The noble cakravartin kings often reign over the four continents (caturdvīpaka)238 ; the Buddha reigns over countless universes (apramāṇalokadhātu). - The cakravartin kings have mastery over wealth (pariṣkāravaśitā); the Buddha has mastery over mind (cetovāśita). - The noble cakravartin kings covet heavenly bliss (devasukha); the Buddha covets nothing, having reached the well-being of the summit of existence (bhavāgrasukha). The cakravartin kings seek their happiness from others; the Buddha rejoices in his own heart. This is why the Buddha surpasses (abhibhavati) the noble cakravartin kings. He also surpasses all the other beings, Indra, Brahmā, the lokapālas who are [70c] even inferior to the noble cakravartin kings.
Perceiver of the World’s Sounds [観世音菩薩] ( Avalokitasvara or Avalokiteshvara; Kanzeon-bosatsu)
The LS teaches the ten realms and mutual possession.
This dynamic exists in all minds and these adaptations is each individuals buddha nature expressing itself according to cause, capacity and conditions."I use these nine devices,
adapting them to the living beings when I preach,
my basic aim being to lead them into the great vehicle,
and that is why I preach this sutra."
The realms that they manifest is a reflection of cause, capacity and conditions as are the beings of those realms that seek to assist or deter respectively. They are as real as the actions they manifest.
The Buddha said that in past ages
the countless buddhas who have passed into extinction
rested and abided in the midst of expedient means,
and all likewise preached this Law.
The buddhas of the present and future,
whose numbers are beyond calculation,
they too will use expedient means
in expounding this same Law