– Nichiren Daishonin
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
There is some really beautiful country between Blackfoot and Driggs, Idaho. Gentle rolling hills of various shades of gold take my breath away. I am visiting some paintings from the archives while I am working too much to get very many other paintings done.
I am working on a painting of Park College Power Plant, in Parkville, MO, which I think looks like maybe it’s a bar. Hard to say, since I found it on Google Street View.
About Nichiren Daishonin
Thirteenth century Japanese monk
Nichiren Daishonin is known as the founder of the branch of Buddhism
that bears his name. Born Zennichi-maro in a fishing village in 1222, he
changed his name when he founded “True Buddhism,” a return to the
non-discriminatory basis of the religion. His huge following and his
dire predictions made him unpopular with rulers; according to legend, he
was about to be killed when a freak astronomical phenomenon blinded the
executioner and saved Daishonin’s life. He died on October 13, 1282.
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