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Masters of Mercy: Buddha's Amazing Disciples

Supernatural Powers

A rakan seated before a flaming mandorla peels off his face to reveal himself as Acala, or Fudō Myō'ō, the "Immovable One."
A rakan sits meditating inside a cave. Three monkeys holding flowers watch his spirit separate from his emancipated body and float off on a cloud.
Supernatural Powers, Five Hundred Arhats: Scrolls 51 and 52
A begging bowl is held up to raise a black cloud that rains down stones on Ashura fighting in the distance.
The potbellied rakan in the foreground has been cast as Hotei, the folkloric Chinese deity of plenitude and contentment, often represented with adoring children.
Supernatural Powers, Five Hundred Arhats: Scrolls 57 and 58