The word "Ichiren Takusei" is a Zen expression meaning "to share the same fate and actions.
Normally, the wild animal world is a world of the weak and the strong, where the strong prey on the weak.
However, the creatures living in the lotus pond in the Buddha's garden all live in cooperation with each other.
This is a system of complementary support, in which the strong help the weak and compensate for each other's deficiencies, rather than a system in which the weak prey on the strong.
This is thought to have come from the idea that a system of complementary support, in which the strong help the weak and compensate for each other's deficiencies, would be more efficient in maintaining the species.
Also, the cloth in the background represents the "world".
In Buddhism, there is a concept that the world is a continuum and there is no distinction between them.
However, our perceptions and values have changed over time, and the world has been divided and reorganized both physically and mentally.
It seems as if the world is being sewn back together like a torn piece of cloth.
