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DONE! HAVE A LOOK: Women Ancestors / Differently-Abled Ancestors Kechimyaku Design
This is beautiful. Thank you everyone who contributed to this lovely work!
Gassho
Washin
just sat
Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
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I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.
It is reassuring to see that the transmission of the flame did not stop at barriers, be it of mental or physical nature. Deep bows to those whose names are now known, and to those whose good deeds remain forgotten
All the names did come from that research paper I mentioned, done by a fellow who seems to have spent years searching all available Buddhist texts for mention of the disabled. Most of the mentions of disability in old Buddhist texts were not positive, typically attributing such condition to Karma from past lives that justified barring such individuals. I think it good that the times are changing.
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