The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1661 page)
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dai-ji (Ritsu), founded 759, notable for the Fan Festival (Uchiwamaki), held on 16 May; Yakushi-ji (Hoss
), founded in 680, notable for the portrait on hemp of Kichijoten, on view once a year from the end of Oct. to the beginning of Nov. H
ry
-ji, founded by Sh
toku Taishi in 607, is the oldest temple complex surviving and is 12 km from Nara.
), founded in 680, notable for the portrait on hemp of Kichijoten, on view once a year from the end of Oct. to the beginning of Nov. Hry-ji, founded by Shtoku Taishi in 607, is the oldest temple complex surviving and is 12 km from Nara.
N
rada
.
rada.
isNaraka
(Skt.; P
li,
niraya
). In both Hinduism and Buddhism, states of punishment and torment, the equivalent of ‘hell’. In neither case can the torment be ‘everlasting’, since rebirth or reappearance is always continuing.
li,niraya
). In both Hinduism and Buddhism, states of punishment and torment, the equivalent of ‘hell’. In neither case can the torment be ‘everlasting’, since rebirth or reappearance is always continuing.
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