The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2245 page)

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and Bah

history,
God Passes By
(1944). He died unexpectedly, 4 Nov. 1957, in London. No new guardian was appointed, and only a tiny minority of Bah

s followed the American claimant, Charles Mason Remey.
Sh
gyoku
(skill in means):
Sh
ji
.
1
(Jap., ‘birth and death’). The cycle of birth and death in Japanese Buddhism: transmigration and reappearance, often referred to as
sh
ji no r
goku
, ‘the prison of birth and death’.
2
(Jap., ‘superior person’). A person of outstanding virtue and wisdom.

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