This was also taken during the Fudekuyô (筆供養, ふでくよう) ceremony, when brushes of calligraphers and writers, who offered them in gratitude for last year accomplishments and in hopes of better penmanship ability, were reduced to ashes on November 23 at Shogaku-an (正覚庵), a sub-temple of Tofuku-ji Zen complex. See here the still growing slideshow.
(En español aquí.)
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Peter Gutierrez 62 months ago | reply
Global Village 2 (post 1 - give a globe to 5)
linustein 62 months ago | reply
Global Village 2 (post 1 - give a globe to 5)
Sweeping Zen 62 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Zen Buddhism, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Lucia Rocco [deleted] 62 months ago | reply
great