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The Sohei Warrior Monks Of Medieval Japan Were Powerful, Skilled Fighters Who Took Up Arms To Protect Their Temples
But that wasn't always the case. The legendary Sohei warrior monks of medieval Japan were quite the opposite of the image of ...
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Descendants of old foes pray for victims of 1571 temple massacre
OTSU--Four hundred and fifty years after thousands of Buddhist monks and citizens were killed ... he was consolidating power in many parts of Japan. He was outraged when the temple sheltered ...
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Japanese monks: 'I can do this in monk's robes' videos shared online
Japanese monks have been skipping, skating and juggling to show how unrestrictive their traditional attire is. It comes after a monk was fined by police for driving while wearing a kimono because ...
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Monk's memorial trips sent message of peace to Siberia
Born in the town of Ibigawa in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Yokoyama went to Manchuria in 1943, a region in present-day northeast China, when he was 18 years old. He worked as a Buddhist monk in ...
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Monk’s book supports LGBT people through a Buddhist’s eyes
He wants to share with the world "things only I can tell because I'm a homosexual monk." "In Japan, it is not common for people to be torn apart over coming out as an LGBTQ+ because it would go ...