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Consider the lotus of the pond
It toils and spins SO HARD 難行苦行 nan.gyou.ku.gyou Literally: difficult – go / undertaking – suffering – go / undertaking Alternately: Extreme difficulties or suffering. In particular, this describes when someone is enduring privation and hardship as part of (Buddhist) … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Yojijukugo
Tagged Buddhism, difficulties, 苦行, 難行, hard work, Lotus Sutra, starvation, 妙法蓮華経
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