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Word: engakuji (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1959-1959
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Last week 33 of the company's drivers and five of its female guides returned to work after completing the first course at Kamakura's 13th century Zen temple, Engakuji. For five days they rose at 4:30 a.m., cleaned their own rooms and swept the temple grounds, and meditated. Anyone who found his mind wandering was supposed to unclasp his hands as a signal, whereupon a waiting monk gave him three sharp thwacks with a stick. Twice a day Chief Abbot Sogen Asahina, 59, lectured them. "When you are in your bus, seated at the wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Prayer at the Wheel | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

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