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Once again, as they had for 700 years, the chosen priests of Japan's Nichiren Buddhist sect trouped to the temple of Hokkekyo to undergo 100 days of purification and study. At the temple gateway stood Chief Priest Nissei Nakakita, asking the novices for six times last year's entrance fee. For three months of contemplation and 700 duckings in the ice-cold waters of the temple pump, 58 novices paid the inflated rate. Outside "the door that is not opened" devoted followers waited eagerly for their cries as freezing water coursed down their naked bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Oblation or Inflation | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...wait hand and foot on the oldtimers," said Sato. "To convey a message or request to a fifth-time priest, I had to speak to a priest who was taking the rites for the second time, who relayed the message on up by rank. I protested to Chief Priest Nakakita, and for this I was beaten up by the oldtimers [he showed scars on his arms], Nakakita gave us bad oil for the well pump, and the oil dripped into the well and gave us all diarrhea. Then we ran out of water. Nakakita told us we would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Oblation or Inflation | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

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