Word: shakubuku
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Dates: during 1964-1964
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...each composed of 20 to 30 families), companies (made up of six squads), districts (formed by ten companies) and regional chapters. In thou sands of local meetings held throughout Japan on any night of the week, members discuss their spiritual progress and prepare for their highest duty, which is shakubuku (literally, break and subdue), or gaining converts. Until some years ago shakubuku was accomplished by relays of devotees chanting sutras round the clock in a prospective recruit's home and literally wearing him down. In other cases, members burned a family's Shinto altar, or prevented a doctor...
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