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Buddhist temple

On-Yomi: ジ — Kun-Yomi: てら

Elements:

buddhist temple, soil, dirt, ground, glue

Heisig story:

You have heard of people "attaching" themselves to a particular sect? Here is your chance to take that metaphor literally and imagine some fellow walking into a Buddhist temple with a fervent resolve to attach himself to the place. Since there is plenty of unused land around the precincts, he simply picks out a suitable patch, brushes the soles of his feet with glue, steps down firmly, and so joins the Buddhist temple as a "permanent member."

Koohii stories:

1) [ceeeps] 3-9-2007(179): At the Buddhist temple the monks are seated on the ground, glued there in meditation.

2) [Murjab] 2-9-2007(45): To be allowed to join the Buddhist temple, imagine an aspiring monk being asked to stand still in the soil for a long time in a measurement of his resolve.

3) [Ninjasha] 3-2-2008(21): How long a BUDDHIST TEMPLE has stood on its grounds is often a measure of its worth.

4) [scottamus] 12-9-2007(12): The Buddhist in the temple sit on the ground for years contemplating life, the universe, and everything. Not because they want to but because someone switched the floor wax with superglue.

5) [hornlo] 12-5-2011(7): [ Buddhist temple = soil / glue ] - in a Buddhist temple, you can free yourself of the earth that glues you to this world.

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