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The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji

Note 30 — NOTES, AUTHORITIES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS

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Prayer-wheels in Japan are used by the Tendai and Shingon sects, but without written prayers attached, and rather as an illustration of the doctrine of cause and effect (ingwa); the prayers being usually offered to Jizo the merciful.—S. and H., p. 29; T. J., p. 360.

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