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Inner Homa

Burning away false discrimination, becoming a pure bodhi-mind

Translated from the Chinese original by the AI Guanyin Volunteer. Scripture and classical text in 「」 is kept in the original.

Homa · Reading the fuel

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A person sits in stillness, with a ball of light at the chest. The furnace in the lower left corner has faded away. Look: what is burning inside this person?

Illustrative line drawing.

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ExternalNikko "Homa" multilingual explanationJapan Tourism Agency, Multilingual Explanation Database for Cultural PropertiesLicense not confirmed: linked only, image not reproducedThe on-site explanation says it directly: what the fire burns away is attachment and desire.View original and source ↗

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