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Soryu Forall - Manufactured Awakenings

Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next

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The Complexity of the Japanese State and Military

Japanese Zen and Japanese Buddhism in general, quote kendone, the horrifying acts of the Japanese state and military during what we call World War II. But I'd say they went further. They participated and even supported a lot of it. It's very complicated. There were centuries leading up to this event in Japanese history. And we can't pretend that the Japanese were alone in this. Colonialism, as a huge worldwide phenomenon, was main force that produced all of these atrocities.

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