「祇園精舍の鐘の声、諸行無常の響きあり」. “The sound of the temple bell of Gion, echoes the impermanence of all things”. So goes the opening line of the Heike Monogatari (平家物語) , one of Japan’s most famous tales and a parable for how time claims even the mightiest among us.
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