In Ghostly Japan

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Fragment

And it was at the hour of sunset that they came to the foot of the mountain. There was in that place no sign of life—neither token of water, nor trace of plant, nor shadow of a flying bird—nothing but desolation rising to desolation. And the summit was lost in heaven.

Then the Bodhisattva Sanskrit: a being who has attained enlightenment but delays entering Nirvana to help others. said to his young companion: "What you have asked to see will be shown to you. But the place of the Vision is far, and the way is rough original: "rude". Follow after me, and do not fear: strength will be given to you."

Twilight darkened original: "gloomed" about them as they climbed. There was no beaten path, nor any mark of former human visitation; and the way was over an endless heaping of tumbled fragments that rolled