“Action and principle are fundamentally the same. If the outstanding appearances do not offend, the inward reality is certain to mature. We should not insist on our unbelief, but honour and respect these things”

—  Yoshida Kenkō

i.e., religion
Tsurezure-Gusa (Essays in Idleness)

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