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荘厳 そうごん

  1. grand; impressive; magnificent; solemn; sublime

荘厳 しょうごん

  1. adorning; decorating (a Buddhist statue or temple)

荘厳華麗 そうごんかれい

  1. majestic and splendid

信は荘厳より起こる しんはそうごんよりおこる

  1. belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple); function follows form; the outside shapes the inside
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