Comments on: Gate of Disrepair: Kanda Inari Shrine (at the Himukai Shrine, Kyoto) http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-28/1379 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matthew Musgrove http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-28/1379#comment-37403 Matthew Musgrove Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:36:35 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-28/1379#comment-37403 The state of this Inarai shrine just goes to show that just like worldly success, worldly structures do not last forever. Does not Buddhism teach that one should not strive to attain worldly things (or even worldly success)? Christianity does, here's the first passage from the Bible that came to mind: And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. -- 1 John 2:17 The state of this Inarai shrine just goes to show that just like worldly success, worldly structures do not last forever.

Does not Buddhism teach that one should not strive to attain worldly things (or even worldly success)? Christianity does, here’s the first passage from the Bible that came to mind:

And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. — 1 John 2:17

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