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A metal cane will get bent, and a bamboo or wooden cane will break.
Therefore, use Kami as your cane. Kami can never be bent, can never break, and can never die.

— Konko Daijin

230. 金の杖をつけば曲がる。竹や木の杖をつけば折れる。神を杖につけばよい。
神は、曲がりも折れも死にもなさらない。

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(I Kondo, Fujimori 4)

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