The Garden of Infinite Lotuses floated in Tengoku in a starry eddy, an ethereal pond containing ten thousand lotus blossoms, pale and glowing with celestial light. Rokugani religious scholars tended to believe that each lotus corresponded to a mortal life, appearing as a mere bud when the life is new, slowly blooming as the mortal soul advanced toward Enlightenment, and finally dimming when the life ended. Those blossoms which cast their light eternally corresponded to the souls of sennin, mortals who had achieved ultimate liberation through Enlightenment, yet have chosen to shackle themselves to endless reincarnations rather than accept their divine reward, so that they might guide others to Enlightenment throughout their countless lives. [1]
References
- ↑ Celestial Realms, pp. 14-15
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