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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.69,0:00:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In ancient Kyoto, a devout Shinto scholar \Nlived a simple life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.76,0:00:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was often distracted \Nfrom his prayers by the bustling city.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.72,0:00:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He felt that his neighbors \Nwere polluting his soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.20,0:00:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he sought to perform \Nsome kind of personal harae—
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.06,0:00:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a purification ritual that would cleanse\Nhis body and his mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.45,0:00:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He decided to travel \Nto the revered Hie Shrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.94,0:00:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trip was an arduous climb \Nthat took all day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.44,0:00:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was glad for the solitude \Nit afforded him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.06,0:00:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the peace he felt upon returning\Nhome was profound.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.37,0:00:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The scholar was determined to maintain\Nthis clarity for as long as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.06,0:00:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resolved to make this pilgrimage\Nanother 99 times.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.05,0:00:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would walk the path alone, ignoring \Nany distractions in his quest for balance,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.51,0:01:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and never straying from his purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.16,0:01:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man was true to his word, \Nand as days stretched into weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.77,0:01:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he walked through driving rain \Nand searing sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.27,0:01:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over time, his devotion revealed\Nthe invisible world of spirits
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.91,0:01:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which exists alongside our own.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.10,0:01:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He began to sense the kami, \Nwhich animated the rocks underfoot,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.46,0:01:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the breeze that cooled him,\Nand the animals grazing in the fields.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.52,0:01:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still he spoke to no one, spirit or human.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.66,0:01:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was determined to avoid contact \Nwith those who had strayed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.99,0:01:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the path \Nand become polluted with kegare.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.88,0:01:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This taboo of defilement hung over \Nthe sick and deceased,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.44,0:01:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as those who defiled the land \Nor committed violent crimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.20,0:01:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of all of the threats to the scholar’s \Nquest for spiritual purity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.03,0:01:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kegare was by far the greatest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.41,0:01:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After paying his respects \Nfor the 80th time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.60,0:02:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he set out for home once more.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.42,0:02:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as darkness fell, he heard \Nstrained sobs in the night air.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.23,0:02:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The scholar tried to push forward \Nand ignore the moans.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.92,0:02:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the desperate cries overwhelmed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.68,0:02:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grimacing, he left his path \Nto follow the sound to its source.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.22,0:02:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He soon came to a cramped cottage, \Nwith a woman crumpled outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.88,0:02:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Filled with pity, the scholar implored \Nthe woman to share her sorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.32,0:02:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She explained \Nthat her mother had just died—
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.54,0:02:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but no one would help her with the burial.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.68,0:02:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that news, his heart sank.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.100,0:02:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Touching the body would defile his spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.74,0:02:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,draining his life force and leaving\Nhim forsaken by the kami.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.41,0:02:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as he listened to her cries,\Nhis sympathy soared.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.88,0:02:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, they buried \Nthe old woman together,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.18,0:02:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure her safe passage\Ninto the spirit world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.98,0:03:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The burial was complete, but the taboo \Nof death weighed heavily on the scholar.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.08,0:03:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could he have been so foolish,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.24,0:03:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to shirk his most important rule \Nand corrupt his divine journey?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.36,0:03:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a tormented night,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.72,0:03:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he resolved to go back \Nto the shrine to cleanse himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.64,0:03:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To his surprise, the usually quiet temple\Nwas filled with people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.28,0:03:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all gathering around a medium \Nwho communicated directly with the kami.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.71,0:03:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man hid himself, not daring approach\Nin case anyone glimpse his polluted soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.13,0:03:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the medium had other ways of seeing,\Nand called him forward from the crowd.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.68,0:03:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ready to be forsaken, the scholar \Napproached the holy woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.14,0:03:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the medium merely smiled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.10,0:03:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She took his impure hand in hers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.97,0:03:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whispered a blessing \Nonly he could hear—
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.64,0:03:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanking him for his kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.98,0:04:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that moment, the scholar discovered \Na great spiritual secret:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.90,0:04:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contamination and corruption \Nare two very different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.97,0:04:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Filled with insight, the scholar \Nset himself back on his journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.02,0:04:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this time, he stopped \Nto help those he met.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.35,0:04:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He began to see the beauty \Nof the spirit world everywhere he went,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.23,0:04:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in the city \Nhe'd previously shunned.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.37,0:04:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others cautioned that he risked kegare—
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.93,0:04:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he never told them \Nwhy he so freely mingled
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.75,0:04:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the sick and disadvantaged.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.79,0:04:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For he knew that people could \Nonly truly understand harae
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.06,0:04:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a journey of their own.