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 08/10/2004 04:00:16 PM · #1
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One thing I learned yesterday that I didnt know is that Canon was first named Kwanon wich is the Buddhistic Goddess of Mercy....

Think that makes me even more in Love with Canon:p

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 08/10/2004 04:11:03 PM · #2
Originally posted by Nazgul:
One thing I learned yesterday that I didnt know is that Canon was first named Kwanon wich is the Buddhistic Goddess of Mercy....

Think that makes me even more in Love with Canon:p

Thanks for the reminder!

As a curious linguistic note, the Latin phrase sine qua non is pronounced the same, and refers to something's essential nature, a rather Buddhist concept (to me, anyway). They even spell it out phonetically the same way.
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sine qua non
n.
An essential element or condition: “The perfect cake is the sine qua non of the carefully planned modern wedding” (J.M. Hilary).

Late Latin sine qua (cause) non, "without which (cause) not"
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