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1. poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
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2. Bussokusekika, also known as Bussokuseki no Uta, are poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara. Numbering twenty one poems in total, they are divided into two sections: Seventeen poems praising the virtue of Buddha. Four poems warn against the impermanence of life and preach the Buddhist path. Part of the stone monument has worn away making the eleventh poem of the first section and the fourth poem of the second section partially unreadable.
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