Pro-Buddhist Emperor Kotoku legendarily destroyed these objects at the Ikukunitama shrine. It’s not a river, but in the Chandogya Upanishad, Svetaketu learns the true nature of the self from a metaphor about these objects’ origins. (10[1])In China, three of (10[1])these objects representing steadfastness, perseverance, and resilience are venerated as the “friends of (10[1])winter.” They’re not temples, but (10[2])rice straw ropes called shimenawa (10[1])are placed around these (-5[2])objects that are said to house spirits called kodama. (-5[1])A “sea” of these objects is said to house spirits (10[1]-5[1])called yūrei (10[1])that form from people that commit suicide. The Tao Te Ching contains (10[1])a metaphor about one of these objects that bends, but does not break in the wind. For 10 points, (10[1])the Buddha obtained enlightenment (10[1])underneath (10[1])the “Bodhi” type of what (10[1])object? ■END■ (10[1])