Vowels in gohonzon

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Wed Jan 2 19:09:35 UTC 2013


I hear goh-hahn-zahn (with the final vowel often a schwa) and goh-hahn-zohn, but AFAIK not goh-hohn-zahn for gohonzon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gohonzon). The Japanese pronunciation is goh-hohn-zohn.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

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