| 1 | The offering up of the wisdom consort to the guru necessary in the high tantras was likewise practiced by the AUM sect. | |
| 2 | "We heard no words of remorse, no words of apology. This shows what Aum really is, " said Shizue Takahashi, whose subway worker husband died in the Tokyo attack. | |
| 3 | Former yoga teacher Shoko Asahara started the group in the mid-1980s, and later claimed to have reached enlightenment after a trip to India. | |
| 4 | 自从1995年奥姆真理教(Aum)狂热分子在东京地铁里释放沙林毒气后,村上春树就对宗教团体的隐秘生活产生了浓厚的兴趣——扭曲的理想主义与自成一体的逻辑。 Murakami has been drawn to the closed world of cults - with their warped idealism and internal logic - ever since 1995 when Aum fanatics sprinkled sarin gas in the Tokyo subway. |