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komejirushi (米印, "rice symbol") This symbol is used in notes (註, chū) as a reference mark, similar to an asterisk ＊ 2196: 1-1-86: FF0A: hoshijirushi (星印, "star symbol") asterisk (アステリスク, "asterisk") This symbol is used in notes (註, chū) 〽: 1-3-28: 303D: ioriten (庵点) This mark is used to show the start of a ...
Kannon (観音)- the goddess of mercy and compassion, found not only in temples, but also in Shinto shrines. karamon (唐門) – generic term for a gate with an arched roof. [1] See also mon. karesansui* (枯山水) – lit. dry landscape. A Japanese rock garden, often present in Zen temples, and sometimes found in temples of other sects too.
Ninjō (人情, "human emotion or compassion") in Japanese, is human feeling that complements and opposes the value of giri, or social obligation, within the Japanese worldview. [1] Broadly speaking, ninjō is said to be the human feeling that inescapably springs up in conflict with social obligation. [ 2 ]
Throughout the Mahāyāna world, Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit; Chinese: Guan Yin; Japanese: Kannon; Tibetan: Chenrezig) is a bodhisattva who embodies karuṇā. In the Intermediate section of the Stages of Meditation by Kamalaśīla, he writes: Moved by compassion[karunā], Bodhisattvas take the vow to liberate all sentient beings.
Omamori, another kind of Japanese talisman, shares the same origin as and may be considered as a smaller and portable version of ofuda. A specific type of ofuda is a talisman issued by a Shinto shrine on which is written the name of the shrine or its enshrined kami and stamped with the shrine's seal.
Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware [1] Mono no aware (物の哀れ), [a] lit. ' the pathos of things ', and also translated as ' an empathy toward things ', or ' a sensitivity to ephemera ', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient ...
It has the Japanese symbol for 'light' written on or in it, copied from Okada's sacred art calligraphy and is blessed by the current Kyoshu Spiritual Leader. [13] It is a symbol of membership of a Johrei organisation and the member's dedication to Meishu-Sama and his teachings. [ 13 ]
Tomoe (巴, also written 鞆絵), [a] commonly translated as "comma", [2] [3] is a comma-like swirl symbol used in Japanese mon (roughly equivalent to a heraldic badge or charge in European heraldry). It closely resembles the usual form of a magatama. The tomoe appears in many designs with various uses.