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' acting-division head ') – Before the shinbutsu bunri, when the Meiji period law forbade the mixing of Shinto and Buddhism, a bettō was a monk who performed Buddhist rites at a Shinto shrine. Bishamonten – Syncretic deity of Buddhist origin part of the Seven Lucky Gods. [1] A symbol of authority, he protects warriors. Bon Matsuri (盆, lit.
Foxes sacred to Shinto kami Inari, a torii, a Buddhist stone pagoda, and Buddhist figures together at Jōgyō-ji, Kamakura.. Shinbutsu-shūgō (神仏習合, "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), also called Shinbutsu-konkō (神仏混淆, "jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism that was Japan's main organized religion up until the Meiji period.
Miko performing a Shinto ceremony near the Kamo River. The chief priest at a shrine is the gūji. [252] Larger shrines may also have an assistant head priest, the gon-gūji. [253] As with teachers, instructors, and Buddhist clergy, Shinto priests are often referred to as sensei by lay practitioners. [254]
Harae or harai (祓 or 祓い) is the general term for ritual purification in Shinto. Harae is one of four essential elements involved in a Shinto ceremony. [1] The purpose is the purification of pollution or sins and uncleanness . [2] These concepts include bad luck and disease as well as guilt in the English sense.
In this regard they are somewhat similar to (but not the same as) goshintai, physical objects which serve as repositories for kami in Shinto shrines. In a similar vein, Buddhist ofuda are regarded as imbued with the spirit and the virtue of buddhas, bodhisattvas, or other revered figures of the Buddhist pantheon, essentially functioning in many ...
Yoshida Shintō reversed the honji suijaku teaching of Shin-Butsu Shuugo promulgated by Kukai in the Heian Period, asserting that the Buddhist deities were manifestations of the Shintō kami, not the other way around. Yoshida Shinto held that Shintō was the primal religion of the world, which in turn gave rise to Buddhism and Confucianism ...
"Good Friend(ship)") – The Japanese Shinto-Buddhist name for the Buddhist concept of Kalyāṇa-mittatā; similar to a Death doula. Zen-dō* (禅堂) – lit. "hall of Zen". [1] The building where monks practice zazen, and one of the main structures of a Zen garan. [1] Zokumyō (俗名) – the name a Buddhist priest had before taking his ...
Hakushu has a long history in Shinto. [13] The Wajinden describes the people of the Yayoi period as clapping in worship. [14]Some people considered it as Buddhist, with the right hand meaning Buddha and the left hand meaning all beings so unification of Buddha and all beings. [15]