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15 Cards in this Set
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Kami |
The invisible sacred quality that evokes wonder and awe in us, the invisible spirits throughout nature that are born of this essence. |
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tsumi |
Impurity or misfortune, a quality that Shinto purification practices are designed to remove. |
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Amaterasu |
Part of the Japanese myth cycle and a major deity of the Shinto Religion. Goddess of the sun and universe. "Shining in Heaven". |
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Nihonji |
Buddhist temple in the city of Kyonan, Japan. |
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Kojiki |
Oldest historical book about the Ancient history about Japan. "Records of past things". |
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Shingon |
Form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible. |
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Jodo Shinshu |
The largest sect of Jodo, stressing simple trust rather than ritual as the means to salvation. |
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Shinran |
Japanese Buddhist Monk and founder of the Jodo Shin school of Buddhism. |
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Nichiren |
A Japanese Buddhist sect founded by the religious Nichiren with the Lotus Sutra as its central scripture. |
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Rinzai |
School of Zen Buddhism |
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Soto |
School of Zen Buddhism |
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koan |
A riddle, used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and to provoke enlightenment. |
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Dogen |
A Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher who founded the Soto school of Zen in Japan. |
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Eisai |
Japanese Buddhist priest |
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torii |
The gateway of a Shinto shrine, with two uprights and two crosspieces. |
