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22 Cards in this Set
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Shinto
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Chinese name for native religion of Japan; comes from two Chinese words meaning "way of the good spirits'
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Kojiki
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texts which record the history of the Islands of Japan; serve as sacred texts for Shinto
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Izanagi
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from the Shinto creation story; on of the creator Kami; the male
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Izanami
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from the Shinto creation story; one of the creator Kami; the female
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Amaterasu
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the sun goddess; sprung from Izanagi's eye
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Kami
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the essence of divinity in all things; divine potential in all things natural and human (as well as divine)
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Kamidana
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the personal sinto shrine for the home; the family shrine for personal Shinto worship
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Jinja
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the public shrine for Shinto worship
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Nihongi
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same as Nihon Shoki, abbreviatd term: texts which recod the history of the Japanese people; serve as sacred texts for Shinto
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Amida Buddha
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the gracious savior in Pure Land Buddhism
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Dogen
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founder of Soto School of Zen, the gradual enlightenment school
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Eisai
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founder of Rinzai School of Zen, the sudden enlightenment school
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Honen
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founder of Jodo Shu (the Pure Land School)
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Jodo Shin Shu
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The True Pure Land School of Buddhism, founded by Shinran
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Jodo Shu
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The Pure Land School of Buddhism, founded by Honen
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Kannon
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the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy; female bodhisattva very popular amon Japanese
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Koan
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a meditational device for exhausting the mind: a riddle with no solution
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Mappo
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The degenerate age of disappeared darma when the only hope is the Lotus Sutra and the teachings of Nichiren
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Nembutsu
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the recitation of the name of Amida; an act of faith (Jodo Shu), an act of gratitude (Jodo Shin Shu)
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Nichiren
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aggressive founder of Nichiren Buddhism
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Rinzai
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the school of Zen Buddhism founded by Eisai and eaching sudden enlightenment
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Shinran
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founder of Jodo Shin Shu (the True Pure Land School)
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