Honji suijaku
The term honji suijaku or honchi suijaku (本地垂迹) in Japanese religious terminology refers to a theory widely accepted until the Meiji period according to which Indian Buddhist deities choose to appear in Japan as native kami to more easily convert and save the Japanese. The theory states that some kami (but not all) are local manifestations (the suijaku (垂迹), literally, a "trace") of Buddhist deities (the honji (本地), literally, "original ground"). The two entities form an indivisible whole called gongen and in theory should have equal standing, but this was not always the case. In the early Nara period, for example, the honji was considered more important and only later did the two come to be regarded as equals. During the late Kamakura period it was even proposed that the kami were the ori
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Honji suijaku
The term honji suijaku or honchi suijaku (本地垂迹) in Japanese religious terminology refers to a theory widely accepted until the Meiji period according to which Indian Buddhist deities choose to appear in Japan as native kami to more easily convert and save the Japanese. The theory states that some kami (but not all) are local manifestations (the suijaku (垂迹), literally, a "trace") of Buddhist deities (the honji (本地), literally, "original ground"). The two entities form an indivisible whole called gongen and in theory should have equal standing, but this was not always the case. In the early Nara period, for example, the honji was considered more important and only later did the two come to be regarded as equals. During the late Kamakura period it was even proposed that the kami were the ori
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Le terme honji suijaku ou honc ...... dhistes et des kami japonais).
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The term honji suijaku or honc ...... es and Japanese kami) edifice.
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本地垂迹(ほんじすいじゃく)とは、仏教が興隆した時代に発生し ...... して日本の地に現れた権現(ごんげん)であるとする考えである。
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本地垂迹,是日本佛教興盛時期一種思想。日本神道的八百万神是佛菩薩的化身,稱為權現。在理論上神佛具有同等地位。
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Le terme honji suijaku ou honc ...... s important, et ce n'est que p
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The term honji suijaku or honc ...... sed that the kami were the ori
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本地垂迹(ほんじすいじゃく)とは、仏教が興隆した時代に発生し ...... して日本の地に現れた権現(ごんげん)であるとする考えである。
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本地垂迹,是日本佛教興盛時期一種思想。日本神道的八百万神是佛菩薩的化身,稱為權現。在理論上神佛具有同等地位。
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Honji suijaku
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Honji suijaku
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本地垂迹
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本地垂迹
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