manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)

manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)

• Gods (Japanese gods) are France who changed their appearance and appeared in the world to save people.

[/omoikane/Honchi Suijaku Setsu](https://scrapbox.io/omoikane/Honchi Suijaku Setsu).

• The buddhas and bodhisattvas are "hontoji" - the true, original forms, while the Shinto deities are their "taruhaku" - local, temporary forms.

[/villagepump/Honchi Suijaku Setsu](https://scrapbox.io/villagepump/Honchi Suijaku Setsu).

• In the Heian period (794-1185), the theory of "manifestation" (hon-chi-duhaku) arose, in which a bodhisattva or a buddha took the form of a deity and was called "gongen" (gongen: a manifestation of a deity). God came to be called gongen ("kari no arareru"). [The Tendai sect gave birth to the Sanno-Ichijitsu Shinto religion, and the Shingon sect to the Ryobu Shinto religion.

  • https://kotobank.jp/word/本地垂迹説-135059

• The ultimate true ground is the Dharma body, which is the truth of the universe itself, and this is called the true ground Dharma body.

  • https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/本地垂迹

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