RLGA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: East Asian Religions, Kami, Buddha-Nature
Document Summary
Kami spirits - participating with the world and nature. Nature - not our creation of products. Our creations should also be somewhat appreciated - shinto says. Chief architects of nature - myth (izanami and izanagi) Burns when she gives birth to fire god. Tears give birth to the next generation of god. Sun goddess (w the moon god) = Literal washing - metaphor - for spiritual purification. Human beings according to myth - descendents from spirits. Confucianism - focuses on cultivation of virtue. Kami - japanese spirits manifestations of buddha (from buddha perspective) Buddhist perspective - kami = shaki amida. Kami - spirits created earth and us - expansive myth. Rulers says no = trouble for rest. Shinto perspective - shaki amida= kami spirits. Appropriate the buddhist world view into theirs. Kami - wide spread notion of spiritual being. Kami translation in japanese - split the words = transcendent" something above and beyond us.
