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    / Shintō reaction against Buddhism

    …beings in the universe) was Taigen Sonjin (the Great Exalted One). According to its teaching, if one is truly purified, his heart can be the kami’s abode. The ideal of inner purification was a mysterious state of mind in which one worshiped the kami that lived in one’s own heart.…

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    …beings in the universe) was Taigen Sonjin (the Great Exalted One). According to its teaching, if one is truly purified, his heart can be the kami’s abode. The ideal of inner purification was a mysterious state of mind in which one worshiped the kami that lived in one’s own heart.…

    Read More