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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2024
It will be interesting to listen to the personal beliefs concerning “Truth” as revealed in the studies of different scholars in different countries. But how will such a collection of beliefs contribute to the seeking of truth itself when we want to attribute to the word truth one of the adjectives: “absolute,” or “universal”?
1 Buddhism was officially transmitted in 538 through Korea and it was consistent with Shintoism, the national religion.
2 The naming of kami in Shinto with the title of " Bosatsu " from Buddhism was a general syncretism at that time.
3 See p. 114 and p. 115.
4 "Namu" is the honorific title used when addressing a kami or Buddha.
5 Edo is the old name of Tokyo.