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On the Truth: A Study Considering the Religious Behavior Concerning Mt. Fuji

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Takakuni Hirano
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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”?

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 20 , Issue 79 , September 1972 , pp. 109 - 127
Copyright
Copyright © 1972 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

References

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.