| **Shimbutsudo** (Tenzanese: 神佛道 //Shinbutsudō//, lit. "Way of Gods and Prajnas") is the [[Tenzan|Tenzanese]] ethnoreligion, built on a systematic syncretism between regional philosophy and worship of an indigenous pantheon, with [[Mahagaurava]] [[Nirvanism|Nirvanist]] doctrines. In Shimbutsudo, both **//[[kami]]//** (神 //kami, shin//, "Gods") and **//hotoke//** (佛 //hotoke, butsu,// "[[prajna|Prajnas]]," also 般若 //hannya//, the default word for //prajnas// like in Nirvanism) are revered within a single integrated cosmology. Rather than seeing the //kami// as merely local and overshadowed by realization of transcendence, Shimbutsudo asserts that divinity and enlightenment interact: the //kami// embody the raw, built-in forces of nature, lineage, and place, while //prajnas// and //jnasattvas// represent the perfected, transcendent states of awakening. | **Shimbutsudo** (Tenzanese: 神佛道 //Shinbutsudō//, lit. "Way of Gods and Prajnas") is the [[Tenzan|Tenzanese]] ethnoreligion, built on a systematic syncretism between regional philosophy and worship of an indigenous pantheon, with [[Mahagaurava]] [[Nirvanism|Nirvanist]] doctrines. In Shimbutsudo, both **//[[kami]]//** (神 //kami, shin//, "Gods") and **//hotoke//** (佛 //hotoke, butsu,// "[[prajna|Prajnas]]," also 般若 //hannya//, the default word for //prajnas// like in Nirvanism) are revered within a single integrated cosmology. Rather than seeing the //kami// as merely local and overshadowed by realization of transcendence, Shimbutsudo asserts that divinity and enlightenment interact: the //kami// embody the raw, built-in forces of nature, lineage, and place, while //prajnas// and //jnasattvas// represent the perfected, transcendent states of awakening. |
| Central to Shimbutsudo is the layered link between //kami// and //prajnas// or //jnasattvas//, especially through frameworks around manifestation, with the two groups understood to have specific overlaps between each other. Whether godhood or enlightenment takes precedence is implicit, with //kami// related to the imperial household often having their godly nature emphasized, and the most common names of a //kami// coming with honorifics based on their most important characteristics, according to worshipers. The most notable of //kami// in Shimbutsudo are: | Central to Shimbutsudo is the layered link between //kami// and //prajnas// or //jnasattvas//, especially through frameworks around manifestation, with the two groups understood to have specific overlaps between each other. Whether godhood or enlightenment takes precedence is implicit, with //kami// related to the imperial household often having their godly nature emphasized, and the most common names of a //kami// coming with honorifics based on their most important characteristics, according to worshipers. The most notable of //kami// in Shimbutsudo are: |
