... the Gods. However deplorable comparisons may be, they do serve a purpose in experiential understanding through comparison to personal knowledge. In a sense, the inclusive idea of kami is similar to some Native American tribes" relationships with the land and the inherent sacredness they realized through their understanding and dependency in their traditional physical connection to the land. The unity between people, nature, and ... , called ko, are also part of devotion in Japan, usually offered to kami or bodhisattvas. The notion of the sacred as a transcendental reality is at the basis...

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