The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1164 page)
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Jinja
(Shinto shrine)
:
(Shinto shrine)
:
Jinja Shinto
(category of Shinto organization)
:
(category of Shinto organization)
:
Jinn
(Arab.,
junna
, ‘be mad, furious, possessed’). Fiery spirits in Islam (Qur’
n 55. 15), particularly associated with the desert. A person who dies in a state of great sin may be changed into a
jinn
in the period of the
barzakh
.
junna
, ‘be mad, furious, possessed’). Fiery spirits in Islam (Qur’
n 55. 15), particularly associated with the desert. A person who dies in a state of great sin may be changed into ajinn
in the period of thebarzakh
.
Jinsei wa gejutsu de aru
(living life as art)
:
(living life as art)
:
Jipp
(Jap., ‘ten directions’). The ten directions which encompass all possible places, the four cardinal points, the four intermediate points, up and down. Hence jipp
-butsu, the
buddhas
of the ten directions, i.e. all buddhas throughout the universe.
-butsu, thebuddhas
of the ten directions, i.e. all buddhas throughout the universe.
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