The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1315 page)

Kotani Kimi
(co-founder)
:

see
REIY
KAI
.

 
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[Ha-]Kotel ha-Ma‘aravi
:

see
WAILING WALL
.

 
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(Jap., ‘word-spirit’). The traditional Shinto belief in spiritual power residing in spoken words.

 
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Kotow
or kow-tow
.

‘Knocking the head on the ground’, the court ceremony of three kneelings and nine prostrations, which Chinese ritual of the Ch'ing period required of a foreign envoy when he was received by the emperor. From 1873 onward, the kotow was not required.

 
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(Jap., ‘bones’). Also known as
nyoi
, the staff bestowed on a Zen master (
roshi
) on his attaining that rank. It is used in teaching.

 
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(
c.
365–
c.
448 CE).
Taoist successor of
Ko Hung
who did much to organize that tradition in Taoism and to make it the official religion of the Northern Way dynasty. He became celestial master (
t'ien-shih
) of the northern Wei court from 425–8. He introduced extravagant Taoist ritual to affirm the emperor as Perfect Ruler; but he was murdered by a palace eunuch, and his successor re-established Buddhism as the state religion.

 
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