| They tried to raise their status to that of the Buddha by leaving copies of sutras at temples or doing Doso, officially acknowledging the gods' achievements and stating in oracles that they would no longer stay as a god thanks to Buddha's good deeds. |
神を仏の境涯に引き上げようとして納経や度僧が行われたり、仏法の功徳を廻向されて神の身を離脱することが神託に謳われたりした。 |