Jiriki
Jiriki and tariki. Japanese expressions referring to opposing methods of attaining salvation, jiriki, or salvation through one's own efforts, and tariki, salvation depending upon another power. The common illustration of these concepts is the monkey and the cat. Infant monkeys cling to their mothers to be carried, but cats carry their young, lifting them by the back of the neck.
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