The devotees of Vishnu are called Vaishnavas; the devotees of Shiva are Shaivites.
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Vishnu
/ˈvɪʃnu/
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Maybe, the Japanese animistic belief in the "kami"—spirits, souls, and gods ubiquitous in nature—facilitates the incorporation of Jesus Christ. Some Hindus in India believe that Jesus Christ was one of the incarnations of Vishnu.
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More than seven decades after the big war, Japanese still do not tend to Christianity. I think that Japan's Shintoism is like India's Hinduism. These religions just absorb foreign elements. Some Hindus believe that Jesus Christ was an incarnation of Vishnu. He may be one of the "kami" in Shintoism.
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In A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda's own commentaries about the Bhagavad-Gītā, the Hindu sacred book, he uses the word "planets" to describe places like Vaikuṇṭha, the heavenly abode of Vishnu.
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