Shinto

Shinto (神道 Shintō) (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It has polytheistic and pantheistic elements. It involves the worship of kami, which can be translated to mean gods, spirits of nature, or just spiritual presences. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the spirit or genius of a particular place, but others represent major natural objects and processes, for example, Amaterasu, the Sun goddess. The word Shinto was created by combining two kanji: ...

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Shinto: Encyclopedia II - Shinto - Definition of Shinto Shinto can be seen as a form of animism and may be regarded as a variety of shamanist religion. Shinto beliefs and ways of thinking are deeply embedded in the subconscious fabric of modern Japanese society. The afterlife is not a primary concern in Shinto, and much more emphasis is placed on fitting into this world, instead of preparing for the next. Shinto has no binding set of dogma, no holiest place for worshippers, no person or kami deemed holiest, and no defined set of prayers. Instead, Shinto is a collection of rituals and methods mean ...

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Shinto: Encyclopedia - Shrine

A shrine, from the Latin scrinium (‘box’, also used as a desk, like the french bureau hence also an administrative office) is originally a container, usually in precious materials, especially for a relic, and/or holy or sacred place containing the same, hence dedicated towards a certain god, goddess, saint, or similar religious figure. Later also extended meanings. Shrine - Religious shrines. As distinguished from a temple, a shrine is usually located because it houses a particular relic or cult ...

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Shinto: Encyclopedia - Ritual purification

Ritual purification is a feature of many religions. The aim of these rituals is to remove uncleanliness, which may be real or symbolic. Most of these rituals were created long before the germ theory of disease. Many religions have a ritual cleansing of the dead before burial. Some religions have special treatment of particular body fluids such as semen and menses which are viewed as particularly unclean. There are strong similarities between the cleansing actions engaged in by obsessive compulsive dis ...

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Shinto: Encyclopedia - Ethics in religion

Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong in human behaviour. All religions have a moral component, and religious approaches to the problem of ethics historically dominated ethics over secular approaches. From the point of view of theistic religions, to the extent that ethics stems from revealed truth from divine sources, ethics is studied as a branch of theology. Many believe that the Golden Rule, which teaches people to "treat others as you want to be treated", is the common denominator of all moral codes and religions. ...

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Shinto: Encyclopedia - Incense

Incense is a preparation of aromatic plant matter, often with the addition of essential oils extracted from plant or animal sources, intended to release fragrant smoke for religious, therapeutic, or aesthetic purposes as it smolders. In the past, Chinese and Japanese society used incense as a time keeping device in the form of incense clocks. Incense - Forms and use of incense. Incense is available in numerous forms and degree of processing. However incense can generally be separated into direct burning< ...

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Shinto: Encyclopedia - Idolatry

Idolatry is the worship of an image, idea or object, as opposed to the worship of a supreme being. It is forbidden by some major religions such as the Abrahamic religions. Some religious authorities and groups have used the term to describe other religions apart from their own. Idolatry - Etymology. The word idolatry comes (by haplology) from the Greek word eidololatria, a compound of eidolon, "image" or "figure", and latreia, "worship". Although the Greek appears to be a loan tr ...

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Shinto: Encyclopedia - Shambhala Buddhism

The term Shambhala Buddhism has come into use as an umbrella term referring to the teachings of Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism as propagated by the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, mixed with the various Shambhalian teachings and practices revealed by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (the 11th Trungpa Tulku). The present head of the lineage is Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Trungpa Rinpoche's eldest son and Shambhala heir. Shambhala Buddhism - Distinguishing Characteristics of Shambhala Budd ...

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Shinto: Encyclopedia - Eastern philosophy

The usefulness of dividing philosophy into Western philosophy and other philosophies is open to challenge, not the least for speaking down to those other philosophies. To say this is not to deny that there are important traditions in philosophy that are intimately bound up with historical and geographical circumstances. The term Eastern philosophy refers very broadly to the various philosophies of Iran, India, China, and Japan. When one uses the term "philosophy" in an academic context, it typically refers to the philoso ...

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Eastern philosophy - Philosophical and religious traditions

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Shinto: Encyclopedia - Ama-no-Iwato

Ama-no-Iwato is the cave in which the Shinto Goddess Amaterasu hid after the embarrassment caused by her brother. Other related archivesAmaterasu, Shinto

Shinto: Encyclopedia - Kami

Kami (神) is the Japanese word for "deity". The word is used to indicate any sort of god, beings of a higher place or belonging to a different sphere of existence. This includes spirits and the God of the Abrahamic religions. The word connotates charisma, wisdom, miracle — any kind of thing resembling divinity. See, for example, kamikaze. Because Japanese does not distinguish number (singular/plural) in nouns, it is rarely clear whether kami means a single entity or multiple entities. Japanese often impl ...

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