Encyclopedia - Shinto: Encyclopedia - Shinto
Shinto (神道 Shintō) (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It has polytheistic a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shinto: Encyclopedia Ii - Shinto - Practice And Teaching Of Shinto
Shinto - Afterlife. Unlike many religions, one does not need to publicly profess belief in Shinto to be a Shintoist. Whenever a child i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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 d...   » Read the article

Article - Shinto: The Way Of Kami In Japanese Thought - Shintoism
Shinto: The Way of Kami in Japanese Thought Japanese culture has been influenced by two spiritual traditions, Shinto or Shintoism and Bu...   » Read the article

Article - Yogis: Teachings Of Kabir
Teachings Of Kabir Once Kabir tied a stout pig to the front post in the verandah of his house. An orthodox Brahmin Pundit came to Kabir'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Current Teachings Of Prem Rawat: Encyclopedia - Current Teachings Of Prem Rawat
Prem Rawat, known as Maharaji to his students promotes inner peace and meditative techniques he calls "Knowledge". He speaks and teaches ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Current Issues In Teaching: Encyclopedia - Current Issues In Teaching
Teaching is a unique job. Teachers are generally university-educated, yet are unionized employees who are not considered professionals in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholic Social Teaching: Encyclopedia - Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic social teaching encompasses the teaching that has been prevalent in the Catholic Church on all matters dealing with the collecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Practice: Encyclopedia - Practice
A Practice refers to a way that something is done. Practice is also something that is done with the deliberate aim of learning. Most comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beliefs And Practices In The Sathya Sai Organisation: Encyclopedia - Beliefs And Practices In The Sathya Sai Organisation
The beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation, founded by the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba (major article) can be characterized...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi Religious Practices: Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi Religious Practices
Ekam-The Ultimate Oneness Vethan-The Creator Thirumal-The Maintainer Sivan-The Destroyer Vaikundar-The Incarnation The Trinity Akilattira...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Carnegie Foundation For The Advancement Of Teaching: Encyclopedia - The Carnegie Foundation For The Advancement Of Teaching
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an Act of Congress, is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jinja Shinto: Encyclopedia Ii - Jinja Shinto - Origin
It is believed that a jinja had originally been only a temporary shrine constructed for a periodical matsuri at a sacred place such as a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Shinto: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Shinto - Shinto Beliefs
Japan has a very collectivist society, and this is reflected in Shinto. Shintos are expected to do what is best for the whole of society ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jinja Shinto: Encyclopedia Ii - Jinja Shinto - Facilities
A jinja has several facilities within its boundaries, including a honden (本殿) and haiden (拝殿). The honden is the building that co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Japan - Shinto
Shintoism is one of Japan's largest religions and is the native religion. It originated in and is almost exclusive to Japan. Shintoism or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Japan - Shinto
Shintoism is one of Japan's largest religions and is the native religion. It originated in and is almost exclusive to Japan. Shintoism or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual Purification: Encyclopedia Ii - Ritual Purification - Shinto
Misogi is a Shinto practice involving purification in a waterfall or other natural running water. ... See also:Ritual purification, Ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Shinto Shrines: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Shinto Shrines - Prefecture
List of Shinto shrines - Hokkaido. Asahikawa Shrine Ebetsu Shrine Hokkaido Yasukuni Shrine Hokkaido Jingu Kamikawa Shrine Nishino Shri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Shinto: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Shinto - Homosexuality In Japanese Society
Shinto and Japanese society are tightly bound together each shaping the other. This, in combination with the flexibility of the Shinto re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Clergy And Religious Figures: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Clergy And Religious Figures - Shinto
List of fictional clergy and religious figures - Priests. Rei Hino's grandfather ("Jī-chan") - Sailor Moon Kagome's grandfather ("Jī...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zen: Encyclopedia Ii - Zen - Zen Teachings And Practices
Zen teachings often criticize textual study and the pursuit of worldly accomplishments, concentrating primarily on meditation in pursuit ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beliefs And Practices In The Sathya Sai Organisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Beliefs And Practices In The Sathya Sai Organisation - Important Teachings
Sathya Sai Baba (SSB) preaches love and the unity of all religions. He says that all religions lead to God and that followers should cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Japan - Religious Practice
Most Japanese participate in rituals and customs derived from several religious traditions. Life cycle events are often marked by visits ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Past Teachings Of Prem Rawat: Encyclopedia Ii - Past Teachings Of Prem Rawat - The Teachings
Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Conditions for the practice of Knowledge to bear fruit. Since the 1970s, Prem Rawat has emphasized a num...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Past Teachings Of Prem Rawat: Encyclopedia Ii - Past Teachings Of Prem Rawat - The Knowledge Process And The Teaching Of The Techniques
The manner in which Prem Rawat has gone about teaching the techniques of Knowledge has significantly changed from 1970 to the present. P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zen: Encyclopedia Ii - Zen - Radical Teachings
Some of the traditional Zen fables describe Zen masters using controversial methods of 'teaching', which modern Zen enthusiasts may have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hakuin Ekaku: Encyclopedia Ii - Hakuin Ekaku - Teachings
The most important and influential teaching of Hakuin was his emphasis on koan practice. Hakuin deeply believed that the most effective w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Current Teachings Of Prem Rawat: Encyclopedia Ii - Current Teachings Of Prem Rawat - The Keys
Currently, Rawat's teachings are summarized in "The Keys,” a collection of videos and written materials becoming available worldwide to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Past Teachings Of Prem Rawat: Encyclopedia Ii - Past Teachings Of Prem Rawat - The Message
Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Early days: less emphasis on the message and more emphasis on Knowledge. Supporters say that today, Prem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nichiren Shoshu: Encyclopedia Ii - Nichiren Shoshu - Doctrines And Practice
Much of Nichiren Shoshu's underlying teachings are, overtly, extensions of Tendai (Cn: Tiantai) thought, including much of its worldview ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kagyu: Encyclopedia Ii - Kagyu - Teachings
The central teaching of Kagyu is the doctrine of Mahamudra, or "the Great Seal", as elucidated by Gampopa in his various works. This doct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karma Kagyu: Encyclopedia Ii - Karma Kagyu - Teachings
The central teaching of the Karma Kagyu is the doctrine of Mahamudra or "Great Seal". This doctrine focuses on four principal stages of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - G. I. Gurdjieff: Encyclopedia Ii - G. I. Gurdjieff - Teaching
Those who had contact with Gurdjieff saw him as a Master - able to practice self-remembering, and work on oneself; in other words a human...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - G. I. Gurdjieff: Encyclopedia Ii - G. I. Gurdjieff - Teaching
Some of those who had contact with Gurdjieff saw him as a Master - able to practice self-remembering, and work on oneself; in other words...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salient Teachings: Encyclopedia Ii - Salient Teachings - Dharmam
The teachings on dharmam has two levels of understanding: One, as a principle of 'righteousness', and the other, as a concrete activity o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Learning By Teaching: Encyclopedia Ii - Learning By Teaching - Learning By Teaching In Its Different Applications
The method learning by teaching is applied in all types of schools and in all subjects. Most curricula recommend it as an open and pupil-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Michael Teachings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Michael Teachings - History
In the mid-1970s, novelist Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and a group of acquaintances were experimenting with a Ouija board. They claimed to have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Past Teachings Of Prem Rawat: Encyclopedia Ii - Past Teachings Of Prem Rawat - Indian Customs Around Prem Rawat
Some ex-students are frustrated that Rawat has never taken the trouble to go through the whole list of Hindu concepts which he expressed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Teachings: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Teachings - Mystical Teachings
The purpose of human life, say Bahá'ís, is spiritual growth. This is conceived almost as an organic process, like the development of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hakuin Ekaku: Encyclopedia Ii - Hakuin Ekaku - Practice
Much of Hakuin's practice focused, as his teachings did, on zazen and koan practice. His motto was "meditation in the midst of activity i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scientology Beliefs And Practices: Encyclopedia Ii - Scientology Beliefs And Practices - Practices
Scientology beliefs and practices - Daily Practices. Churches of Scientology are busy places. Courses are taught days, evenings and wee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soka Gakkai International: Encyclopedia Ii - Soka Gakkai International - Practice
The basic practice of SGI members is based on faith, practice, and study. Faith entails chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo daily and reciting g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cruelty Of Really Teaching Computer Science: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cruelty Of Really Teaching Computer Science - Analysis
Dijkstra felt that "really teaching" computer science was imparting, to the student, the ability to work within formal systems and althou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Learning By Teaching: Encyclopedia Ii - Learning By Teaching - The Approach
After intensive preparation by the teacher, students become responsible for their own learning and teaching. The new material is divided ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sati Practice: Encyclopedia Ii - Sati Practice - The Practice
The act of sati was always supposed to take place voluntarily, and from the existing accounts, many of them were indeed voluntary. The ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inclusive Classroom: Encyclopedia Ii - Inclusive Classroom - Teaching/programming
It is general practice that children in an inclusive classroom be placed within two years of their chronological age-mates. Also, to enco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nachman Of Breslov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nachman Of Breslov - Teachings
Rebbe Nachman was born in Mezhibuz, Ukraine, and in his short life achieved much acclaim as a teacher and spiritual leader. He was an ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Teachings: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Teachings - Overview
The most prominent and distinctive principles in the Bahá'í teachings are Love and Unity, which are exemplified by the Golden rule, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Michael Teachings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Michael Teachings - Summary
The core of the Michael Teachings is a multi-layered system of personality typing called the overleaves, as follows: The stated purpose o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reiki: Encyclopedia Ii - Reiki - Theories And Practices
The word 'reiki' is a generic term which can be and is used for many techniques. The information below may or may not apply to anything c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Practice: Encyclopedia Ii - Practice - Social Practices
Social practices are related to customs for how various people enact various works or events. Practices are also related to custom as use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prem Rawat: Encyclopedia Ii - Prem Rawat - Turn Toward Western Modes Of Teaching
Prem Rawat - Prem Rawat's alleged early plan to deny personal divinity. Ron Geaves, a Professor and Chair in religious studies at the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Practice: Encyclopedia Ii - Practice - Work Practices
Work practices are ways of structuring that are things one must do, or ways in which something is done. They are not implemented by techn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Padmasambhava: Encyclopedia Ii - Padmasambhava - Life And Teachings
According to tradition Padmasambhava was incarnated as an 8 year old child appearing in a lotus blossom floating in Lake Dhanakosha, loca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perfection Of Wisdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Perfection Of Wisdom - Teachings
The following is a quotation used with permission. "At first sight, The Perfection of Wisdom is bewildering, full of paradox and apparent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teach The Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Teach The Controversy - Criticisms
Teach the Controversy - Teach the Controversy. The theory of evolution is accepted by the vast majority of biologists and by the scient...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confucius: Encyclopedia Ii - Confucius - Teachings
In the Analects, where one can find the most intimate descriptions of him, Confucius (孔夫子) presents himself as a transmitter who in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sakya: Encyclopedia Ii - Sakya - Teachings
Sachen, the first of the five supreme Masters, received a wealth of tantric doctrines from numerous Tibetan translators or 'lotsawas' who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Learning By Teaching: Encyclopedia Ii - Learning By Teaching - History
The principle of LdL is not new, it has already been part of the so-called Lancaster-Schools. The first book about the topic was publishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teach The Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Teach The Controversy - Strategy
The Discovery Institute or constituent groups acting on its behalf lobby state and local boards of education and local, state and federal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoroaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoroaster - Zoroastrian Teachings
The teachings of Zoroaster are presented in seventeen liturgical, texts, or "hymns", the yasna which is divided into groups called Gāth�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Fourth Way: Encyclopedia Ii - The Fourth Way - The Teachings
When asked about the teaching he was setting forth, Gurdjieff said, "The teaching whose theory is here being set out is completely self s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suma Ching Hai: Encyclopedia Ii - Suma Ching Hai - Teachings
The core of Master Ching Hai’s teachings is diligent practice of the prescribed meditation on the inner light and sound. "Not until one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darth Traya: Encyclopedia Ii - Darth Traya - Teachings
Among her students were Darth Nihilus and Darth Sion. Even when she was a Sith, Traya had some notion that neither the light nor dark sid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Kadampa Tradition: Encyclopedia Ii - New Kadampa Tradition - Teachings
The New Kadampa Tradition follows a selection of teachings of Venerable Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa as presented in the West by Geshe Kelsan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Practices Of Buddhism
Buddhism - Refuge in The Three Jewels. Main Article: Refuge (Buddhism) Buddhists seek refuge in the "Three Jewels" of Buddhism as the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Urantia Book: Encyclopedia Ii - The Urantia Book - Teachings
In The Urantia Book, God is the creator of all things and resides at the center of creation on the eternal "Isle of Paradise". He is the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sangharakshita: Encyclopedia Ii - Sangharakshita - Distinctive Teachings
Sangharakshita is a mixture of conservative and radical. He emphasises basic Buddhist teachings, like conditionality, and the Four Noble ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Tasmania: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Tasmania - Teaching And Research
While the University of Tasmania retains a strong liberal arts focus, it is a comprehensive university covering most subjects in the arts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adi Da: Encyclopedia Ii - Adi Da - Teaching
While Adi Da's teaching bears strong affinities with Hinduism and Buddhism, Adi Da describes his "Way of the Heart " or "Way of Adidam" a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agni Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Agni Yoga - Teachings
The theology described in the Agni Yoga books can be understood as a special variation on Theosophy. After Madame Blavatsky's passing, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faithful And Discreet Slave: Encyclopedia Ii - Faithful And Discreet Slave - History Of Teaching Authority
Matthew 24:45 depicts a "faithful and discreet slave" who is "appointed over" others to "give them their food at the proper time." In the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pastoral Epistles: Encyclopedia Ii - Pastoral Epistles - Ecclesiological Teachings
Pastoral Epistles - Titles and Offices. Pastoral Epistles - Qualifications. Pastoral Epistles - Charitable ministries. ... See al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Literacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Literacy - Teaching Literacy
Some people argue that one of the most effective methods of teaching literacy involve direct instruction of simplified phonetic systems. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Literacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Literacy - Teaching Literacy
Some people argue that one of the most effective methods of teaching literacy involves direct instruction of simplified phonetic systems....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teachings Of Opus Dei: Encyclopedia Ii - Teachings Of Opus Dei - Lay Spirituality In Ordinary Life
One of the distinctive features of Opus Dei is it's stress of lay spirituality - a spiritual life for lay people living an everyday life ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzogchen: Encyclopedia Ii - Dzogchen - The Practice Of Dzogchen
In Dzogchen, self-liberation is achieved by discovering or recognizing one's own primordial mental state and remaining in that natural st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haewun: Encyclopedia Ii - Haewun - Teachings Of Haewun
Throughout the ages, humans have suffered in the context of mutual conflict, and after death they have entered the spirit world, bearing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Main Teachings Of Ayya Vaikundar: Encyclopedia Ii - Main Teachings Of Ayya Vaikundar - Dharmam
The teachings on Dharmam have two levels of understanding: a principle of 'righteousness', and a concrete activity of 'charity' or 'almsg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Taylor Philosopher: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Taylor Philosopher - Teachings
In order to understand the stance that Taylor presents in Sources of the Self" one should undersatand his philosophical background, espec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moorish Science Temple Of America: Encyclopedia Ii - Moorish Science Temple Of America - The Church's Practices
The Moorish Science temple was founded on a teaching of the Moors as a blueprint of Freemasonry, and included a modified version of the M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kharijites: Encyclopedia Ii - Kharijites - Beliefs And Practices
Kharijite theology was a form of radical fundamentalism, preaching uncompromising observance of the teachings of the Qur'an in defiance o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Learning By Teaching: Encyclopedia Ii - Learning By Teaching - The Further Development
The central dimension, which should be moved forward by the usage of this method, is the capability to communicate, to generate knowledge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ibn Taymiya: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibn Taymiya - Teachings Of Ibn Taymiya
Ibn Taymiya believed that the first three generations of Islam -- the prophet Muhammad, his Companions, and the children and grandchildre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waldorf Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Waldorf Education - Debate Surrounding The Waldorf Teaching Method
Waldorf education does not teaching reading and academics until approximately age 6-7. Critics claim that a "window" of intellectual oppo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teach The Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Teach The Controversy - Origin Of The Campaign
Teach the Controversy - Intelligent design movement. The Intelligent Design movement began in the early 1990s and is an organized campa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eckankar: Encyclopedia Ii - Eckankar - Teachings
Eckankar teaches that spiritual experience and spiritual liberation in this lifetime are available to all by actively exploring the spir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mazdaznan: Encyclopedia Ii - Mazdaznan - Teaching
Hanish claimed to be born 1844 as a son of a Russian diplomat in Teheran. Sent to a secret society in the hymalayas to heal his illness h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Buell Anderson: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Buell Anderson - Comparison Of Teachings To Acim Teachings
Since the time of Anderson's earlier teachings, even though some minor terminology and secondary details appear to have made some slight ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of Christ - Specific Teachings And Prohibitions
Churches of Christ mostly agree with the theology of other conservative Evangelical Christian groups, believing in Jesus as the Son of Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teach The Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Teach The Controversy - Political Action
The Discovery Institute aggressively promotes its Teach the Controversy campaign and intelligent design to the public, education official...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shinto: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Shinto
Shinto (Japanese) [from shin god + to, tao way, path]   The way of the gods; applied to the popular religion in Japan prior to Bu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shinto: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Shinto
Shinto (Japanese) "Way of the Gods", Way of life, devoted to nature and ancestral spirits   (See also: Shinto , Bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shinto: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Shinto
Shinto (Jap.). The ancient religion of Japan before Buddhism, based upon the worship of spirits and ancestors.   (See also: Sh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Six Stages Of Practice: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Six Stages Of Practice
Six stages of practice (Jpn.: roku-soku)   Also, six identities. Six stages in the practice of the Lotus Sutra formulated by T'ie...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wisdom Teachings: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Wisdom Teachings
wisdom teachings A collection of wisdom; a body of knowledge about the hidden nature of humanity and the world held sacred through al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shinto: Encyclopedia Ii - Shinto - History
Shinto - Early History. The earliest origins of Shinto are lost to history, but it seems to have been established by the late Jomon per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shinto: Encyclopedia Ii - Shinto - History
Shinto - Early History. A number of theories exist about the ancestors of today's Japanese. Most scholars accept there was migration fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shinto: Encyclopedia Ii - Shinto - Definition Of Shinto
Shinto is a difficult religion to classify. On the one hand, it can be seen as merely a highly sophisticated form of animism and may be r...   » Read the article