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Shintoism
Meaning the Way of the Gods, this Japanese religion advocates ritual and honor. It melded well with the philosophies of the Samurai warriors and is practiced by approximately 120 million people, mostly Japanese.
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What special foods do Shintos eat?
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What are the major tenets of Shintoism?
There are three essential elements in any form of Shinto worship. The first step is the all-important act of purification, almost always involving water. The water is poured over the hands and used to rinse out the mouth in an act of ritual washing. The second step is an offering to the kami, usually food or money. The third step is offering a prayer to the kami, of both thanksgiving and petition for the future. Music, dance, and ritual reenactment of planting, harvest, or history are often involved in the large community celebrations. The Shinto celebrations bring the Kami into the presence of the daily life of the community and it's individual citizens.
Do Shintoists forbid sex before marriage?
They believe by custom, aristocratic men and women lived separately. Men had multiple wives and concubines, but women were not allowed to see men other than close relatives, husbands, masters or palace eunuchs.
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Why did the Shinto religion start?
Shinto is not based on anybody on any body of religious law. Shinto belief revolves around "Kami" or deities. Kami can be related to natural forces, elements or animals. This all i know.
Where do the Shintos worship their Gods?
There is no such thing as a Shinto god. There are, however, Kami, which are more like feelings or spirits than gods. (The kanji, or Chinese character, for "kami" loosely translates to god when the suffix "sama" is added. Thus, kami-sama means god.)
Shintoism started in eastern japan and then spread out to the middle east. Shintoism is the oldest surviving Japanese religion. It came even before Buddhism.
What does the Shinto religion believe in?
Shintoism is an ancient religion that originated in Japan. Its followers believe that spiritual powers exist in the natural world in the form of kami, or spirits, which live in animals, plants, stones, mountains, rivers, people and even the dead.
What are the Shinto Temple gates called?
Torii gates is the term for a sacred gate in a Shinto shrine.
What is the goal in shintoism?
Ancestral ties are their main focus, religious wise. Bringing honor to and upholding the honor of their families.
Who is the spiritual leader of Shinto?
Historically, the leader of Shintoism was the Japanese Emperor himself, who was believed to be a God-King. With Hirohito's declaration that he was not a god in the aftermath of World War II, Shintoism has become increasingly decentralized. The most prominent group today that determines Shintoism is the Association of Shinto Shrines. Its leadership includes the sōsai (総裁), the head priestess of the Ise Shrine, presently Atsuko Ikeda. The tōri (統理) is Kuniaki Kuni, and the post of sōchō (総長) is currently held by Masami Yatabe, the chief priest of the Mishima Shrine.
How many people follow daoism today?
Number of Confucianism followers in the world: 0.09% (6,111,056 people).
What is the difference between Shintosim and Confucianism?
The native religion of Japan and once the state religion.
A religion based in Japan, they worship many gods in shrines
Shinto hasn't really spread. Over the years, Shinto has been practiced almost exclusively in Japan. Most people who practice Shinto in other parts of the world are Japanese in heritage.
Does Shintoism permit same-sex marriage?
In Modern times, Shintoism is largely silent on the issue of same-sex marriage, and followers generally hold general Japanese cultural views on homosexuality.
In history, there was no religious opposition to homosexuality in Japan in non-Buddhist kami tradition.
During the Tokugawa period, some of the Shinto gods, especially Hachiman, Myoshin, Shinmei and Tenjin, "came to be seen as guardian deities of nanshoku" (male-male love). Tokugawa-era writer Ihara Saikaku joked that since there are no women for the first three generations in the genealogy of the gods found in the Nihon Shoki, the gods must have enjoyed homosexual relationships-which Saikaku argued was the real origin of nanshoku.
What are the kami that are so important in Shinto belief?
Kami are spirits that live in local natural objects (rocks, trees, streams). In Shintoism, various kami are prayed to for sustenance and assistance.
In modern Japanese, Kami is typically used to refer to God.
Laozi, the founder of Taoism (or Daoism), was born China in 604 BCE. Taoism is widely practised in China. It is particularly strong among the rural population, but has support among urban Chinese. There are also Taoist temples in many other countries, wherever Chinese people have migrated.
Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan. Like Hinduism, it is not credited to any particular founder.
The Japanese gave their religious beliefs a name, in order to preserve the religion, while Buddhism & Confucianism were entering into their country.
What is the Shintoism timeline?
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Answer:'Shinto' is the world's tenth largest religion. In absence of a solid doctrinal system, the practices vary from region to region. However, Shinto is intimately tied to the Japanese people and their common history. Shinto has influenced their social lives, personal motivation, value systems, thought process and actions.
Shinto had first developed in prehistoric Japan and there are 2.7 million adherents.
In Shinto, there is not one, but innumerable divine spirits. They call it Kami. They believe that Kami interact with the people in a variety of ways, both favourably and unfavourably. These spirits exist everywhere. Some of the very old trees house kami.
Shinto has core tenets, which forms an ethical and moral philosophy. It seeks to foster harmony between people, the community and nature. Some of the sacred texts are common to every Shinto sect. They have an organized clergy comprising priests and shamans.
Shinto timeline:
In the middle of 4th century CE, several clans had formed a civil government with a separate clan spirit. The believers pray to these spirits for good harvests, protection from diseases, and good fortune. Later Japanese people had built shrines for these spirits as places of worship.
By turn of 8th century, the sun deity Amaterasu Omikami became the most revered kami. During this time, the Amaterasu was designated as their divine ancestress.
Some elements of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism have also been blended into Shinto.
It was only in 1868; Shinto was declared the state religion... This however lasted until 1947. Most of Shinto adherents numbering 2.7 million live in Japan.
