Shintoism Explained

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  @CogitoEdu · 5 years ago · pinned

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  @ShortHax · 5 years ago

  Shinto blessings must explain why Japanese cars last so long

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  @robinharvey3162 · 1 year ago

  if you think all living things is kami, it is hard to destroy things around you.<br>i like this idea.

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  @GoldenSuperKamichu · 1 year ago (edited)

  Shinto has no doctrines that urge people to act with specific goals, nor does it have a social caste system. The kami are believed to dwell naturally within nature, so there are actually no specific holy sites. Shrines are just one of the temporal houses we made for kami. Any place, even an ordinary natural spot or an empty space, can become sacred if it&apos;s marked off with a rope. Because of this, while there are no fixed doctrines, there is a strong belief in not polluting nature and in keeping one&apos;s surroundings clean and tidy.

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  @コパンダ-f5j · 9 months ago

  Shinto is not so much a religion as it is Japanese culture itself. It is so old that its doctrines have become almost integrated into the culture, and Japanese people practice it unconsciously. The values ​​of Buddhism and Christianity were then fused into it to form the Japanese culture we know today. It can be said that this was achieved because Shinto is a polytheistic religion, a nature worshiper, and a culture that respects everything. That is why Japanese people visit shrines during New Year&apos;s, meditate at temples, and pray for Christmas.

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  @dantefernandodantezambrano7910 · 4 years ago

  To summarize this video Shinto is such a spiritual practice in which humans are directly connected with all that exists in the earth. For example, forests, waterfalls, rivers, &nbsp;trees, flowers, animals, the sun, the moon, the stars, volcanos, etc. Each one of these has its own spirit, therefore humans worship them in order to acknowledge their existence as well as to request their protection. Literally, Shinto may mean something like &quot; We all are part of the Whole as well as the Whole is part of us all&quot;

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  @austinfreyrikrw6651 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Congratulations for doing an excellent job at summarizing what Shinto is. As a person who actually served at a small local shrine as an assistant priest for 9 years, I can testify the accuracy of the information on this video. ⛩

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  @memesmojo5622 · 5 years ago

  The water purification ritual makes sense though. Notice that when you feel angry, tired or anxious, taking a shower balances and &quot;purifies&quot; you. So that may be one of the reasons for the ritual

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  @HistoryOfRevolutions · 5 years ago

  D.T. Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎) once wrote:<br><br>&quot;The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life. All great artists, all great religious leaders, and all great social reformers have come out of the intensest struggles which they fought bravely, quite frequently in tears and with bleeding hearts&quot;

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  @backcherry5212 · 3 years ago

  This is one of many theories.<br>There is a theory that a shrine is not a place to make a request, but a place to make a vow before God.<br>I like that theory very much.<br>I also like the fact that Japanese gods are not omniscient and omnipotent, and that there is a custom of &quot;taking a break once in a while&quot; from the gods who are always watching over us.

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  @cdmgm · 2 years ago

  After Japan lost World War II, GHQ&apos;s instructions stopped teaching anything about Shinto at school. There are many Japanese people who don&apos;t know the knowledge of Shinto in detail, and it&apos;s very sad.

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  @kinokmemoryhouse · 5 years ago (edited)

  Next time do Aztec or Inca religion. Both absolutely fascinating, and I think sharing these cultures with incredible legacies with more people will do much good.

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