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"To admit a fault is the
beginning of righteousness"
Shinto Saying
Shinto
"Shinto
(神道,shintō?)
is the
native religion
of
Japan and was
once its
state religion.
It involves the worship of
kami
(神,
kami?),
spirits. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the
spiritual being/spirit or
genius of a
particular place, but other ones represent major natural
objects and processes: for example,
Amaterasu,
the
Sun goddess,
or
Mount Fuji.
Shinto is an
animistic
belief system. The word Shinto was created by combining two
kanji: "shin"
(神,"shin"?)(loan
words usually retain their
Chinese pronunciation, hence shin not kami), meaning gods or
spirits ; and "tō"
(道,"tō"?),
meaning a philosophical way or path (originally from the
Chinese word
dao). As
such, Shinto is commonly translated as "The Way of the Gods".
Source:
Wikipedia
"Shinto
does not have a founder nor does it have sacred
scriptures like the sutras or the bible.
Propaganda and preaching are not common either,
because Shinto is deeply rooted in the Japanese
people and traditions." Source:
Japan Guide
