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"To admit a fault is the
beginning of righteousness"
Shinto Saying
Shinto
Definition: "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
Resource
"Estimates
of the number of adherents are hopelessly
unreliable. Some sources give numbers in the range
of 2.8 to 3.2 million. One states that 40% of
Japanese adults follow Shinto; that would account
for about 50 million adherents. Others state that
about 86% of Japanese adults follow a combination
of Shinto and Buddhism; that would put the number
of followers of Shinto at 107 million"
Source:
Religious Tolerance
BBC -
Religion & Ethics - Shinto Guide to
the Japanese system of beliefs and traditions
known as Shinto, including history, rites of life
and ethics.
Shinto Shinto
("the way of the gods") is the indigenous faith of
the Japanese people and as old as Japan herself.
It remains Japan's major religion besides ...
What is
Shinto? Shinto is a
general term for the activities of the Japanese
people to worship all the deities of heaven and
earth, and its origin is as old as the history ...
Sacred
Texts/Beliefs
"Be
charitable to all beings, love is the
representative of God."
-- Ko-ji-ki, Hachiman Kasuga of the Shinto
tradition, circa 500 AD
BBC -
Religion & Ethics - Beliefs Beliefs
about the universe: Shinto does not split the
universe into a natural physical world and a
supernatural transcendent world. It regards
everything as ...
Shinto
Documents
Full text
of English translations of the Yengishiki, and
excerpts from the Kojiki and Nihongi
Shintoism Sri Swami
Sivananda. Introduction Shinto Theology Shinto
Ethics Ten Precepts Of Shinto Shinto Sayings
Common Shinto Prayer Conclusion ...
History
and Origins
"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
Early Shinto thought and
philosophy of the Tokugawa period in Japan
(1600-1868), nothing says "Japan" like the Shinto
religion. The Tokugawa "Enlightenment" inspired a
...
Shinto History
Background into the founding and history of Shinto
Shinto:
History and Development — FactMonster.com History and
Development. Shinto cannot be traced to its
beginnings, because until the 5th cent. (when
Chinese writing was introduced into Japan) the
myths ...
History of
Shinto History of
Shinto. Shinto can be traced to about 300 BCE as
the most significant religion in Japan. Since
there are no written records from that time, ...
Sects
"Where
you have sincerity, there also is virtue.
Sincerity is a witness to truth. Sincerity is the
mother of knowledge. Sincerity is a single virtue
that binds Divinity and man in one." Shinto Saying
Shinto Sects
Descriptions
of the basic divisions of Shinto
Shinto Sects Most of the
movements classified as Shinto sects acquired this
status in the 1880's; some redefined themselves as
independent religious movements and ...
Resource
Sacred
Texts/Beliefs
History
and Origins
Sects