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Topic: Jinja (Shinto)

	Jinja shinto
		Jinja shinto is the form of Shinto commonly practised at the nearly 100,000 recognised shrines throughout Japan.
		Shinto doctrines are hard to identify; one of the strengths of Shinto is said to be its inherent vagueness.
		The universally symbol of shrine Shinto is the torii or archway marking the approach to a shrine.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/shinto/jinja.html (589 words)

	Shinto - Crystalinks
		Shinto consists of the traditional Japanese religious practices as well as the beliefs and life attitudes that are in accord with these practices.
		Shinto is more readily observed in the social life of the Japanese people and in their personal motivations than in a pattern of formal belief or philosophy.
		In Shinto all the deities are said to cooperate with one another, and life lived in accordance with a kami's will is believed to produce a mystical power that gains the protection, cooperation, and approval of all the particular kami.
	www.crystalinks.com /shinto.html (4240 words)

	Shintoism, Shinto
		Shintoism was the primitive religion of Japan before the coming of Buddhism, which is currently the main religion of Japan.
		Sect Shinto, on the other hand, was a separate category for various popular religious groups (a total of 13 Shinto "denominations" were distinguished), which were thereby separated from the state sponsored shrines and had, like the Buddhist sects and Christian denominations, to rely on private, nongovernmental support.
		Shinto recognizes many sacred places: mountains, springs, etc. Each shrine is dedicated to a specific Kami who has a divine personality and responds to sincere prayers of the faithful.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txo/shintois.htm (2269 words)

	Jinja (Shinto) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unlike a church or a mosque, a jinja traditionally has neither characteristics of a chapel nor a place for propagation; its sole purpose is for the enshrinement and worship of a kami.
		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 mountain or cave.
		Other notable jinja facilities are torii that serve as sacred gates for entering a jinja, chōzuya (手水舎) where one may cleanse one's hands and mouth, and shamusho (社務所) that maintain a jinja.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jinja_(Shinto) (638 words)

	General Essay on Shinto
		Shinto shrines compete and occasionally cooperate with Buddhist temples, Christian churches and numerous new religious movements in the 'marketplace' of religions in contemporary Japan.
		'Shinto' today broadly refers to 'shrine shinto' (jinja shinto) which means customary religious activities such as shrine visits, purification rites and numerous festivals focusing on a loose nationwide network of local and regional shrines dedicated to divinities known as kami.
		The institutional 'separation' of Shinto and Buddhism is still evident in Japan, and most people are unaware that until 1868 Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples were more or less fully integrated with each other.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/shinto/geness.html (924 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Shintoism
		Shintoism is rooted in the ancient history and mythology of Japan.
		Because writings on Shintoism were relatively nonexistent prior to the arrival of Buddhism in the sixth century, the nature of its beliefs and worship during ancient times remains indefinite.
		Today, Shinto may be divided into four forms: 1) Koshitsu Shinto (Shinto of the Imperial House), 2) Shuha Shinto (Sect Shinto), 3) Folk Shinto (Observances and Rites of Passage), and 4) Jinja Shinto (Shrine).
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/shinto.html (2659 words)

	Brief explanation
		Shinto is Japan's indigenous religion; a complex of ancient folk belief and rituals; basically animistic religion that perceives the presence of gods or of the sacred in animals, in plants, and even in things which have no life, such as stones and waterfalls.
		Shinto would thus appear to be a Japanese form of religious practice which enjoys close ties with people's everyday lives, and which did so in the past too.
		The word Shinto was coined to distinguish the traditional religion from Buddhism and is written with two Chinese characters; the first, 'shin', is used to write the native Japanese word 'kami', meaning "divinity" or "numinous entity", and the second 'to' is used to write the native word 'michi', meaning "way".
	www.shinto.org /isri/eng/brief-e.html (468 words)

	Shinto
		Shinto beliefs and rituals were transmitted orally long before the introduction (5th cent.) of Chinese writing into Japan; much of the ancient belief is gathered in three later compilations of records, rituals, and prayers-the Kojiki (completed A.D. 712), the Nihongi (completed A.D. 720), and the Yengishiki (10th cent.).
		Shinto is the fruit of Japanese spiritual labor from ancient times, and of the efforts made by our ancestors to maintain traditional ritual life and give it a moral foundation.
		Shinto is not a denomination, nor is it a narrow ideology.
	www.godserver.com /shinto.shtml (1181 words)

	SHINTO - THE WAY OF THE GODS
		The most imprtant value in Shinto is cleanliness both physical and spirtual and pollution, which is mainly identified with blood and death, must be avoided as much as possible but can be erased through elaborate ritual.
		He is also the god of calligraphy and learning and every year on the 2 of January, students go to his shrines to offer their first calligraphy of the year and also to ask for help in the important entrance exams.
		Shinto does not deal very well with death which is associated with corruption and decay.
	cla.calpoly.edu /~bmori/syll/Hum310japan/Shinto.html (1525 words)

	Shinto
		Shinto ("the way of the gods") is the indigenous faith of the Japanese people and as old as Japan herself.
		Shinto is an optimistic faith, as humans are thought to be fundamentally good, and evil is believed to be caused by evil spirits.
		Shinto priests became state officials, important shrines started to received governmental funding, Japan's creation myths were used to foster an emperor cult, and efforts were made to separate and emancipate Shinto from Buddhism.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2056.html (547 words)

	Shinto, Shintoism - ReligionFacts
		Shinto has no founder, no official sacred scriptures in the strict sense, and no fixed creeds, but it has preserved its main beliefs and rituals throughout the ages.
		A common Shinto saying is that "man is kami's child." First, this means that a person was given his life by kami and that his nature is therefore sacred.
		There are other Shinto rites for occupations or daily life, such as a ceremony of purifying a building site or for setting up the framework for a new building, a purifying ceremony for the boilers in a new factory, a completion ceremony for a construction works, or a launching ceremony for a new ship.
	www.religionfacts.com /a-z-religion-index/shinto.htm (2516 words)

	Adherents.com
		State Shinto was the official cult sponsored by the government for the purpose of inspiring in the Japanese single-minded obedience and loyalty to the emperor and, through him, to the state.
		Shinto nationalism, a view which originated within the National Learning movmenet, flourished from 1868-1945, persists today and is reflected in unofficial government sponsorship of Shinto and may be rekindled in the future.
		Shinto taisei-kyo advocated service to the nation and conduct pleasing to the kami, and was recognised as a Shinto sect in 1882.
	www.adherents.com /Na/Na_602.html (3491 words)

	Japan - Shinto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shinto (Way of the Gods) is the term used to refer to an assortment of beliefs and practices indigenous to Japan that predate the arrival of Buddhism but that have in turn been influenced by it.
		The Shinto worldview is of a pantheistic universe of kami, spirits or gods with varying degrees of power.
		Sometimes considered synonymous with State Shinto before 1945 was Shrine Shinto (Jinja Shinto), but after the war most Shinto traditions were observed in the home rather than in shrines.
	countrystudies.us /japan/60.htm (495 words)

	SHINTO
		Shinto established itself as an official religion of Japan, along with Buddhism.
		It is difficult for a foreigner to embrace Shintoism.
		"The Jinja Shinto (The Shrine Shinto)," is at: http://www.jinja.or.jp/
	www.religioustolerance.org /shinto.htm (1638 words)

	Shintosim Photo Dictionary - Japanese Shrine Types & Classification
		Jinja Shinto was co-opted by State (Imperial House) Shinto from the Meiji Era until the end of World War II.
		Shinto is the ancient native religion of Japan still practiced in a form modified by the influence of Buddhism and Confucianism.
		Imperial House Shinto involves rituals performed by the emperor, who the Japanese Constitution defines as the "symbol of the state and the unity of the people." The most important ritual is Niinamesai, an annual offering by the emperor to the deities of the first fruits of each year's grain harvest.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/shrine-guide.shtml (2834 words)

	TeenOutReach.com Pesonal Beliefs: Shinto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The earliest worship of the kami was not necessarily at man-made shrines.
		Shinto worships the sacredness and mysterious power of natural forces, and strive to maintain the balance between men and Nature by means of rituals and purification.
		In Shinto, natural entities are thought to possess superhuman power, hence the interactions between men and kami, though on the same plane, bear a hierarchical structure with the kami being superior to human.
	www.teenoutreach.com /beliefs/shinto (1799 words)

	aaronc - religions - shintoism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shinto consists of the traditional Japanese religious practices and the beliefs and life attitudes that are in accord with these practices.
		Shrine Shinto includes within its structure the now defunct State Shinto (Kokka Shinto) -- based on the total identity of religion and state -- and has close relations with the Japanese Imperial family.
		Sect Shinto (Kyoha Shinto) is a relatively new movement consisting of 13 major sects that originated in Japan around the l9th century and of several others that emerged after World War II.
	jpdawson.com /modrelg/shinto.html (400 words)

	Hachiman Jinja--Featured in the National Register's Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Month Feature - 2004
		Hachiman Jinja is a Shinto shrine located on the island of Saipan.
		Shinto was the Japanese state-sponsored religion until 1945, and is believed to have been founded around 660 BC in Japan.
		The doors and roof style are consistent with other Shinto shrines and it is likely that the former practitioners and their priest attempted to reconstruct the honden to its original form.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/feature/asia/2005/hac.htm (1088 words)

	Japan Omnibus - Religion - Shinto
		Shinto is practiced at shrines (jinja), which are most easily distinguished from Buddhist temples by the torii gates that mark the entrance (photo).
		Shinto followers worship a huge array of kami (gods or spirits) which personify all aspects of nature, such as the sky, the earth, heavenly bodies, and natural phenomena.
		State Shinto was considered the official belief of the entire Japanese race and was embodied in the huge number of shrines, large and small, throughout the country.
	www.japan-zone.com /omnibus/shinto.shtml (969 words)

	World Religions-Shinto
		Shinto established itself as the official religion of Japan, along with Buddhism.
		Shinto creation stories tell of the history and lives of the "Kami." Among them was a divine couple, Izanagi-no-mikoto and Izanami-no-mikoto, who gave birth to the Japanese islands.
		Folk Shinto This is not a Shinto sect; it has no formal central organization or creed.
	allaboutsikhs.com /religion/shinto.htm (1237 words)

	Shinto
		Shinto rituals and celebrations stress harmony between deities, man, and nature -- a key feature of Japanese religious life and art to the present time.
		The earliest constructed Shinto shrines suggest the form of single dwelling houses in ancient times and were in fact intended to house ancestral spirits who would be given food offerings.
		This pre-historic Japanese ancestor worship was incorporated into the Shinto practice of enshrining deities named in the Kojiki and historical heroes as kami.
	ias.berkeley.edu /orias/visuals/japan_visuals/shinto.HTM (961 words)

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		Shinto has been a mixture of Japanese indigenous belief in the soul, animism, Chinese religion and ideologies such as Confucianism and Taoism, and Buddhism (4).
		All Japanese are considered to be parishioners of Shinto, hence the number of believers is the total population of Japan minus the number of those who believe exclusive religions.
		Whatever the origin of the concept; "denial of extraordinary treatment" or "naturalness of death" in Catholics (2,13) or "being natural" in Shinto and Buddhism, consequences were the general tendency in rejection of unnecessary life-sustaining treatments among Japanese religionists.
	www2.unescobkk.org /eubios/EJ102/ej102b.htm (2937 words)

	Shinto Shrines
		Shinto shrines are places of worship and the dwellings of the kami, the Shinto "gods".
		Cemeteries, on the other hand, are almost never found at shrines, because death is considered a cause of impurity in Shinto, and in Japan is dealt with mostly by Buddhism.
		They include many of Shinto's most important shrines such as the Ise Shrines, Izumo Shrine and Atsuta Shrine, and a number of shrines newly built during the Meiji Period, such as Tokyo's Meiji Shrine and Kyoto's Heian Shrine.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2059.html (939 words)

	E-Budo.com - Perspectives toward Understanding the Concept of "Kami"
		Veneration at each jinja was maintained and the number of jinja increased gradually.10 The kami of the jingi system functioned in the myth of the state, the structure of state control, and the symbolic meanings of the Emperor system.
		Among the actively proselytizing Shinto sects unique ideas of kami began to appear, that is to say, names of kami not found in the Japanese classics --- but nonetheless conceived of as representing well the ideals of their sect --- began to appear.
		Among the kami of Folk Shinto, there exist such various types of kami as those venerated at jinja, those influenced by Chinese folk beliefs, those that became famous as a result of the fusion of Buddhism and Shinto, those that came to be venerated by chance, and those whose origins are not clear.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/showthread.php?t=20819 (6922 words)

	Tagata Jinja Hounen Matsuri - Japanese fertility festival
		Tagata Jinja is a Shinto shrine in Komaki just north of Nagoya, and as such is just one of many that can be found throughout Japan.
		The women are of various ages, but traditionally the unlucky age for women was 36, and so the women carrying the phalli did so because their vulnerability could then be offset by the protection of the large phallus itself.
		Next there is a group of Shinto priests, who accompany one of their members dressed as the deity Sarutahiko-no-okami, distinctive with red face, large protruding nose and a shock of hair.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/aichi/tagata_jinja.html (2326 words)

	Shinto: The Indigenous Religion of Japan - Japanese Culture
		The word Shinto is made up of two characters which mean “kami way” (shin=kami; to=way) and can be better translated as “the way of the gods.” Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan, dating back to 200 BC.
		Today in Japan, Shinto has returned to focus more on its original form or “Jinja Shinto” (Shrine Shinto) emphasizing and appreciation for the beauty of the supernatural around us, recognizing we are an inseparable part of the world in which we coexist with other living things.
		This is the oldest Shinto shrine in the ancient city of Kyoto.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art19100.asp (495 words)

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