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minzoku NEO-shintô A Book of Little Traditions |
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What shintô Doesn't Have 07 / 04 / 2018
Much of shintô is firmly rooted in the practices of folk religion and tends to dispense with many of the trappings normally associated with organized religions. Because of this many of the people within those organized religions tend to dismiss shintô; as somehow "inferior"; as not being a "real" religion.
This is especially true of minzoku shintô, which like many folk religions, is usually represented as not even being a valid separate branch.
No Founder shintô can not be traced back to a single founding figure like Christ, Muhammad, or Buddha.
No Organization There is no central organization that has authority, like the Vatican has over the Catholic Churches, over local communities or shrines.
No Doctrine There is no single book, like the Bible or Koran, that determines doctrine. There are a number of shintô texts, but what part of those texts, if any, is followed is up to the local community.
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
ten (code, ceremony, law, rule) shinten (writings about the kami) Some of the main texts of shintô:
No Precepts or Commandments There isn't a single set of beliefs, like the Ten Commandments of Christianity or the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism, that a practitioner is expected to follow or act upon.
No Belief Or Faith Required In fact, neither belief or faith are a requirement. shintô is firmly based in the practices and experiences of the shintôshinja.
No Need for a Building Sacred space is created where and when it is needed (See himorogi).
No Idols kami temporarily dwell in a shintai. These act more as an antenna where kami manifest, than as a residence for kami.
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