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		<title>Shinto Rituals</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shinto means &#8220;The Way of the Gods. This word was adopted from the written Chinese meaning gods or spirits. Today it is now thought as an indigenous religion of Japan.
In this belief it does not have a founder or sacred scriptures like the sutras or the bible. Propaganda and preaching are not common either, because [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-9 alignleft" src="http://www.osanimi.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/shinto.jpg" alt="Japan Shrine Maiden Workshop" width="219" height="146" />Shinto means &#8220;The Way of the Gods. This word was adopted from the written Chinese meaning gods or spirits. Today it is now thought as an indigenous religion of Japan.</p>
<p>In this belief it does not have a founder or 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.</p>
<p>They called there GOD named kami.  They are sacred spirits which take the form of things and concepts important to life, such as wind, rain, mountains, trees, rivers and fertility. They believe that after human die they will become kami and are revered by their families as ancestral kami. The kami of extraordinary people are even enshrined at some shrines. They considered as the most important God is Amaterasu the Goddess of the Sun.</p>
<p>Purity is the concept of Shinto’s central tradition. For them the primary meaning of purification is said to be ritual practice. Purity and ritual production is Shinto’s two features.</p>
<p>Believers in this religion seek support from Shinto by praying at a home altar or by visiting shrines.  They believe that talisman will bring them protection, safety, good health, success in business, safe childbirth, good exam performance and more.</p>
<p>Shinto’s religion ahs been expand mostly in Japan because many people now especially in Japan believes kami as there protector and savior.</p>
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