The Japanese are amazing people. This applies not only to their perception of the world, order and way of life. They have their own unique religion - Shinto.
Japan is one of the leading states in the international arena. A country in which technology, science, trade and other areas of the economic economy are actively flourishing, is distinguished not only by its political, but also by its ideological originality. Sometimes the incomprehensible and significantly different mentality of the people of Japan arouses genuine interest in the rest of the world.
Religion among the Japanese is a kind of foundation for building a strong and, in its own way, unique state.
Shintoism
Shinto is the leading religion of the Japanese. It is based on the existence of souls, spirits and deities that are objects of worship. The main provisions of this religion:
- All inanimate objects and living beings have kami energy. This is a kind of spirit that carries divine capabilities and strength. Kami can also be natural phenomena and natural objects. Moreover, they are not always friendly, there are also hostile kami. Peculiar rituals help to pacify their temper, which can even attract them to the side of a person or a group of people.
- The natural environment unites kami, living and dead people. In the space of nature, they represent a unity. Kami in this unity are immortal and move in an endless series of renewals until the so-called end of the world. After this event, the person chooses the place of stay during his lifetime by his own thoughts and actions.
- Good and evil are not two opposing egregor, but only relative concepts. If a person is open to people, sympathizes with them, helps and lives in harmony with them, and with himself, he moves in the right way. Everything that people are used to calling evil is selfishness and rudeness, social harm and rejection of their own kind. You need to strive for good, and avoid evil, that's the whole point.
- Initially, the soul of a person is immaculate and does not harbor something bad or evil in itself. If people become harmful, commit nasty, disgusting, unworthy deeds in relation to morality and morality, then they are something like victims of circumstances. In Shinto, evil deeds and thoughts are practically synonymous with disease. There are no bad people, but there are those who are tempted, live wrongly and incur the energy of evil spirits.
Other religions of the Japanese
The second largest religion in Japan is Buddhism, sometimes its influence in this country is considered more authoritative than the first. Before World War II, Shintoism was the main religion of the Japanese, but over time Buddhism became so firmly established in this country that now several dozen Buddhist schools invite local residents to comprehend the secrets of the universe in the context of various aspects of the Buddha's teachings.
Other religions practiced by the Japanese are Christianity and Islam. The rest, for example, Confucianism and Hinduism, occupy a very small place in the religious arena of Japan, but a certain percentage of the country's inhabitants are sure that these beliefs help them maintain the course of life and flourish the culture of their people.
