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spirituality and religion section providing listing of
Shintoism, Shinto shrines, Shinto faith on Long Island,
New York including Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the
Hamptons.
Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America
Tsubaki Grand
Shrine of America is the traditional Jinja Shinto
Shrine. Tsubaki America Shrine is the branch of
Ise-no-kuni Ichi-no-Miya, Sarutahiko Daihonguu, Tsubaki
O Kami Yashiro (Tsubaki Grand Shrine) one of the oldest
and most prestigious shrines in Japan with a history of
over 2000 years. Shinto is the way of living in harmony
with Great Nature. Shinto is optomistic, pure, simple,
and bright and an expression of the âflow of lifeâ. Our
human lives, received from Great Nature and our
ancestors are essentially good - obscuring energies
exist but through the purifying (harae), straightening (naobi),
and invigorating (kiyome) action of Shinto we can
prevent misfortune or move towards solution if
misfortune has already occurred.
About Shintoism
Shinto is the native religion of Japan and was once its
state religion. It involves the worship of 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, from the original Chinese ShĂȘntao, combines
two kanji: "shin" (loan words usually retain their
Chinese pronunciation, hence shin not kami), meaning
gods or spirits; and "to", meaning a philosophical way
or path (originally from the Chinese word dao). As such,
Shinto is commonly translated as "The Way of the Gods".
Some differences exist between Koshinto (the ancient
Shinto) and the many types of Shinto taught and
practiced today, showing the influences of Buddhism when
it was introduced into Japan in the sixth century.
Typical Shinto Shrine with paper streamers made out of
unprocessed hemp fibre. After World War II, Shinto
ceased to be Japan's state religion, although it
continued to be considered the native religion of Japan.
Some Shinto practices and teachings, once given a great
deal of prominence during the war, are no longer taught
or practiced today, while others still exist as
commonplace activities such as omikuji (a form of
fortune-telling) and the Japanese New Year to which few
people give religious connotations. Important national
ceremonies such as coronations and royal marriages are
conducted at the Three Palace Sanctuaries in Tokyo.
