PPT-Re-Cap of Confucian and Shinto Concepts

Confucian Ideas Five key relationships Importance of propriety Elevation of scholarship over pedigree Nature of virtue Filial piety Confucian Classics Four Books Shinto Ideas Animism Importance of kami. Philosophy 224. Confucius (. K'ung. Fu-. tzu. ). Historians usually date Confucius’s life from 551-479 B.C.E... He lived during the end of one the longest lasting of the Chinese dynasties: the Zhou.. Religions of Far East . Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism. Pravin K. Shah. JAINA Education Committee. Federation of Jain Associations in North America. 509 Carriage Woods Circle, Raleigh NC 27607-3969. Practices, Ceremonies, Rituals and Festivals. PRACTICES. What is a Religious Practice?. The act of rehearsing a religion’s traditional, moral and ethical beliefs.. Shinto practices commemorate kami. Buddhism. The founder of Buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama the son of an Indian king who traveled in search of a deeper understanding of the world, and decided that suffering would bring the end of all existence.. Chapter 6. China. Folk Religion. Ancestors. . Communication. Giving attention and care. Feeding hungry ghosts. Yin and Yang . Yin is earth, female. Yang is heaven, male. I . Ching. Yijing. (I . Ching. World Religions: A Voyage . of . Discovery. DOC ID #: . TX003947. Kami. : Mount Fuji and the Moon. The . kami . are. . all the entities regarded by the Japanese people as being sacred.. Kami . are especially evident in nature.. This big red gate is called a . torii. . People who follow the Shinto religion go to these to pray.. Shinto shrines can be seen all over Japan. Shinto is one of the religions practiced by the Japanese people.. .”. Shintoism is based on the traditional Japanese teaching that everything in nature contains kami, or the spirit of a god. .. Shinto teaches important ethical principles but has no . commandments, no founder, and no God.. Background facts. Place of origin: Japan . Main time period of origin: 6th century C.E. (some signs of the religion as early as 6th century B.C.E). Founder: No particular person founded Shinto, it was an idea that developed over time.. Shinto and Buddhism. What religions to people claim to follow?. What is Shinto?. Native religion of Japan. Kami or spirits reside in nature and in people. Nature is sacred. Purity is good and pollution is bad. (Way of the Gods). r. eligion of festivals and rituals (many promote fertility). n. o founder, sacred books, or teachers. w. orship of . k. ami. (spirits who control the forces of nature) and ancestral spirits (clan gods and goddesses). Historical Background. 10,000 BCE – Earliest known pottery vessels made in Honshu. 660 BCE –. . Jimmu-tenno. (“Divine Warrior Emperor”) is the legendary first human emperor of Japan. 500 BCE – Rice cultivation spreads to Japan from China. Animism ShintoWhat is AnimismOldest form of religious belief Stone AgePracticed in African American and some East Asian areasWhat is AnimismSimply it is the belief that all objects animate or inanimat The essence of Shinto is the Japanese devotion to invisible spiritual beings and powers called . kami. , to shrines, and to various rituals.. Shinto is not a way of explaining the world. What matters are rituals that enable human beings to communicate with kami..