WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Purity in Shinto Purity is at the heart of Shinto’s understanding of good and evil. Impurity in Shinto refers to anything which separates us from kami, and from musubi, the creative and harmonizing power. The things which make us impure are tsumi-pollution or sin.

Detailed explanation-2: -The overriding belief in Shinto is to promote harmony and purity in all aspects of life. Humans are thought of as being fundamentally good, and evil is caused by evil spirits. The purpose of Shinto, therefore, is to pray and offer to the kami to keep away evil spirits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Purifying rituals are always performed at the start of Shinto religious ceremonies. One of the simplest purifications is the rinsing of face and hands with pure water in the temizu ritual at the start of a shrine visit in order to make the visitor pure enough to approach the kami.