WORLD RELIGIONS

RELIGIONS

SHINTO

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which person would not be welcome in a Shinto shrine?
A
a baby
B
an old person
C
a Chinese person
D
a sick person
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is forbidden to see it: only the chief priest is allowed to enter inside the inner sanctuary. In the beginning Shintō had no shrine buildings. At each festival people placed a tree symbol at a sacred site, or they built a temporary shrine to invite kami.

Detailed explanation-2: -After Life The spiritual energy, or kami, in everyone is released and recycled at the time of death. The spirits live in another world, the most sacred of which is called “the other world of heaven.” These other worlds are not seen as a paradise or a punishment. Instead the worlds are simply where the spirits reside.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Kannushi (, “Divine Master (of ceremonies)", originally pronounced Kamunushi), also called shinshoku (, meaning “god’s employee"), is a person responsible for the maintenance of a Shinto shrine (, jinja) as well as for leading worship of a given kami.

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