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| Preface | |
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| Shinto for the New Millennium | |
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| Times are changing | |
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| A wake-up call to the Shinto establishment | |
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| Revival of original Shinto | |
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| Exchange and co-existence among religions | |
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| The idea of child-spirit (bunrei) | |
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| Reverence towards nature | |
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| Variety of religious perception | |
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| The flexibility and tolerance of Shinto | |
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| What is Shinto? | |
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| Shinto is a religion unique to the Japanese people | |
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| Shinto has no founder | |
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| Shinto has no doctrines | |
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| Shinto has no precepts or commandments | |
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| Shinto has no idols | |
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| Shinto has no organization | |
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| The tragedy of "not-having-any" | |
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| Japanese atheists and faithless Japanese | |
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| Characteristics of Shinto | |
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| What is koshinto (ancient Shinto)? | |
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| What is Jinja? | |
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| No need for a "building" | |
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| Kannabi, iwasaka, himorogi | |
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| The mystery of iwakura-rock seat | |
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| After the Spirit of Kami descends a place becomes jinja | |
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| The proper attitude of mind for welcoming Kami | |
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| Why jinja avoids kegare (impurity or uncleanness) | |
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| Opening the path to Kami | |
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| The domain for the lower-level spirits | |
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| What is the household shrine (kamidana)? | |
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| The Idea of Misogi (Purification) | |
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| Four types of purification (seimei seichoku) | |
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| Misogi is the cornerstone of Shinto | |
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| Misogi was originally practiced in the ocean | |
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| The conceptual level of misogi | |
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| Purifying materials | |
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| Cutting off contact with unclean spirits | |
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| Keeping our thinking "clean and bright" | |
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| The Idea of Harai | |
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| What is Harai | |
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| Harai with heaven or celestial cleansing | |
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| The mystery of the great purifying words (oharai no kotoba) | |
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| The great incantation (daijinju) of Yamakage Shinto | |
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| Harai of the spirit of sounds (otodama) | |
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| Harai with earth and salt | |
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| Harai with human beings | |
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| What is kegare? | |
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| Human beings have the potential to become Kami | |
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| The idea of musubi | |
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| Koshinto: Theory of One Spirit, Four Souls | |
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| The philosophy of one spirit, four souls (ichirei shikon) | |
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| One Spirit (ichirei) | |
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| Four Souls (shikon) | |
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| The great spirit of the universe of the great circle | |
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| Systematic table of ichirei shikon | |
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| The function of shikon | |
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| The spiritual structure of human beings | |
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| Death and the theory of Four Souls | |
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| Koshinto: View of the "Other World" | |
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| Where do human beings go after death? | |
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| Ancient views of the world after death | |
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| The spirit-soul's journey | |
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| The spirits of kami protect the dead during the transition to the other world (yukai) | |
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| Why do kannushi not perform the funeral at the Shinto shrine? | |
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| What is the memorial service for the dead? | |
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| The Systematic Training Method of Chinkon | |
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| The Kami within | |
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| Living in the flow of eternity | |
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| The meaning of chinkon | |
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| The sequential order of chinkon | |
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| The awakening of the soul (furutama) | |
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| The breathing method | |
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| How to get rid of worldly thoughts | |
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| Beginning with "one thought, one mind" | |
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| Various realms | |
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| The secret knowledge of Yamakage Shinto | |
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| Seeking the clean and bright heart/mind | |
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| What are the characteristics of persons experiencing the deep realm? | |
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| The path to service | |
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| What is prayer? | |
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| Prayer as a dedication of gratitude toward Kami | |
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| Sincere wishes are truly realized | |
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| What to do when you visit a shrine to pay respect to Kami? | |
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| Prayer is chinkon | |
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| Looking steadily into your inner mind is chinkon | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Notes | |
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| The many names of Kami | |
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| The hierarchy of Kami | |
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| Polytheism and monotheism | |
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| Practice chinkon at Yamakage Shinto training center | |
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| Misogiharai no kotoba | |
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| Oharai no kotoba | |
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| Daijinju and ajimarikan | |
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| Ama no kazoeuta | |
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| Dedication of gratitude toward Kami | |
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| Additional Terms | |
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| Biographical Notes | |