What is Shinto? 8

また「祝詞」は遠い昔から有ったものです。今から９００年ほど前に漢字を用いて文になっただけのことでそれ以前からずうっと口伝されていたものなのです。ですから「漢字」で表すと誤って伝わる恐れが有ります。本来は言霊を重視する「大和言葉」なのです。ですから

一音一音に深い意味が有るのですが、そこは私如きに叶う範疇ではありませんのでお許しください。もっともっと深い意味が存在することは事実です。音読！音ですからただゆっくりと音声にして詠むだけでそれで十分なのです。座禅で言うところの「只管打座」そのことだと思います。ただ座る！！！　

Furthermore, norito have been around for a long time. They were only written using Chinese characters about 900 years ago, but they had been handed down orally for a long time before that. Therefore, if they are written in Chinese characters, there is a risk that they will be misunderstood. They are originally "Yamato kotoba" (Japanese words) that place importance on the power of words. Therefore, each and every sound has a deep meaning, but please forgive me as this is beyond the scope of my ability. It is true that there are much deeper meanings. Read aloud! Since it is sound, simply reciting it slowly out loud is enough. I think this is what is called "shikan taza" in zazen. Just sit!!!

よく以心伝心とか背中で伝えるとか言われていますが、私たちは日常　恥ずかしくない行いを淡々と重ねていかないと成りませんね。

それが「高い倫理観を持つ国民性」を育んでいくのですから。

朝起きて床につくまで正直に真っ当に生きて、自然を愛し他人や世間に対して愚痴や悪口を言うことなく正々堂々明るく元気に生きていく！そのものが「神道」です。ここに宗教などの要素は一切ありはしません。昔からの日本人の生き方そのものです。

誰に教わったというものでもなく昔から日本人に流れていた当たり前の生き方なのです。

ですから　日本人は世界からは「無宗教」で変だな？と言われても、少しも誤ってはいません。勿論、個々に仏教やキリスト教という宗旨が有るので、それへの関わりの有無は一切

問題の無いことです。如何なる宗旨でも構いません。それが世のため人のため世界の平和に結ぶことであれば、です。私たち人類が起こしてはならないのは空しい「宗教戦争」です。

これが最も愚かで最も脅威な存在ですね・・・。誰もが平和や安寧を願うのに己の属していない宗教に関わる人々のことを異教徒と呼んで「悪の対象」にして生きている・・・ちっぽけなそんな宗教ならば無い方が良い！しかしながら過去からずうっとこの戦争が絶えることはない！これほどまでに「宗教」はある一面で人の心を狂わせてしまいます。

表現が適切ではないけれども　火や水や刃物と同じです。大きな恵みでもあり大きな災いをも起こします。いずれにしても「宗教」は人類が創造したものです。動物たちにはこれらは有りませんが、彼らは時には人類よりも深い同胞愛とか情愛などを示すことが多いに有ります。それらはYouTubeで観たりして感動をもらうことも多いですね。あの子らに恥じない生き方をしたいものです。

It is often said that we can communicate by telepathy or by our actions, but we must steadily do things that we are not ashamed of in our daily lives.

That is how we develop a "national character with high ethical standards."

Living honestly and uprightly from the time you wake up until you go to bed, loving nature, and living a bright, cheerful, and upright life without complaining or speaking ill of others or the world! That is "Shinto." There is no element of religion here. It is the way of life of the Japanese people since ancient times.

It is not something that was taught to us by anyone, but a natural way of life that has been passed down to the Japanese people since ancient times.

So, even if the world says that Japanese people are "non-religious" and that it is strange, they are not wrong at all. Of course, there are individual sects such as Buddhism and Christianity, so it is not a problem whether you are involved in them or not. It doesn't matter what sect it is. As long as it is for the sake of the world, for the sake of people, and for world peace. What we humans must not cause is a pointless "religious war."

This is the most foolish and most threatening thing... Everyone wishes for peace and tranquility, but people who are involved in religions that they do not belong to are called heathens and are treated as "evil objects"... It would be better if such a tiny religion did not exist! However, this war has never ceased since the past! This is how much "religion" can drive people crazy in one aspect.

It's not the right way to express it, but it's the same as fire, water, and knives. It can be a great blessing or a great disaster. In any case, "religion" is a creation of mankind. Animals do not have these things, but they often show deeper brotherly love and affection than humans sometimes. I often watch them on YouTube and am moved by them. I want to live a life that I can be proud of in front of those animals.