The first is Naiku, a 2000-year-old shrine at Ise, the tour’s end point, which claims to be Japan’s most sacred Shinto site.

Located on a secluded, 900-metre-high plateau in Japan’s Wakayama prefecture on the island of Honshu, the site is the ...

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O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me.

To the Sacred Heart of our Lord, Jesus Christ, I give myself and I consecrate my person and my life, my actions, pains, and sufferings so that I may be unwill­ing to make use of any part of my ...

Shinde described the centre not merely as a collection of books, but as a living embodiment of Sanatan values and the ...

In spite of being very much on the path of spirituality for a long time do we experience much improvement in ourselves Not really Though we do find a lot of peace and self confidence due to the spirit ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...