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'''Tenkyou''' ({{wp|Hangul|Kokumon}}: {{lang|ko-Hang-KR|떤꾜우}}, Gyoumon: {{lang|ja|天教}}; "teachings of heaven"), sometimes referred to as '''Senrian folk religion''', is a {{wp|Polytheism|polytheistic}} and {{wp|Animism|animistic}} or {{wp|Pantheism|pantheistic}} {{wp|religion}} originating in [[Senria]]. It is typically considered to be the {{wp|indigenous religion}} of Senria and the {{wp|ethnic religion}} of the [[Senrian people]]; it is also sometimes categorized as a {{wp|nature religion}}.

The central tenet of Tenkyou is the existence of ''{{wp|Qi|ki}}'', a {{wp|Vitalism|vital force}} inherent to the universe and all things in it. Tenkyou doctrine holds that the goal of the living should be to keep ''ki'' in balance through the ''kannagara'', which encompasses practices such as spiritual awareness, the {{wp|Golden Rule|ethic of reciprocity}}, and the maintenance of extrinsic and intrinsic purity. The maintenance of purity encompasses a variety of practices and rituals, the most significant of which is the performance of rituals and offerings dedicated to ''{{wp|kami}}'', supernatural entities regarded as manifestations of ''ki''. Much of the practice of Tenkyou consists of the worship of kami, whether at domestic altars known as ''{{wp|kamidana}}'' or at public shrines staffed by {{wp|Kannushi|clergy}}. Tenkyou lacks a single creator, specific doctrinal text, or central authority, instead existing as a diverse collection of local, regional, and national traditions.

[history]

[demographics and cultural role]

==Definition==

===Etymology===

==Beliefs==

===''Ki''===

[basic concept of ki as a natural life force]

[divisions of ki - two ways, into yin and yang; four ways, into kon; eight ways, into trigrams]

[spiritual importance of ki and the balance thereof; ''kannagara'', the following of the path of ki, is central to traditional ethics]
[[File:Amakasu Omi no kami.jpg|175px|right|thumb|An {{wp|ukiyo-e}} print depicting the ''kami'' [[Pairyuu]] in human form.]]
===''Kami''===

[supernatural entities which form a particular manifestation of ki; they encompass deities, forces of nature, elements of the landscape, the venerated dead, and intangible elements of all the aforementioned; very polytheistic, animistic, numinous by nature]

[some particularly prominent kami]

===Cosmology===

[creation myth, afterlife, etc]

===Important texts===

[various mythological and semihistorical works]
[[File:Kamigamo-1559.jpg|260px|left|thumb|The {{wp|Rōmon|tower gate}} at [[Sumiyosi-zinza]].]]
==Practices==

===Shrines===

[actual large-scale shrines; structure thereof]

[consecrating shrines, ''bunrei'' and ''kanzou'' and ''gosintai'']

[shrine visits and pilgrimages]

[cases of sacred places/objects rather than shrine buildings]
[[File:SakuraSyouzu, waters, Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A ''hokora'' located in southern Ubeyama Prefecture.]]
[''hokora'', or wayside shrines]

[''mikosi'', sacred palanquins]
[[File:Kannushi and miko at the Meiji Shrine, Tokyo.jpg|275px|left|thumb|Two Shinto priests, a ''{{wp|Kannushi|kannusi}}'' and a ''{{wp|miko}}'', at the [[Keiou Shrine]].]]
===Clergy===

[''kannusi'' and ''miko''; who is in the clergy, how you become clergy]

[the role of clergy in maintaining shrines, performing rituals, etc]

===''Sato''===

[often translated as enlightenment; a sense of awareness both into the nature of ki and into oneself, held to be the result of keeping one’s ki well-balanced]

[worth noting the zohists, in syncretistic situations, regard this as a very basic sort of spiritual awareness]

===''Houyou''===

[reciprocity or karma, a moral arc to the universe which is brought about through two things - meiyun, or destiny, and enbun, or chance]
[[File:Isejingu Shogu Geku-7.jpg|275px|right|thumb|An ablution pavilion, or ''{{wp|temizuya}}'', at [[Hirano-zinguu]].]]
===''Zunsui''===

[purity, inextricably linked to the balance of ki]

[extrinsic and intrinsic purity maintained through various rituals, ''harae'']
[[File:Household Shinto altar of Tokai University, Research and Training Vessel BOSEI MARU in port of Yokohama 20120716.jpg|250px|left|thumb|A small ''kamidana'' on a Senrian research vessel.]]
===''Kamidana''===

[household shrines to ancestors and kami; often accompanied by household shrines to zohist and badi figures]

===Festivals===
[[File:Tenjinmatsuri.JPG|285px|right|thumb|Boats on the [[Yonesiro River]] as part of a religious festival in [[Keisi]].]]
[various festivals, some national, many regional or local, music and dance and parades, 

===Life-cycle events===

[rites of passage - first visit to shrine, marriages, funerals]

===Other practices===

[divination, amulets, mediums, and spirit healing]

==History==

[unclear origins in distant past]

[things take shape]

[antiquity and medieval syncretism]

[state tenkyou]

[since the revolution]
[[File:Inari-Jogyo-ji.jpg|175px|left|thumb|An ''hokora'' with a mixture of Tenkyou, Zohist, and Badist imagery in [[Utimura]].]]
==Syncretism==

[extensive syncretism with [[Zohism]], [[Badi]] on several counts; also with {{wp|Confucianism|Taoshi}} though because taoshi arrived with zohism senrians tend to group them together]

[many senrians simultaneously practice tenkyou rituals and secularized sotirian holidays; many senrian new religions still draw from tenkyou]

==Demographics==

[in senria]
[[File:Guji Francesco Brigante.jpg|275px|right|thumb|A ritual being formed at a Tenkyou shrine in [[Etruria]].]]
[elsewhere]

==See also==
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* [[Badi in Senria]]
* [[Cotratic people#Religion|Cotratic mythology]]
* [[Esamankur people#Religion|Esamankur mythology]]
* [[Isotaman religion]] 
* [[List of Tenkyou deities]]
* [[Senria#Religion|Religion in Senria]]
* [[Sotirianity in Senria]]
* [[Zohism in Senria]]

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