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Taken with permission from Rev. Koichii Barrish's post on the facebook page of Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154179989928852&set=gm.1043434999013877&type=1&theater
Kensen is the verb describing the action of offering food to kami-sama. The food things that are offered are called Shinsen. Basic is Okome (rice- sustainer of life) Oshio (salt- purifier of life) Omizu (water-basis of life) and Omiki (sake-for entertainment). You can also offer any uncut fruit or vegetables or bread or even place your paycheck before Okami before cashing. As for Kensen it is best to avoid garlic, onion or strong smelling vegetable).
As for Norito, it depends on your time and situation - feeling is most important. If you make the food offering and take a moment to think of the great gift of being alive you have received from parents, ancestors, Okami and Taiyo (sun-solar progenitor) and pledge to do your best you will feel Okami's blessing every day.
The word to say is Onegaishimasu ( I ask you favor) but again feeling and sincere heart are more important than words. The feeling is to seek help to do your best for your family, society and world village. Misogi-no-Oharae is nice, basic and easy to learn ( 20 years ago Rev. Yamamoto asked me to teach Misogi-no-O-Harae in US as basic). if you have time you can pray Chouhai (Oharahi-no-Kotoba, Keishin Seikatsu no Koryo , Keishin Seikatsu no Shinjo and Goshu no Shinka--- they are all in you Kou members handbook as well as in the files section of this ML). Also Kamidana Haishi or Ryaku Chinkon (as in files section) are good, but again most important, #1 is sincerity and feeling.
After you uncover the Heishi (sake containers) and Mizu tama (water container) please make the slight bow , clap twice (relatively quickly-- perhaps just over 1 second in duration) and make another slight bow. This is the reverse of process of Tessen (removal of food offerings). A note of Kensen and Tessen is that it is best to approach from a 45 degree angle (not from Seichu [sacred center line] which is for prayer)..
As for the Norito for Tessen time, of course most formal Yuuhai (evening ceremony) is like Chouhai (morning ceremony), but again most important aspect is sincere feeling....you can pray Misogi-no-O-Harae no Kotoba, or Rokkonshyojo-no-Kingyo (to purify the events of the day) or Ryaku Nippaishi, but #1 most important thing is feeling again - gratitude at the end of the day.
it is very simple- in the morning we say ONEGAISHIMASU and in the evening we say ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU, then we are living a Shinto way.
As for the Shinsen (food offerings ) after they have been offered to Okami, please use them in your daily life - the kome/rice you may cook with or offer to birds of your home area. The mizu/water you can make tea with or use in cooking. The shio/salt has many uses:
1) You may cook with it or use it to season/adjust flavors of your food
2) You may keep it to use for healing as in a salt-pack or to gargle to protect your health
3) You may scatter it at outside towards NE/SE/SW/NW corners and genkan (entryway) or scatter it in shower and water stream before shower misogi
4) You may keep it and use to clean your hands if you feel you have come into contact with source of energetic pollution or scatter on approach to your genkan following departure of unwelcome guest
The dish of the Shinki set meant for salt is very small, so you should not have too much problem with accumulated salt.
Please do not reuse already offered salt for food offerings. Kamisama, like people prefers to have fresh food served.
As for Omiki, Sake-- please use in cooking. You can also soak/rinse fish or chicken in sake to freshen them before cooking - you can also scatter in shower area (prior to salt) before the shower misogi. The heishi/sake containers of the Kamidana shinki set are also very small and do not need to be filled over 30% , so you should not have to much of a problem. You can also scatter sake at compass points of offer to Kami of local area or trees.etc.
Kensen is the verb describing the action of offering food to kami-sama. The food things that are offered are called Shinsen. Basic is Okome (rice- sustainer of life) Oshio (salt- purifier of life) Omizu (water-basis of life) and Omiki (sake-for entertainment). You can also offer any uncut fruit or vegetables or bread or even place your paycheck before Okami before cashing. As for Kensen it is best to avoid garlic, onion or strong smelling vegetable).
As for Norito, it depends on your time and situation - feeling is most important. If you make the food offering and take a moment to think of the great gift of being alive you have received from parents, ancestors, Okami and Taiyo (sun-solar progenitor) and pledge to do your best you will feel Okami's blessing every day.
The word to say is Onegaishimasu ( I ask you favor) but again feeling and sincere heart are more important than words. The feeling is to seek help to do your best for your family, society and world village. Misogi-no-Oharae is nice, basic and easy to learn ( 20 years ago Rev. Yamamoto asked me to teach Misogi-no-O-Harae in US as basic). if you have time you can pray Chouhai (Oharahi-no-Kotoba, Keishin Seikatsu no Koryo , Keishin Seikatsu no Shinjo and Goshu no Shinka--- they are all in you Kou members handbook as well as in the files section of this ML). Also Kamidana Haishi or Ryaku Chinkon (as in files section) are good, but again most important, #1 is sincerity and feeling.
After you uncover the Heishi (sake containers) and Mizu tama (water container) please make the slight bow , clap twice (relatively quickly-- perhaps just over 1 second in duration) and make another slight bow. This is the reverse of process of Tessen (removal of food offerings). A note of Kensen and Tessen is that it is best to approach from a 45 degree angle (not from Seichu [sacred center line] which is for prayer)..
As for the Norito for Tessen time, of course most formal Yuuhai (evening ceremony) is like Chouhai (morning ceremony), but again most important aspect is sincere feeling....you can pray Misogi-no-O-Harae no Kotoba, or Rokkonshyojo-no-Kingyo (to purify the events of the day) or Ryaku Nippaishi, but #1 most important thing is feeling again - gratitude at the end of the day.
it is very simple- in the morning we say ONEGAISHIMASU and in the evening we say ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU, then we are living a Shinto way.
As for the Shinsen (food offerings ) after they have been offered to Okami, please use them in your daily life - the kome/rice you may cook with or offer to birds of your home area. The mizu/water you can make tea with or use in cooking. The shio/salt has many uses:
1) You may cook with it or use it to season/adjust flavors of your food
2) You may keep it to use for healing as in a salt-pack or to gargle to protect your health
3) You may scatter it at outside towards NE/SE/SW/NW corners and genkan (entryway) or scatter it in shower and water stream before shower misogi
4) You may keep it and use to clean your hands if you feel you have come into contact with source of energetic pollution or scatter on approach to your genkan following departure of unwelcome guest
The dish of the Shinki set meant for salt is very small, so you should not have too much problem with accumulated salt.
Please do not reuse already offered salt for food offerings. Kamisama, like people prefers to have fresh food served.
As for Omiki, Sake-- please use in cooking. You can also soak/rinse fish or chicken in sake to freshen them before cooking - you can also scatter in shower area (prior to salt) before the shower misogi. The heishi/sake containers of the Kamidana shinki set are also very small and do not need to be filled over 30% , so you should not have to much of a problem. You can also scatter sake at compass points of offer to Kami of local area or trees.etc.
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