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2. Ritual purification - Wikipedia

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   Taking the bride to the bath house, Shalom Koboshvili, 1939. Male Wudu Facility at University of Toronto's Multifaith Centre.. Ritual purification is a ritual prescribed by a religion through which a person is considered to be freed of uncleanliness, especially prior to the worship of a deity, and ritual purity is a state of ritual cleanliness.

3. Purity in Buddhism - Wikipedia

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   Theravada Buddhism regards the path of self-purification as absolutely vital for reaching Nibbana.The main task of the Theravada Buddhist monk is to eradicate flaws in morality and character through meditation and moral cultivation, in alliance with the cultivation of insight or wisdom (), so that the purity of Nibbana can be achieved.

4. Misogi - Wikipedia

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   Misogi (禊) is a Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body. Misogi is related to another Shinto purification ritual, harae. Thus, both are collectively referred to as misogiharae (禊祓). [1]

5. Chōzuya - Wikipedia

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   At shrines, these chōzubachi are used by a worshipper to wash their left hand, right hand, mouth and finally the handle of the water ladle to purify themselves before approaching the main Shinto shrine or shaden (社殿). This symbolic purification is normal before worship and all manned shrines have this facility, as well as many Buddhist ...

6. Shaucha - Wikipedia

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   Along with daily ablutions to cleanse one's body, shaucha suggests clean surroundings, along with fresh and clean food to purify the body. [9] Lack of shaucha might be the result, for example, of letting toxins build up in the body. [10] Shaucha includes purity of speech and mind. Anger, hate, prejudice, greed, lust, pride, fear, and negative ...

7. Ritual washing in Judaism - Wikipedia

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   The Hebrew Bible requires immersion of the body in water as a means of purification in several circumstances, for example: . And when the zav is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.