Home›Initiatory Rituals›Obligation›Recommended and meritorious, not requiredBrowse ByRecommended and meritorious, not requiredThis page groups rituals by whether performing them is a required duty or a voluntary devotion. Wikipedia notes that "for daily prayers, practicing Muslims must perform a ritual recitation from the Quran in Arabic while bowing and prostrating." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a mandatory rite from one an adherent may choose to observe or not.FactsLearn MoreRecommended and meritorious, not requiredSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedInitiation is treated as a species of rite of passage on van Gennep's 1909 three-stage scheme - separation, liminality, incorporation - as elaborated by Victor Turner in 1969. The scheme is a comparative frame devised by its authors, not an account any tradition gives of its own rite. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites that admit a person to a status, community or degree of knowledge not previously held. The atlas records that such rites exist, who confers them and what they are held to accomplish. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn MoreThe Initiatory Rituals This group holds initiatory rituals, the ceremonies by which a person is admitted into a religion, order or degree, or consecrated to a sacred role. Initiation typically enacts a symbolic death and rebirth, marking the passage into a new spiritual state. The browser will find initiatory rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the tradition and the admission or elevation it enacts.Recommended and meritorious, not requiredFilter Results2 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-100 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (1)Life Stage MarkedAllEntry into the community or the order (2)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (2)Social FormAllPerformed alone or together (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Lay people (1)Native To RegionAllIndia (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)TraditionAllMahayana (1)Originated InAllIndia (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)Originates In LanguageAllSanskrit (1)Kind of ritualAllIndic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2Anuvrata (Jain Lay Vows)Recommended and meritorious, not requiredBodhisattva VowRecommended and meritorious, not requiredSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.