Home›Purification 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)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites that remove a condition the tradition treats as impurity - by washing, by abstention, by transfer to a substitute - and restore a person or place to a state fit for worship. Impurity in this sense is a ritual status rather than dirt or sin, and what causes it differs sharply between Shinto, Jewish, Islamic and Hindu law. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe Purification Rituals This group gathers purification rituals, the ceremonies of cleansing that remove impurity or sin and restore fitness for worship or ordinary life: ritual washing, lustration and rites of atonement performed in formal ceremonial form. The browser will find purification rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and the conception of purity it serves, noting the tradition that performs it.Recommended and meritorious, not requiredFilter Results1 entryOrigin Period Start YearAll500 (1)FrequencyAllSeasonal, at set points in the year (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (1)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (1)Native To RegionAllJapan (1)Originated InAllJapan (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Japanese (1)Kind of ritualAllShinto, Roman and Mesopotamian Purgation Rites (1)Show ResultsOharaeRecommended and meritorious, not requiredSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. PurificationView 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.