mamoran

Updated: May 4, 2025

In view of the paramount importance thus attached to purity, a celebrated couplet of ancient times is often quoted as the unique and complete canon of Shinto morality, *His nails were extracted and his beard was plucked out. "Unsought in prayer, "The gods will guard "The pure of heart."* *Kokoro dani Makoto no michi ni Kanai naba Inorazu tote mo Kami ya mamoran.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era