Since the disestablishment of State Shinto during the Occupation of Japan, the offices of high priest and most sacred priestess have been held by former members of the imperial family or their descendants.

Since then it has been used by both Shinto and Buddhist rituals to purify.

Since then he has hitch-hiked 9, 000 miles around the US, lived in Italy and Greece, acquired a pilot's licence for paragliders, and been married with full Shinto rites at a shrine in Southern Japan.

Since Ansai believed in the ontological unity of everything, he believed that in the Shinto tradition, he could discover the Way, rooted in Japanese society.

Since " all beings " includes the individual, love and compassion in Buddhism are outside the opposition between self and other.

Since the Second World War kyudo has often been associated with Zen Buddhism.

Since the movement's international expansion beginning in the 1960s and extension of social and cultural activities beginning in the 1970s, Ikeda expanded his predecessor's ideas of " human revolution " and " engaging with the world, rather than liberation from it ", emphasizing, in the words of one observer, a " humanistic activism " as both the religious and social aims of Nichiren Buddhism.

Since then, Buddhism has flourished, and Sri Lankan monks and expatriate lay people have been prominent in spreading Theravada Buddhism in Asia, the West, and even in Africa.

Since the 8th century people belonging to different religions, particularly Buddhism and Islam, have been living in harmony in Leh.

Since then, the Thai Senate has reviewed and revoked the secular law passed in 1928 banning women's full ordination in Buddhism as unconstitutional for being counter to laws protecting freedom of religion.

Since the beginning of 11th century onward Tibetan translators together with Indian panditas once again resumed their literary activity to bring about a new chapter to be known as " the era of new translation " and also " revival or later promulgation of Buddhism in Tibet ".

Since Ambedkar's conversion, several thousand people from different castes have converted to Buddhism in ceremonies including the twenty-two vows.

Since his selection as Panchen Lama, he has studied Tibetan Buddhism, to his studies he added Tibetan language, sutra, and logic at ten ; he is bilingual in both Tibetan and Chinese.

Since the swastika on the Flag of Nazi Germany was " right-facing " when displayed one-sided ( e. g. hanging on buildings ), this requires a redefinition of " sauwastika " as the variant current in Hinduism, and the " swastika proper " as the " left-facing " one current in Buddhism, contrary to Burnouf.

" Since the death of D. T. Suzuki in 1966, Masao Abe has served as the main representative of Zen Buddhism in Europe and North America.

Since Ambedkar's conversion, many more people from different castes have converted to Buddhism.

Since the Book of Later Han present two accounts of how Buddhism entered Han China, generations of scholars have debated whether monks first arrived via the maritime or overland routes of the Silk Road.

Since the early Koryo dynasty, when Buddhism was established as the national religion, gardens evolved into the style of Hwagye ( terraced rock garden ), which represented Son ( Zen ) Buddhist rock arrangements.

" Since there is no other record of Buddhism having been adopted in 5th-century Gaya, modern scholars have interpreted this as an ancestral shrine rather than a Buddhist temple.

Since then Hinduism along with Buddhism spread across the archipelago and reached the peak of its influence in the 14th century.

Since Đổi Mới ( 1986 ) many reforms have allowed Buddhism to be practiced further.

Since this time, Chaoyang has functioned as a center of Buddhism in Northeast China, with the construction of Longxiang temple in 345 AD forming the beginning of Buddhist culture in the Northeast.

Since her arrival to Vietnam, she was particularly interested in Buddhism and she became quite close to other Buddhists.

Since 1948 when the country gained its independence from Great Britain, both civil and military governments have supported Theravada Buddhism.

Since the Tang Dynasty there has been debate in East Asian Buddhism whether the Shurangama Sutra is a forgery or not.

Since then, and since the pure grain had gotten him divorced from every decent -- and even indecent -- group from Greenwich Village to the Embarcadero, he had become a sucker-rolling freight-jumper.

Since appeals to morality, to humanity, and to sanity have had such small effect, perhaps our last recourse is the deterrent example.

Since his seizure, Scotty had had little appetite ; ;

Since Mr. McKinley had to give a lecture, Rachel and Scotty drove home alone in the Plymouth.

Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.

Since the Santo Spirito hospital had taken only men, he had had no experience in the study of female anatomy ; ;

Since then, the flowers she had planted had spread all over the hill.

Since he had gross income of $600 or more, he must file a return in which he may claim an exemption deduction of $600.

Since the writer had established this democratic procedure in the beginning he had to go along with their decision -- after, of course, pointing out whether he thought their decision was a wise or an unwise one.

Since the writer had not noticed this characteristic in married students scattered throughout the various sections previous to this experiment, nor, as a matter of fact, in those who were continuing in `` single sections '', he can only conclude that there must have been something `` contagious '' within the specific group which caused this to occur.

Since the details of the elections were settled the change of government had no direct effect on the technical aspects of the elections, and may have been more important as an indication of royal displeasure with the U.N.F.P.

Since the strength of the Mexicans had been underrated, too small a posse had been collected, and since the deputy had not been provided with search warrants, MacPherson and his men decided it was much wiser to withdraw.

Since the magnitude of the plan made secrecy impossible, once the wheels had began to turn, persons controlling German industries, social institutions, and armed forces became, through their anti-Semitism or their tolerance of it, conscious accomplices of Hitler's crimes ; ;

Since Mrs. Calhoun remembered only that the marriage had been in the spring, he started to plod through several months.

Since then he had worked at this and that, though some said his main interest was gambling.

Since Election Day, Vice President Richard Nixon had virtually retired -- by his own wish -- from public view.

Since he possessed more power in an interdependent universe of living beings and dead spirits, the emperor had to use it for the benefit of the living.