Observe the forms and rituals set forth in the scriptures, without losing sight of their inner spirit. Judaism and Christianity. Do this in remembrance of me. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. The wise know the virtues of the Buddha to be such that, given equal pur- ity of mind, the same fruit will be won either by reverencing the Seer during his worldly existence or by doing obeisance to his relics after the Parinirvana.
Fire is the central symbol of Zoroastrian worship.
It represents both God's righteousness and the ordeal at the judgment by which the wicked are separated from the righteous. These three sacred symbols of Shinto are in the possession of the emperor of Japan. But the mirror, which is placed at the center of Shinto altars, is especially significant. Besides being a symbol of the sun, it represents the kami within. The reflection of the self is the reflection of kami.