They preside, respectively, over the plane of High Heaven, the vast ocean, and the realm of Night. Shinto Ethics Purity is one of the fundamental virtues of Shinto ethics. There are two significations of purity. One is outer purity or bodily purity and the other inner purity or purity of heart. If a man is endowed with true inner purity of heart, he will surely attain God-realisation or communion with the Divine.
Sincerity is also the guiding ethical principle of Shinto.
Do not transgress the will of the gods. Do not forget your obligations to ancestors. Do not offend by violating the decrees of the State. Do not forget the profound goodness of the, gods, through which calamity and misfortunes are averted and sickness is healed. Do not forget that the world is one great family.