"Anito" is a word in TAGALOG, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON
n. spirit, ghost of ancestor; superstition. v. /AG-/ to worship the ancestral spirits. Saan mo nga patien dagiti aganito. Don’t believe those who worship the ancestral spirits.
aníto - Superstitious practices, ceremonies
and sacrifices; to make use of or perform
superstitious rites. Indì ka magpáti sináng
mga aníto nga walâ sing naigoán. Don’t
believe in those superstitious practices that
are so nonsensical. Ginanitóhan níla siá.
He was subjected by them to superstitious
rites. (cf. diwáta, babáylan, diósdíos).
anito
Definition: (noun) deity, idol
The person who wants to progress on the path of Vitrag (the enlightened ones), should keep the focus of the awareness to progress from the non-auspicious (bad) to the auspicious (good). And if one wants to go to final Liberation [moksha], he should keep ‘pure focus as the Self (Soul)’ (shuddha upayog). The person, who wants to go to Moksha, should not concern himself with the auspicious (good) or the inauspicious (bad). He should keep them both as the things to be cleared out.
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Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.
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