神道の神髄や日本人の心の在り方などを外国の方々に説明したい時が多々あるのですが、日本語で表現すれば上手く伝わることも、言語が違うと微妙なニュアンスが違ってしまうため、非常に難しいと感じています。英語ではどうにも表現しにくい部分があります。

「惟神（かんながら）」を説明する時の参考になる資料があるので紹介したいと思います。

「わかりやすい神道」
Ｂｙ　山本行恭（椿大神社　宮司）・翻訳　植村昌夫

「Ｋａｎｎａｇａｒａ」

Kannagara has　been　interpreted　in　various　ways，
such as　”according　ｔo the　kami，”　”kami　just as
they are，”　”as a kami，”because of　being　ａ kamｉ，”and” the
kami's will， just as it is．” ”Kannagara” is　”kan +nagara”．
”Kan” is a　variant　of ”kami”， while　”nagara”　is a word whose
approximate meaning is "as" or "according to "or "because of".
The expression kannagara no michi'(the way in accordance with
the will of the kami) signifies Shinto itself.
Kannagara is not itself a religion, although it is at the heart of
Shinto. 　It is best understood as a non-exclusive principle of
universalism that can exist in all religons and should exist as a
self-corrective idea that calls every historical religion back to its
fundamental roots and to the basic insight that the finest results
for life are achieved when a person lives "according to the
Kami". For this reason, a Shinto believer will not reject something
just because it is not Shinto. A Shinto believer can be at home
with any kami that shows the power to elevate his soul. A Shito
believer who denounces other religions is not a real Shinto
believer. He or she can be at home in a Shinto shrine at New Year, a Buddhist Templle at the festival for the souls of the ancestors or a Christian Church on Christmas Eve. All of these make individual sense. They are authentic. They complemet each other. This
approach to religion can be called the kannagara understanding of the　place of reliｇion in human life, human society and in
human culture in general. Religions should try to realize the spirit
of kannagara in order to remain true to themselves.
Kannagara need not be understood as unique to the Japanese but is a concept with universal significance and appplicability.
Kannagara has to do with spirit, and with bringing the human spirit and activities into line with the spirit of Great Nature.