Sacramental orientation
The sacramental orientation emphasizes carrying out rituals and
ceremonies regularly and correctly as the path to salvation; in some religions, correct
ritual is believed to influence the processes of nature. All religions have some degree of
ritual, but the ceremonial tendency is predominant, for example, in most indigenous
religions, in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, in Vedic Hinduism, and
in Tibetan Buddhism. Making the Catholic sign of the cross, for example, is done in a
certain way: only with the right hand, beginning with a touch on the forehead, then on
one’s chest, and finally on each shoulder, left to right. 11