Japanese religion, the religious beliefs and practices of theJapanese people. There is no single dominantreligioninJapan. Instead, several religious and quasi-religious systems exist side by side.Shintōwas tra
TheNichiren sect, was founded by Nichiren in 1253. The sect was exceptional due to its intolerant stance towards other Buddhist sects. Nichiren Buddhism still has many millions of followers today, and several "new religions" are based on Nichiren's teachings. ...
Shinto and Buddhism co-exist in Japan, with the Mahayana sect of Buddhism influencing the Japanese culture. Shamanism, Taoism and Confucianism have also influenced religion in Japan. Christianity was introduced in Japan in the 16th century. In the present day, there are many religious sects in ...
together into a hybrid symphony of Buddhist beliefs and practices, making Japanese monkey lore a very complex, confusing, curious, and challenging topic -- a topic that stretches back to Japan’s first encounters with Chinese Geomancy, Chinese Taoism, the Zodiac Calendar, and Mahayana Buddhism. Th...
This academic once described the suicide cult“Heaven’s Gate”led by lunatic Marshall Applewhite as “definitely Gnostic…very similar to Hinduism (and also Buddhism).”She concluded,“The outcome with Heaven’s Gate certainly calls into question traditional Hindu beliefs and practices.” ...
Today, the influence of Confucianism continues in an attenuated and frequently invisible mode as the structure of the Japanese family is steadily transformed by economic andcultural changes.Other religious influences include the native Shinto religion, several sects of Buddhism, Christianity, and avariety...
The Tokugawa were determined to prevent both foreign colonization and a return to domestic instability, and they had no intention of allowing a new militant Christianity to take the place of the militant Buddhism Nobunaga had finally suppressed. After the defeat of the Shimabara rebels, Tokugawa ...
It is also possible that out of Bactria and Sogdiana Kushan or in the region of Northwest to Northeast India came an entire cultural package of mixed Near Eastern-Iranian-Hellenistic (Greek-Thracian) ideas and beliefs that influenced China and East Asia. ...
A Guide to Japanese Buddhism Japan Buddhist Federation Downloaded from www.holybooks.com A Guide to Japanese Buddhism First edition published: Published by: Edited by: Designed and printed by: October 2004 Japan Buddhist Federation Meisho Kaikan Hall 2F, 4–7–4, Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo ...
Secret societies also emerged in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia. Like the societies in China, their mystico-political teachings combined elements of Buddhism, Taoism, and traditional beliefs. All refused to recognise the dominant system and resolutely opposed the humiliations inflicted by ...