Shintoism or Shintoism is the indigenous religion of Japan, which is a fundamental part of the way of being and being in the world of the Japanese people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This religion is intrinsically connected to Japanese traditions and appears in Japan's earliest written sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can be described as a sophisticated form of animism<\/a> naturalistic. It is based on the belief that the entire natural world is endowed with life, soul or consciousness of its own and is therefore considered sacred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The deities that exist in nature are called Kami<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Buddhism<\/a> was introduced in Japan between the 6th and 7th centuries and gradually merged with Shintoism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since then, spiritual values and teachings from countries such as India, China and Korea have come to influence Japanese religious thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shinto is increasingly practicing ancestor worship, and the moral concepts of the Confucianism<\/a> Chinese, as well as the cosmology<\/a> from Taoism<\/a> and the belief in the salvation of the Buddhism<\/a><\/a> played an important role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Japanese are mostly Shintoists and Buddhists and tend to practice rites of both religions according to the occasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn more visit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n