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Religion in Japan

Amaterasu - Japanese Shinto Sun Goddess
Benzaiten - Japanese Goddess
Buddhism - Introduction to Japan
The Flourishing of Buddhism in Japan
Buddhism - Cultural Developments and Establishment in Japan
Buddhism - Core Beliefs & Values
Jizo - Japanese Buddhist Bodhisattva
Jodo Shinshu - Japanese School of Buddhism
Buddhism Beginnings - Religion in Japan
Buddhism Today - Religion in Japan
Christianity - Religion in Japan
Confucianism - Religion in Japan
Daoism - Religion in Japan
Shinto - Way of the gods
Shintoism Beginnings - Religion in Japan
Shintoism Today - Religion in Japan
Dogen Zenji - Japanese Buddhist Teacher
Ennin - Priest of the Tendai School of Japan
Four Guardian Gods - Buddhist Protectors
Pure Land - branch of mainstream Mahayana Buddhism
Hachiman - Japanese Shinto God of War
Kegon - Japanese Transmission of the Huayan School of Buddhism
Kikyo - Japanese Shrine Maiden
Kinhin - Japanese Meditation Practiced Between Periods of Zazen
Kokei - Japanese Buddhist Monk
Kotoamatsukami - Term Used in Japanese Shintoism
Mahayana - Major School of Buddhism
Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism - teachings of Japanese monk Nichiren Daishonin
Omoikane - Shinto god of knowledge
Obon - Japanese Buddhist feast period
Enoshima Engi - History of Temples on Enoshima Island Japan
Rinzai - founder of Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism
Ryokan - Zen Buddhist monk
Saicho - Japanese Buddhist monk
Seicho-No-Ie - monotheistic religion of Japanese origin
Sesshin - meditation in a Zen monastery
Seven Gods of Fortune
Shingon Buddhism - school of Japanese Buddhism
Shinran - Founder of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) Buddhism in Japan
Yomi - Japanese for underworld, Hades or Hell
Zen - branch of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing practice of meditation
Zen teacher - person ordained in Zen Buddhism to teach the Dharma
Zendo - meditation hall
Torii - Japanese gates at entrance to Shinto shrines
Takuan Soho - figure in Rinzai variety of Zen Buddhism
Soka Gakkai International - Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin organization
Soto - one of five sects of Zen-Buddhism
Tendai - Japanese school of Buddhism
Tenrikyo - universal religion of Japanese origin
New Religions in Japan
Religious Practice in Japan

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