2006-07-22 20:09:52 · 5 answers · asked by avik_d2000 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. Shintoism was the primitive religion of Japan before the coming of Buddhism, which is currently the main religion of Japan. Shintoism is a very simple religion. It gives only one command, the necessity of being loyal to ones ancestors.
Its early aspects were naturalistic, which included spirit ism, totem ism, nature worship, and a crude sort of monotheism. Early Japanese worshiped the sun, thunder, earth, volcanoes, tigers, serpents, trees, shrubs, vines, etc. and even stones.
The only deity actually recognized in higher Shintoism is the spiritualist human mind
2006-07-23 01:30:48 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no I dont think so.
all the Dharmic religions come from India and Shintoism is a native Japanese religion
2006-07-23 03:23:40 · answer #2 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, Shintoism is more like shamanism. is bare-bone pagan religion of Japan.
2006-07-23 11:44:47 · answer #3 · answered by betoquintas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto
2006-07-23 03:15:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is animist, not dharmic
ancestor worship
2006-07-23 03:15:09 · answer #5 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋