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Re: Shinto beliefs and Hinduism
4duept$giu@babbage.ece.uc.edu wrote :
>
> I visited Japan once some years ago and I walked into several Shinto
> temples. I was struck by a similarity between Shinto rituals (at least
> in the temples I visited) and Hindu rituals (for example ringing
> the bell as one enters the temple). Is this similarity merely co-incidental
> or is there some basic connection between the Dharma and Shintoism?
> What are the "basic beliefs" of Shintoism ? Is it a polytheistic religion ?
> What is the relationship between Shintoism and Budhism ? What percentage
> of Japan in Shinto/Budhist/Christian ?
>
I read that Swami Vivekananda on his visit to Japan noticed writings
in the Bengali script...
-Kartik
