Japan’s Shinto-Buddhist religious medley

centuries as Japan went about absorbing Pure Land, Zen and other Buddhist sects from China. Over time, cross-pollination between Buddhism and Shinto would deepen in a process known as “shin-butsu shugo” (Shinto-Buddhism coalescence), or less fatteringly as the “shin-butsu konko” (Shinto-Buddhism jumble). ................
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