... merit and thus increasing one's chances of higher status in the next life" (Murphey, 199). Shinto's persisted on Buddhism in Japan as Daoism persisted on Buddhism and Confucianism in China. However, most Japanese followed both Shinto and Buddhism. Daoism and Shinto had much in common with each other, they both showed much reverence towards nature and felt that nature was the best ... ...

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