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BUDDHISM

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 17, 2012
I'm too sexy for my sutras
Monks gone wild? Not quite, but Buddhism is indeed trying out new ways to reach the next generation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 3, 2011
'Tis the season for shrines and temples to rake it in
Come the new year, shrines and temples really cash in on a giving tradition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 4, 2007
Japan's Shinto-Buddhist religious medley
Most in Japan may know Buddhism has something to do with controlling lust and anger, and is associated with funerals and graves, while Shinto involves venerating nature, and weddings. But many people have trouble making theological distinctions between the two or even telling a Buddhist temple from a...

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