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Shinto is an offshoot if Buddhism.
Shinto is an offshoot if Buddhism.
not true. Shinto predates Buddhism.
Shinto was in Japan before Buddhism. Zen took on a little bit of Shinto when it came over as Cha’an from China. In most Zen temples, there are a few statues of Shinto deities, but neither is an offshoot of the other.