Shintoism Vs Mahayana Buddhism

In order to appropriately answer this question, we must first look at the prerequisites for being termed a Theravada Buddhist or a disciple of Shintoism. While identifying the various aspects of either religion, we can make head-to-head arguments for and against their exclusivity.
When considering the argument for the practice of both these religions at the same time, it must be understood that in order to fully devote one’s self to a religion that person cannot falter from the line of thought that they have chosen to believe; meaning you can’t actually follow two religions because either one or both of the religions are being done a disservice. That being said, there are people who practice the religion of Shintoism and Mahayana Buddhism at the same time. The way that these devotees are able to accomplish this, is by putting themselves in a category called “Lay-Buddhists”. Shintoism is …show more content…
Allowing people to respect the traditions of the Shinto religion, but not really requiring the people to have a deity or higher figure to govern the action of the devotees. As far as Mahayana Buddhism is concerned it is a religion that has a centrally introspective point of view; as a result, there are no logistical reasons that a devotee could not practice both reasons.
Now when we look at the opposing argument, we see that there is a much stronger argument for why a devotee could not practice both religions at the same time. This is because the two religions function on fundamentally different grounds. Mahayana Buddhism is different to the majority of