Eastern religions
Religions that originated in East, South and Southeast Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Eastern religions are the religions which originated in East, South and Southeast Asia and thus have dissimilarities with Western, African and Iranian religions.[1] Eastern religions include:[2][3]
- the East Asian religions such as Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, and Shinto
- Indian religions (also termed Dharmic religions) such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism
- Southeast Asian religions such as Vietnamese folk religion
- Shamanism and Animism such as Korean Shamanism
The East-West religious distinction (just like the East-West culture distinction, and the implications that arise from it) is broad and not precise. Furthermore, geographical distinctions have less meaning in the current context of global transculturation.
While many Western observers attempt to distinguish between Eastern philosophies and religions, this is a distinction that does not exist in some Eastern traditions.[4]