Digambara form, 683 years after the "nirvana" of Mahavira. The two "Āchāryas" wrote "Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama" on palm leaves which is considered to be among the oldest known "Digambara" texts. "Āchārya" Bhutabali was the last ascetic who had partial knowledge of the original Jain "Agamas". Later on, some learned "Āchāryas" started to restore, compile and put into written words the teachings of Lord Mahavira, that were the subject matter of "Agamas". "Digambaras" group the texts into four literary categories called "anuyoga" (exposition). The "prathmanuyoga" (first exposition) contains the universal history, the "karananuyoga" (calculation exposition) contains works on cosmology and the "charananuyoga" (behaviour exposition)
Religion in Japan Religion in Japan Religion in Japan is dominated by Shinto (the ethnic religion of the Japanese people) and by Buddhism. According to surveys carried out in 2006 and 2008, less than 40% of the population of Japan identifies with an organized religion: around 35% are Buddhists, 3% to 4% are members of Shinto sects and derived religions, and from fewer than 1% to 2.3% are Christians. Most of the Japanese (50% to 80% considering degrees of syncretism with Buddhism, "shinbutsu-shūgō") pray and worship ancestors and gods (神 "kami", "shin" or, archaically, "jin") at Shinto shrines or at private altars, while