of spreading Buddhism from its origin‚ India‚ had developed both criticism and support. The spread of Buddhism happened quite quickly in China and the Chinese responded in one of two ways. They were either interested in Buddhism because of its teachings or they thought it was a barbaric thing. To analyze the overall feelings in China‚ we must understand and explain why many people were attracted to Buddhism(group 1)‚ and we must understand why some people despised the spread of Buddhism(group 2).
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Buddhism DBQ While there were many positive reactions to the spread of Buddhism‚ such as Zong Mi‚ A Buddhist scholar‚ discussing the perfect society created Buddhism‚ there were also many negative responses (Doc. 5). Han Yu‚ for example‚ was a Confucian scholar who believed Buddhism would weaken the government (Doc. 4). As Buddhism spread‚ many scholars and government officials had positive comments. Chinese scholar‚ Zhi Dun speaks in favor of Buddhism when discussing Nirvana and the steps one
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Explain the contribution of King Asoka to Buddhism King Asoka‚ the first Buddhist Emperor of the Mauryan Empire‚ can be seen as a crucial figure to the contribution to the development and expression of Buddhism. Asoka contributed to the development of Buddhism through his expansion of his Buddhist state to neighbouring empires. Asoka‚ through missionary‚ expanded Buddhism to modern day Sri Lanka and Nepal. This expansion was made possible by Asoka’s decision that only five monks were needed to
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Throughout the Classical Period Buddhism and Christianity were very widespread religions. While Buddhism and Christianity differ‚ they are contain many similarities. Buddhism‚ is a trip of the mind and it focuses on reaching enlightenment. Whereas‚ Christianity focuses on salvation‚ and becoming one with God. From the person they worship to the way they worship‚ these two religions are very different. In addition to their differences‚ these two religions also have basic principles that are in common
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Denisha Tillman Rev.Henderson World Religion 10/12/2013 Buddhism VS Islam Buddhism and Islam are two major global religions in modern times with roots that are ancient. These two religions have billions of people who are followers‚ and act as major influences in politics‚ culture‚ and societies all over the world. The Islamic religion has the most followers in countries located in the Middle East and northern Africa. Buddhism has the most followers throughout the continent of Asia. Even
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September 2014 AP World Pd_1 Mrs. Chevits Christianity and Buddhism C&C Christianity and Buddhism are both religions that affected masses of people. Their origins are both offshoots from older religions. Christianity is an offshoot from Judaism and Buddhism is an offshoot from Hinduism. Buddhism originated in Nepal‚ India in 536 B.C.E.‚ while Christianity originated in the Roman Provence of Judea around 33 A.D. Through 500 B.C.E. to 600 A.D. Buddhism spread from east India to the northern and western parts
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Women in Buddhism In a majority of ancient India‚ women were treated with the same amount of disregard and disdain that they were in most other areas in the world. Women were viewed as a thing in which the title of property could be attached to‚ and they were typically the accessory to men. For the most part‚ women were basically seen as inferior to men. Most religions at this time had the same views. Certain fanatical religious cults have also prevented women from reading religious scriptures
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disagree that at the time of the Buddha‚ a very heterogeneous and actively developing religious culture flourished in India. This generally accepted historical reality proves that Buddhism was neither a protest against‚ or an offshoot of Hinduism (this view is even expressed for example in the Encyclopaedia Brittanica). Buddhism simply proved to be one of the more successful new schools of thought within a large variety of philosophies‚ especially after King Ashoka became a Buddhist in 297 BCE‚ and turned
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Compare and Contrast Judaism and Buddhism One of the most early religions are Judaism and Buddhism. Both Judaism and Buddhism have lots of differences beliefs and practices and only few similarities. Judaism was started in 2000 B.C.E‚ led by Abraham. Buddhism was started in 560 B.C.E‚ by Siddhartha Gautama. Both religions have different point of view. Buddhism don’t believe in deity and Judaism believe in deity. Buddhism are just followers of Gautama and Judaism believe in Yahweh (the God
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Hutchinson AP World History Mrs. Rice 14 Jan. 2012 Spread of Buddhism and Its Appeal in China Buddhism is a well-known major religion in today’s society. It originated in India‚ after Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)‚ left his palace and finally achieved enlightenment. It reached China around the 1st century C.E and continued to spread throughout Asia. Buddhism was at its highest point after the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 C. E. The spread of Buddhism in China sparked several religious‚ ethical‚ and controversial
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