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    The Spread of Buddhism in China DBQ - 11/18/13 Adam Almassri Buddhism started in India around the 16th century B.C.E.‚ and after a while diffused to China in the first century of C.E.. People slowly converted to it. Many chinese people felt differently about the new religion‚ and others felt it was better than the one existing‚ and better for China as a whole. They then began to encourage conversion of religions. Then there were those guys. They didn’t like Buddhism‚ they thought it was bad

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    Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ and Sikhism Simon Osorio Stanbridge College HUM 1020 (ITT/ITS) Daniel Else March 25‚ 2013 Assignment #1 Hinduism‚ Buddhism Jainism‚ and Sikhism are all Eastern religions with similar philosophical beliefs. In Hinduism you embrace a great diversity of different beliefs‚ a fact that can be easy confusing to western religions which are accustomed to creeds‚ confessions‚ and carefully-worded beliefs of statements. In Hinduism you can believe a wide variety of things about

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    | The Limited Role of Women in Buddhism | | | 7/19/2010 | | In most modern religions today the roles of women are secondary to the roles of men. Most times women are supposed to be subordinate to men in such religions and this includes women of all classes and influence. But in Buddhism‚ a religion that tells us there is no self; no real difference between people; race‚ class and even gender are just titles that we must shed‚ are women’s roles still limited? And if so why is this

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    How Buddhism Has Changed Albert Einstein once said‚ “Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God‚ avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual‚ and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things‚ natural and spiritual‚ as a meaningful unity.” I though this quote was an interesting beginning into seeing how this ancient religion changed over the course of its existence

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    BUDDHISM AND THE FOUR PRINCIPLE BELIEFS Buddhism‚ with about 365 million followers makes up 6% of the world ’s population and is the fourth largest religion in the world (exceeded by Christianity‚ Islam and Hinduism). Buddhism was founded in Northern India in the sixth century BCE by the first Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama when he attained enlightenment. Buddhism is made up three main forms. They are Theravada Buddhism found mainly in Thailand‚ Burma‚ Cambodia and Laos‚ Mahayana Buddhism which is

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    Death and Dying- Customs and Rituals Hinduism and Buddhism Religious and cultural beliefs play a significant role in the processes of death and dying. These beliefs have created rituals that provide a conceptual framework for understanding the experience of death. Cultures across the world have different‚ unique rituals surrounding death and dying. This can be proven by comparing Hinduism and Buddhism. Their pre-death rituals‚ burial rites and concepts of afterlife are very different. Hindus

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    and Comparison between Buddhism and Hinduism “To those who are continually disciplined‚ who worship me full of joy; I grant discipline of intelligence by which they can come to me.” (Bhagavad Gita 10.10) In India‚ Buddhism and Hinduism were both originated. Although the two religions originated from the same country‚ Buddhism and Hinduism are two very different religions‚ with different beliefs of the soul and afterlife‚ the way one views God and the path to salvation. Buddhism and Hinduism are major

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    The responses to the spread of Buddhism in China vary in many ways. Some rejecting the spread‚ while others supporting it‚ either way‚ it spread quickly and effectively. Even though the majority rejected Buddhism‚ it did not stay that way for long. In the beginning of its spread‚ Buddhism was not accepted very much. As stated by Han Yu‚ a Confucian scholar and official at the Tang imperial court‚ Buddhist ways differed very much from the Chinese traditional ways. For example‚ Han Yu stated that

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    In term of religious‚ Japan and Thailand are quite in common because they have Buddhism as the main religion. Shinto and Buddhism are Japan’s two major religions. Shinto is as old as the Japanese culture‚ while Buddhism was distributed from the mainland in the 6th century. Since then‚ the two religions have been co-existing relatively harmoniously and have even complemented each other to a certain degree. Most Japanese consider themselves as Buddhist‚ Shintoist or both. The average person typically

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    and Buddhism are two religions that began a long time ago. Hinduism started 4000 year ago by the Aryans. Siddhartha Gautama began his quest around the 6th century BC. About 200 BC‚ Hinduism originated near the Indus River in modern Pakistan. Buddhism began 2‚500 years ago. Hinduism religion is practiced today in Indian Subcontinent‚ Malaysia‚ United Kingdom‚ Fiji ‚ and more. But‚ for the Buddhism religion‚ they mainly practice in China‚ Burma‚ India‚ Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ and Buhtan. Buddhism and Hinduism

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