Final HIS 111 Rise of Buddhism: The originator of Buddhism was Siddhartha Gautama. He started out as a prince of the Sakya Republic in the Himalayan foothills. At age 29 he left his life of privileged and began to learn under different paths of Vedic schools. In his journey he experienced a great deal of human suffering and he began to teach Buddhism. Buddhism had a great influence on the inhabitants of India during 260 BCE‚ when Ashoka converted to Buddhism. The end goal was for the top of the
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Through history‚ Buddhism has had an enormous influence on our history. The adoption and teaching of Buddhism played a dramatic role in Japan history. Buddhism have traveled a long way from India to China to Korea and finally to Japan in the sixth century C.E. Originally‚ Buddhism was introduced to Japan from the Korean and later on‚ Buddhism was introduced into Japan from China. Hence‚ Japan felt a strong impact from Chinese Buddhism‚ therefore most of the Buddhist’s main doctrines‚ practice‚ and
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Buddha only saw him as their teacher. The Theravada school of Buddhism stayed close to those primary teachings. The Theravada used the language Pali for its teachings. However‚ another group of Buddhists looked upon the Buddha as a god ruling over other gods. This group came to be known as the Mahayana school of Buddhism. This group constructed a complex religion with temples‚ saints‚ and statues of the Buddha. The Mahayana used Sanskrit for its language. Buddhism as a religion almost completely disappeared
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Buddhism in China Buddhism was founded in India in the sixth century B.C.E.‚ and was diffused to China by the first century C.E. Buddhism gradually gained followers after the collapse of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E. Buddhism’s influence on people continued to expand for several centuries all throughout East Asia. Between 220 C.E. and 570 C.E.‚ China suffered a period of political instability and conflict. Buddhism had very diverse responses in China. The reaction of Buddhism gradually diffused in
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The Influence of Chinese Culture on Buddhism Buddhism was originally developed in India and brought to China over the silk road‚ and later to some extent through southeast Asia around the first century A.D.. This was during a time when the then reigning Han dynasty was in a state of chaos and Confucianism was being discredited by some intellectuals. The Chinese people therefore came to identify Confucianism with the failing dynasty‚ and sought a new ideology to take place of stale Confucian thinking
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assume that the Buddha’s message was attractive to all classes of China. Of course‚ it would be helpful to have a document from a peasant as a way of confirming their attitude towards the Buddha and the path to Nirvana. The spread and popularity of Buddhism is seen clearly in Zhi Dun’s writing in 350 C.E. and the Chinese scholar’s “The Disposition of Error” circa 500 C.E. “In this era of sensual pleasures”‚ the anonymous Chinese scholar states that the monk attains goodness and wisdom “in exchange for
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Though seemingly unrelated‚ Buddhism and Confucianism share many similarities‚ such as their influence on Chinese society and also teaching their people to be virtuous. They do though‚ differ in their beliefs and on a fundamental point; Buddhism is spiritual‚ while Confucianism is entirely secular. Buddhism and Confucianism are parallel in several ways. First‚ as mentioned before‚ they both influenced Chinese society in a way. Buddhism influenced China by the improvements of landscape painting
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Nietzsche repeatedly refers to Buddhism as a decadent and nihilistic religion. It seems to be a textbook case of just what Nietzsche is out to remedy in human thinking. It devalues the world as illusory and merely apparent‚ instead looking to an underlying reality for value and meaning. Its stated goals seem to be negative and escapist‚ Nietzsche sometimes seems to praise certain aspects of Buddhist teaching—and some of his own core ideas bear a resemblance to Buddhist doctrine. What exactly is Nietzsche’s
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Hello Team‚ I have been busy researching all the various schools of Buddhism this week‚ attempting to discern how many there are‚ what the real differences between the schools‚ and compiling all the research. Theravada Mahayana Vajrayana Zen (Translation) “Doctrine of Elders” “The Great Ship” “The Great Vehicle” Tantric/Esoteric “Chan” Followers 124‚000‚000 185‚000‚000 600‚000‚000 10‚000‚000 Temporal Origin 100 BCE 100 CE 500 CE 650 CE Geographic Origin India & Sri Lanka India India China
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AMBEDKAR’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE REVIVAL OF BUDDHISM Dr. Ruchi Singh‚ ruchianoop@yahoo.co.in Bhimrao Ramjee Ambedkar (14th April 1891 to December 7‚ 1956)‚ was a great jurist‚ lawyer‚ and political leader of modern India. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee‚ that was constituted by the constituent Assembly to draft the constitution of Independent India. He was the first Law Minister of India. Ambedkar was born in the Mahar
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