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    Buddhism Influence

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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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    Buddhism DBQ

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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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    Spread Of Buddhism

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     TWO  body  paragraphs  to   turn  in  a  completed  essay.   Good  Luck!     DBQ:    Spread  of  Buddhism  in  China:     Sample  Thesis  #1:   The  people  of  China  responded  in  different  ways  to  the  spread  of  Buddhism.    While   some  defended  the  belief  because  it  offered  them  comfort  and  justified  sorrow   (Docs

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    Buddhism And Confucianism

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    There were many reasons for the codification of religions and philosophies during the classical era. Two of them are suffering and war which helped develop Buddhism and Confucianism. Suffering is the main cause for The codification of Buddhism during the classical era. Buddhism was founded Siddhartha Gautama. Buddhism can be considered a branch departing from hinduism. Siddhartha Gautama Is known as the Buddha. He Grew up as a prince and was protected for the outside world for a long time. When he

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    Buddhism and Christianity

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    Between 600 BCE and 600 CE‚ universal religions in Asia and the Mediterranean‚ particularly Christianity and Buddhism‚ both spread through trade networks‚ but emerged with diverging ideologies and through different founders and religious leaders. Both Christianity and Buddhism were constantly evolving religions that had missionaries and pilgrims that traveled long distances to share their beliefs. The Silk Road and the Indian Ocean Maritime System proved to be trade routes that not only shared

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    Buddhism In Ancient China

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    1‚ Buddhism is a religion that emphasizes the birth and purification of the mind. With the development of medieval China‚ Buddhism played a vital role in everywhere‚ also was known as a pan-Asian religion. Buddhism should be based on Chinese traditional ideology as well as accepted by secular life‚ which is helpful for Buddhism to adopt social‚ political order and the cultural mainstream. Buddhism is very practical for the world to achieve the goal of peaceful development. In medieval China‚ a lot

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    Hinduism and Buddhism

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    Hinduism and Buddhism Shengjia wu In world culture‚ there are various religious. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world with around 970 million followers‚ while Buddhism‚ originating in the India‚ the same place with Hinduism‚ has approximately 350 million Buddhists. This essay will firstly discuss features of Reincarnation and Non-violence’s in both religion‚ and then argues that caste system is an area which is sustainable difference. In Hinduism and Buddhism ‚ the aim of the

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    Buddhism and Aristotle

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    Buddhism & Aristotle Both Buddhism and Aristotle present intriguing philosophies; Buddhism promotes gratitude and suffering. Buddhists believe that happiness is not achieved by wealth‚ prestige‚ and luxury. Happiness is achieved by understanding the teachings of Buddhism and achieving nirvnana‚ which means to free the soul from bad Karma. On the other hand‚ Aristotle felt that Eudaimonia (happiness) was only achievable by fulfilling one’s full potential. In other words‚ happiness comes from

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    Mindfulness In Buddhism

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    The eight-fold path is the fourth of the four noble truths. The four noble truths are known as the first of the Buddha’s teachings. The eight-fold path is the path that leads to awakening (Nirvana) in Buddhism. Each member of the path is like eight important areas within which one should strive for moral development. Progress in one path triggers progress in another‚ therefore each member is interlinked. The members of the path include: right view‚ right

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    Jainism and Buddhism

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    Jainism and Buddhism Both Jainism and Buddhism start in the 6th century BC‚ and they have similar backgrounds. The founders of these religions have similar stories. Jainism was founded by a man named Vardhamana‚ who was born into a wealthy‚ powerful family.  When he was 30‚ he left his wealth behind and spent 12 years living a disciplined lifestyle and searched for the truth.  He gave up all of his possessions‚ which included even his clothing‚ and eventually found what he was looking for.  He

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