... the reason for engaging in study of other such world religions. For the sake of assignment, I will deal with the numerous religions of China throughout the rest of this paper. Not just the naming and overviews of these four religions (Christianity, Islam, Taoism, Buddhism), rather the ... Bible, or doctrine, but rather in the ways that they are allowed to worship. Basically Christianity is a practice that is forbidden in China. All religions must register with the Religious Affairs Bureau and gain approval to allow public worship. Since many sects of Christianity are not approved ... n...

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... Noble Truth which is the way to Nirvana (Doc 1). Finally they learned that Buddha's teachings could lead an orderly society, which was in high demand because during this time considering China was experiencing a period of political instability and disunity (Doc 5, Section II). These are only three reasons why Buddhism satisfied people, and there are many more messages that dragged Buddhism ... evermore through China. Chinese women did not have many liberties in 220 C.E. and still in the times after. However Buddhism offers no gender bias and the creation of a Sangha, a community of Budd...

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... and dominance on other countries. Monks went through Korea to Japan spreading the religion and converting people along their journey. China had strengthened Buddhism. When Buddhism came to China, Buddhism was not powerful or known. China was advanced and it had traits that strengthened Buddhism in theory and practice. Over the years, as Buddhism began to cultivate and break into many different sects ... Japan. Japan at this time was not very advanced, and had nothing that could strengthen Buddhism. But, Buddhism however, had been strengthened by China and was very powerful. The missiona...

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... there were those who were indifferent about the religion, nor praising or declining. In the readings, Documents 2 and 3 show support towards Buddhism and its spread through China. Documents 4 and 6 show great discourage of the religion and the prevention of the spread. Lastly, documents 1 and 5 show great indifference towards Buddhism. They ... 6 provide us with an opposing argument of the previous passages, thus, revealing the negative responses in regard to the spreading of Buddhism in China. Document 4 discusses that "Buddhism is no more than a cult of the barbarian peoples." the beg...

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... I was a child. Thinking what will this makes useful to me I am trying to afford eating vegetable whenever I go back home in my province. I eat different kinds mixing it with fish dishes will make me satisfied. Researching the web, I have found that mostly Asian cuisines are tend to be a vegan type foods. Japanese, Indian, and Korean are on the top list. And ... of Buddhism and Hinduism. Their belief do not support meat-eating. I have tried them. Japanese, too raw. Indian, too much curry. Korean, too spicy. But among the three, I prefer Korean dishes especially ttukboki. I also found out...

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... not trust the Christians since the Jesuits had been closely associated with the Ming court. (Fitzgerald 486) The ruling class soon crippled the chances of Christianity spreading in China. But, even more important, the Manchus? reliance on the most traditional culture of the Chinese brought about intellectual stagnation in the empire and fueled rebellion, especially among ... Ching and the Inner Teachings of Chuang-Tzu. New York: Harper Collins, 1992. 5. Do-Dinh, Pierre. Confucius and Chinese Humanism. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1969. 6. Fitzgerald, C. P. China: A Short Cultural Histo...

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... world great, but it also made civilizations crumble. Two religions, Buddhism and Christianity, triumphed in a civilization where the religion was uncommon. Buddhism came from India which then spread to China by the Silk Road. Christianity, however, spread throughout the Roman empire by apostles, such as St. Paul. Buddhism and Christianity also solved and caused some major problems in ancient civilizations ... a great emphasis on human thoughts and actions towards their environment and society. Buddhism affected people's lives deeply that they wanted to spread the religion to other countri...

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... by Bodhidharma himself. Until recently the oldest known manuscripts of these sermons dated from the fourteenth century; however with the discovery of thousands of T'and dynasty Buddhist manuscripts in China's Tunhuand Caves, seventh- and eighth-century copies have been identified. Interestingly enough legend has it that Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids to prevent himself from falling asleep while ... by Bodhidharma himself. Until recently the oldest known manuscripts of these sermons dated from the fourteenth century; however with the discovery of thousands of T'and dynasty Buddhist manus...

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... thoughts have withstood the test of time. Even after hundreds of years of cultural changes, Confucius" views on many of China's issues are still in use today not only in China, but around the world as well. Ethics Confucius was quite clear about what he thought was good and bad or right ... for the most part, yet if you change the way people behave, it is hard to keep the same culture for too long. People in China became more open to different things. They looked at other cultures from a different perspective under Confucian influence. By no means did Confucius change the culture ... pe...

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... Civilzation, are to be sought in Buddhism's earlier encounters along the Silk Road"" (Foltz, 9, 2010). When Indians brought these materials to China, they also brought Buddhist ideas with them. These ideas were enticing to Chinese people because they were part of the Han dynasty who went through ... p 132). They believed that Buddhism was going to have a positive impact on the world and make the world a more peaceful place. In China during the Han dynasty there were Buddhist schools that taught children the moral codes of Buddhism. Rather than just having one Buddhist school, there were ...

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... characters to value of life which including humanity, love, moral and ethics. He provided politics institution some background to rule people in comparable humanity. Confucianism has spread through widely from China to other neighbor countries such as Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and among Western society. Confucius is deprived from Latinized form of Chinese characters, Kong Fuzi which mean great Master Kong, ... , the Confucianism confronted a difficult time to develop around the time in the past. What's perfective of Confucianism in modern society? Confucianism was tied to the past. Through...

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... provisions. Although burial in a coffin is preferred, cremations also take place. A cremation is when a corpse is placed on a pyre and burned to ashes. In the cities of present day China, because of the great overpopulation and lack of usable land, the government has made cremation a necessity. Cremation is also encouraged in rural areas in efforts of saving arable land for ... 7) Constance Jones p. 12. 8) Constance Jones p. 20. 9) My mom told me this. 10) Constance Jones p. 20. 11) Constance Jones p. 129. 12) Constance Jones p. 12. 13) Fox Butterfield p. 257. Bibliography - Butterfield...

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... were believed to be gods, and that's why they had the "ability to make the sun come up and down". Egypt was a theocracy where the ruler was a "divine figure". In China the people believed in the replacement of dynasties thru the dynastic cycle. In Mesopotamia, the people believed that the kings were representatives of the gods. Religion Buddhism, Hinduism and the ... Sumerians believed that the gods controlled nature. These three religions give an idea of what after life could be like by living either a good life or bad life. Social Class China, Egypt and Sumer all had differences in th...

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... practiced religion throughout the world. The religion has developed throughout several thousands years and has been adopted by several countries, including China. It originally began around 565 B.C. with the legend of King Shuddhodana Guatama of Kapila and his queen Maya. They were ... different parts of the world. Since the creation of Buddhism, it has spread through Asia by the Silk Road and into countries such as China, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. By the 1950's and 60's Buddhism had also spread towards the west to America as Asians migrated westward. ... is also practiced in th...

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... faith in civil gov'ts during these unsettled times, Buddhism reach was extended way beyond any known govt. Buddhism, which was a philosophy, came a religion. Took a long time to spread in China. Buddha, which was a real person, tries to figure out what life is all about. Buddha means the enlighten one. Buddhist philosophy was developing just as buddhism was being introduced to ... china. Buddha brooded over the mysteries of human life. He believed that peoples desires and attachments were the source of their suffering. Buddha reached enlightenment under tree. He concluded that life ......

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CHINESE PHILOSOPHY Do you know what kind of philosophies there are in China? Well, there are Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. All three of them have a different point of view from the other, and some of them have ... Zhi. Zhi stands for knowledge about right and wrong. Confucius is one of the most well known persons in China for his noble work. Next up is Doasim. Doasim is not very popular except for in China. The symbol that represents Daoism and what it means is YinYang. YinYang is basically that one cannot live without ... being a Buddha would be a hard life to live here in the U.S, so r...

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... The emperor wanted to know whose magic is more operative. In the story, Taoism won the game. The story sent us some interesting messages, religions in ancient China was just regarded as magic. In another novel of Ming Dynasty Journey to the West, things came to a limit. The main character Wukong,Sun, a monkey ... he himself became one of the Buddhas. Maybe the novel showed that Taoism lost the competition with Buddhism at last. In the long history of China, there was not a single religions be quantified as the religions of the country. Even in the 4th century, when the Buddhism was in i...

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Zen Buddhism Zen Buddhism was founded by an Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma in China in the fifth century before its origination in Japan in the eleventh century AD. Zen means, "be nothing, think nothing" and their goal is to ... lies in India, where Siddhartha Gautama was born and attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. Japanese Zen has its origins in China, where the first Zen masters taught and the first monasteries were found. Zen in China is known as "Ch"an" and in Japan as "Wu". During the Tang dynasty and Sung dynasty (618-906), ... known as the golden age of China, Zen was w...

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Zen Buddhism Zen Buddhism was founded by an Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma in China in the fifth century before its origination in Japan in the eleventh century AD. Zen means, "be nothing, think nothing" and their goal is to ... lies in India, where Siddhartha Gautama was born and attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. Japanese Zen has its origins in China, where the first Zen masters taught and the first monasteries were found. Zen in China is known as "Ch"an" and in Japan as "Wu". During the Tang dynasty and Sung dynasty (618-906), ... known as the golden age of China, Zen was w...

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... more about how to gain order and harmony in ones life. Mainly finding yourself and finding out what you mean to yourself. In China, Buddhist has founded schools. For example they founded "The Chinese Buddhist School of Chan". Buddhism emphasizes rituals and religious practices are relevant ... life in the world. Buddhism has no caste system, but is known as a worldwide religion. Not only is Buddhism a popular religion in China, but as well in the Unites States of America, Canada, Tibet, and also Japan. In the United States of America, Buddhist came to ... North America by way of Chines...

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... meditative mysticism of native Chinese Taoism. Over 300 years of Sung history is divided into the two periods of Northern and Southern Sung. Because of the barbarian occupation of northern China the second half of the Sung rule was confined to the area south of the Huai River. Artistic and intellectual output increased enormously. Sung thinkers turned back to the Confucian ... ideals of compassion and kinship with all sentient beings and by the Buddhist/Taoist concept that the two are mutually interactive, making Sung the most egalitarian of all periods in China's dynastic history. Icon...

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... ceremonies for birth, marriage or death. Failing to provide the people in India with the understanding of life, Buddhism faded within India, but then moved on into central Asia and China. The teachings of Buddha were spread by traders, missionaries, and by Chinese converter's who studied in India and traveled along the silk trade route. When Buddhism was first presented to ... , it just is. Whereas the Buddhist believe in reincarnation and that life involves suffering. That the self has no real existence- they are only illusions. Buddhism reached its peak in China around 700 C.E. From th...

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... the faster will all beings reach liberation from the sufferings of the world. It is known that Mahayana Buddhism has reached Japan coming from India, through China and Korea reaching the Nara capital (Buswell, R.E. ed. 2004 p. xxxix). The two most influential schools of Buddhism in Japan during the early Heian ... 767-822) in 805 on Mt. Hiei and Shingon, founded by Kukai (774-835) in 806 on Mt. Koya, both of who went to China and brought the esoteric Buddhist teachings to Japan (Kitagawa J.M. 2005). During the life of Saicho and Kukai both Tendai and Shingon schools were holy places ... ...

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... monk who lived and traveled in the 10th century, that the candies he carried in the cloth, he use to pass them to children. In China, the laughing Buddha is called Budai and Hotei in Japan. These names come as a reference to the bag the monk carried. The Chinese also ... laughing Buddha when you visit the Asian markets. These markets are owned by Hmong family, which is a group of immigrants from Southeast Asia and China after the war in Vietnam. This group is estimated to have about 2000 immigrants. Many people think that these images encouraged people to donate money ... statues in thei...

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... sung without instruments and is performed by the clergy. Choirs were done by the monks while the congregation could sing alternating verses. The Buddhist Identity: Buddhism spread throughout India and China while setting up many monasteries throughout these two nations. Buddhism came about a lot differently then Christianity, there was no organization, no Church hierarchy, doctrines or standardized forms of worship. Instead ... , elephants and a wheel. Mahayana Buddhist like the use of sculptures to represent the Buddha. These statues would become an important part of there worship. Budd...

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