... their respective followers reached nirvana. In early Mahayana Buddhism as soon as someone reached nirvana and became a Buddha, his goal was to help others reach enlightenment as well. The bodhisattva's main concern was to spread and teach others how to reach nirvana. Mahayana Buddhism was a "doctrinal diverse" (Williams, 2) religion in which each bodhisattva taught in a different way ... answer, his job as a Zen master and practitioner of Chan would not coincide with the "experience beyond words" because it is not his place to give an identity to the naturalistic world, especially enli...

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... series of artificial waterways that reached a vast majority throughout China. It extended almost 2,000 kilometers and was forty paces wide, with roads running parallel to the waterway on either side. The grand canal integrated the economies of northern and southern china, thereby establishing an economic foundation for political and cultural unity. (pg 377). Tang Rulers maintained an extensive communications based on ... faith, one known as Ch'an Buddhism.Chan buddhism had little interest in written texts but, emphasized intuition and sudden flashes of insight in their search for spirit...

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... it gave people who were unhappy with the family or role they were born into to leave it all behind and devote their lives entirely to becoming a monk. Women turned to Buddhism as readily as men did for the reason that it was the first belief that treated them as equals and encouraged them to pursue religious enlightenment. This same Buddhist idea of treating ... everyone as equals was the driving force the non-Chinese rulers used to break through the ethnic barrier. When I previously stated that the success of Buddhism was contributed to its perfect timing ... among cultures this is wh...

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