Examples of Chan Buddhism in the following topics:
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- Chinese alchemy, Chinese astrology, Chan Buddhism, several martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, feng shui, and many styles of qigong have been intertwined with Taoism throughout history.
- Nonetheless, Chan Buddhism gained popularity amongst the educated elite.
- There were also many famous Chan monks from the Tang era, such as Mazu Daoyi, Baizhang, and Huangbo Xiyun.
- The sect of Pure Land Buddhism initiated by the Chinese monk Huiyuan (334–416) was also just as popular as Chan Buddhism during the Tang.
- Before the persecution of Buddhism in the 9th century, Buddhism and Taoism were accepted side by side, and Emperor Xuanzong (r. 712–56) invited monks and clerics of both religions to his court.
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- The Chimú were a culture that lasted from approximately 900 CE until 1470 CE along the northern coast of modern-day Peru, centered in the city of Chan Chan.
- Many of these satellite areas produced commodities that the Chimú population, based in the capital of Chan Chan, could not.
- The capital of Chan Chan likely developed a complex bureaucracy due to the elite's controlled access to information.
- The majority of the citizens in each ciudadela (walled cities in the capital of Chan Chan) were artisans.
- In the late Chimú, about 12,000 artisans lived and worked in Chan Chan alone.
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- Mauryan emperor Ashoka embraced Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga War, which he himself had waged out of a desire for conquest.
- Basham, Ashoka's personal religion became Buddhism, if not before, then certainly after the Kalinga war.
- However, according to Basham, the Dharma officially propagated by Ashoka was not Buddhism at all.
- One of the more enduring legacies of Ashoka Maurya was the model that he provided for the relationship between Buddhism and the state.
- He sent his only daughter Sanghamitra and son Mahindra to spread Buddhism in Sri Lanka (then known as Tamraparni).
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- Buddhism
is based on an ancient Indian religious philosophy called Sramana, which began
as an offshoot of the Vedic religion.
- Sramaṇa traditions, another way of
saying its religious and moral practices, later gave rise to varying schools of
Hinduism, as well as Yoga, Jainism and Buddhism.
- The literal meaning of
Nirvana in the Sanskrit language is “blowing out” or “quenching” and is the
ultimate spiritual goal of Buddhism.
- In a major break from others rulers of the time, he converted
to Buddhism.
- Today, Buddhism is practiced by an estimated 488 million people.
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- The different cultures and economies began to
break apart, although the kings maintained Buddhism as the state religion.
- The
Sungas favored Hinduism over Buddhism.
- He helped Buddhism flourish and established the new
capital of Sagala.
- He converted to Buddhism and expanded the Indo-Greek Kingdom.
- Buddhism was favored in the Indo-Greek Kingdom.
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- The
Upanishads are a collection of Vedic texts that contain the earliest emergence
of some of the central religious concepts of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
- Sramana,
meaning “seeker,” refers to several Indian religious movements including Buddhism
and Jainism that existed alongside the Vedic religion, the historical
predecessor of modern Hinduism.
- After the Gupta period, central power disintegrated
and religion became regionalized to an extent, with variants arising within Hinduism
and competing with each other, as well as sects of Buddhism and Jainism.
- Over
time, Buddhism declined but some of its practices were integrated into
Hinduism, with large Hindu temples being built in South and Southeast Asia.
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- The Kushan Empire linked the seagoing
trade of the Indian Ocean with the commerce of the Silk Road via the Indus Valley, while
providing security that encouraged travel across the Khunjerab Pass and
facilitated the spread of Mahayana Buddhism to China.
- Kushan emperors represented a wide variety of faiths
including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and possibly Saivism, a sect of Hinduism.
- The Kushans were influenced by the Hellenistic kingdoms and maintained a wide variety of faiths, including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and Hinduism.
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- The major deities of Taoism and Buddhism, ancestral spirits, and the many deities of Chinese folk religion were worshipped with sacrificial offerings.
- This renewed interest in the Confucian ideals and society of ancient times coincided with the decline of Buddhism, which was then largely regarded as foreign, and as offering few solutions for practical problems.
- However, Buddhism in this period continued as a cultural underlay to the more accepted Confucianism and even Taoism, both seen as native and pure by conservative Neo-Confucians.
- The continuing popularity of Buddhism can be seen with strong evidence by achievements in the arts, such as the 100 painting set of the Five Hundred Luohan, completed by Lin Tinggui and Zhou Jichang in 1178.
- These deities included the nationally accepted deities of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the local deities and demons from specific geographic locations.
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- Although the annexation of Kalinga was completed, Ashoka embraced the teachings of Buddhism, and renounced war and violence.
- He sent out missionaries to travel around Asia and spread Buddhism to other countries.
- Ashoka's edicts also mentioned social and cultural attributes of his empire, emphasizing Buddhism, though not condemning other religions.
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- Sramaṇa traditions, another way of
saying its religious and moral practices, later gave rise to varying schools of
Hinduism, as well as Yoga, Buddhism and Jainism.
- Karma is a concept associated with
rebirth, or the idea that death is the beginning of a new existence, which also
appears in other Asian religions including Buddhism.