Because of the brevity of his reign, Emperor Yōmei was not responsible for any radical changes in policy, but his support of Buddhism created tension with supporters of Shintoism who opposed its introduction.

In Buddhism, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have created a variety of skillful means ( upaya ) to help bring practitioners ever closer to realizing enlightenment.

Firstly, he fought for the people to embrace modern geography, among other sciences considered “ Western .” Secondly he sought reform in Buddhism and, as a result, a new sect was created in Siamese Theravada Buddhism.

Satisfied neither with the lay-Buddhist approach of the Buddhist Society, nor the monastic approach of the Hampstead vihara — the two dominant Buddhist organisations in Britain at that time — he created what he said was a new form of Buddhism.

One is that virtually all schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism came to rely on these Yogācāra explanations as they created their own doctrinal systems, including the Zen schools.

This tendency toward renunciation created a potential conflict with mainstream culture in China and Japan when Buddhism was introduced.

Classical zen gardens were created at temples of Zen Buddhism in Kyoto, Japan during the Muromachi Period.

The impression of the persecution of Buddhism was probably created by Menander's invasion, since he was a Buddhist.

The Buddhist Churches of America, the North American branch of Japanese Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, has created a service for Buddhist burials at sea, primarily for military service members.

Because the trisula was created in South Asia, another theory is that the sai originated in India and spread along with Hinduism and Buddhism.

Buddhist music is music created for or inspired by Buddhism and part of Buddhist art.

He complained that Trungpa had successfully captured some of the best minds of his generation, yet he believed their fascination with Trungpa's presentation of Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan theocracy created a dangerous exclusivity and elitism in literature.

Near the end of the Heian period a new garden architecture style appeared, created by the followers of Pure Land Buddhism.

The Paradise Garden appeared in the late Heian Period, created by nobles belonging to the Amida Buddhism sect.

Thoughtform are evident in Vajrayana Buddhism, Bönpo traditions, indigenous cultural traditions throughout the world such as Cherokee of North America and Indigenous Australians ( who understand the waking, created world to be a thoughtform subset of The Dreaming ), shamanic traditions, echoes are evident in ghosts or supernatural agency, folk religion, esoteric philosophies such as Theosophy and what is construed as the New Age.

Japanese esoteric Buddhism was transmitted from East Central Asia after the eighth century, and thus these Japanese Buddhist sandpaintings may share earlier historical roots with the more intricate brightly coloured Buddhist sand mandalas created by Tibetan Buddhist monks.

Theravada Buddhism stressed individual salvation, and had little room for the interdependent society that Confucianism had created in China, which stressed the good of the community more than the good of the individual.

Orthodox Theravada Buddhism frowns upon music as being decadent, but the Burmese monarchy as well as infusion of different regional music styles, created several classical traditions of Burmese music.

The Society was created in 1924 in London as an offshoot of a Theosophical Lodge by Christmas Humphreys, a British judge and convert to Buddhism.

and, also known as the Enchin and Ennin factions respectively, were rival branches of Tendai Buddhism created in the 9th century and based on Mount Hiei just outside Kyoto.

It can be said that Mr. Makiguchi created and developed a grassroots movement as the foundation of a lasting peace, an objective he perceived at the very heart of Nichiren Buddhism.

Zhu Xi, a 12th century Neo-confucian who was opposed to Buddhism, believed that it was created during the Tang Dynasty in China, and did not come from India.

Phothirak then created his own sect of Buddhism and ordained about 80 bhikkhunis in 1998, leading to his imprisonment for 66 months on several successive counts of " causing schism amongst the religion ".

The Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism ; they are said to provide a unifying theme, or conceptual framework, for all of Buddhist thought.

As the country developed in its many fertile valleys, Buddhism matured and became a unifying element.

The fifth Dalai Lama is known for unifying the Tibetan heartland under the control of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, after defeating the rival Kagyu and Jonang sects and the secular ruler, the Tsangpa prince, in a prolonged civil war.

Soga no Iname claimed that Buddhism brought with it a new form of government that would subvert the independence of the clans, unifying the Japanese people under the emperor.

Apart from the unifying influence of Confucianism, Buddhism, Chinese characters, and other Chinese Cultural Influences, there is nevertheless much diversity between the countries of the region such as different religions, national costumes, languages, writing systems, cuisines, traditional music and so on.

Faced with rugged, isolating geography and the absence of a strong central government, Theravada Buddhism became one of the primary unifying features of Lao culture.

... While often employing concepts shared with Hinduism and Buddhism, the result of a common cultural and linguistic background, the Jain tradition must be regarded as an independent phenomenon.

In Eastern Asia, the first millennium was also a time of great cultural advances, notably the spread of Buddhism to East Asia.

In 1980, they lived in Japan for a year and a half on a Japan / U. S. cultural exchange fellowship where they studied Buddhism with Zen Master Daien Tanaka.

Baekje played a fundamental role in transmitting cultural developments, such as Chinese characters, Buddhism, iron-making, advanced pottery, and ceremonial burial into ancient Japan.

Initially, when Bhutan was opened up for Tourism in 1974, the Government-owned Tourism Corporation was set up in Thimphu to encourage and organise individual and group tours to destinations of cultural importance in Bhutan, concentrating on Buddhism, weaving, birds, nature and trekking, and any special package.

Buddhism became an important factor in the cultural development of Buryatia.

Described as " part of an era of political turbulence and intense social and cultural change ", the Northern Wei Dynasty is particularly noted for unifiying northern China in 439: this was also a period of introduced foreign ideas ; such as Buddhism, which became firmly established.

This is attributable to a number of factors, including Mahayana-specific teachings regarding vegetarianism, East Asian cultural tendencies that predate the introduction of Buddhism ( some of which may have their roots in Confucianism ) and the different manner in which monks support themselves in East Asia.

Another major cultural development of the era was the permanent establishment of Buddhism.

Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism, and Confucianism.

Hsi Lai was built to serve as a spiritual and cultural center for those interested in learning Buddhism and Chinese culture.

Various schools of Buddhism flourished, a successfully imported and modified cultural influence from India, as represented by the Chan or Zen beliefs of Wang Wei ( 701-761 ).

His rebel force later joined the Red Turbans, a millenarian sect related to the White Lotus Society, and one that followed cultural and religious traditions of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and other religions.

Since the movement's international expansion beginning in the 1960s and extension of social and cultural activities beginning in the 1970s, Ikeda expanded his predecessor's ideas of " human revolution " and " engaging with the world, rather than liberation from it ", emphasizing, in the words of one observer, a " humanistic activism " as both the religious and social aims of Nichiren Buddhism.

Greco-Buddhism was the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed in the Indo-Greek Kingdoms.

It was Olcott who most eloquently articulated and most obviously embodied the diverse religious and cultural traditions that shaped Protestant Buddhism, who gave the revival movement both its organizational shape and its emphasis on education-as-character-building.

From then, Chiang Mai not only became the capital and cultural core of the Lanna Kingdom, it was also the centre of Buddhism in northern Thailand and King Meng Rai built innumerable temples.

Some even declared that Buddhism was harmful to the authority of the state, that Buddhist monasteries contributed nothing to the economic prosperity of China, that Buddhism was barbaric and undeserving of Chinese cultural traditions.

During the period, Chinese contacts were increased and Zen Buddhism gained influence, which had broad cultural consequences.

Through both Han Chinese and Tibetan cultural influences, Tibetan Buddhism has gained widespread respect ( especially in the case of the Mosuo ).

The Soga clan, a Japanese court family that rose to prominence with the ascension of the Emperor Kimmei about 531, favored the adoption of Buddhism and of governmental and cultural models based on Chinese Confucianism.

Eventually, numerous different Vinayas arose in Buddhism, based upon geographical or cultural differences and the different Buddhist schools that developed.

The invading tribes were influenced by Buddhism which continued to flourish under the patronage of both the invaders and the Satavahanas and Guptas and provides a cultural bridge between the two cultures.