Mahayana Buddhism was no exception to these prevailing magical concepts.

Buddhism arrived in China around the 1st century AD, but it was not until the Northern and Southern, Sui and Tang Dynasties that it gained considerable influence and acknowledgement.

Mahayana Buddhism was far more successful in China than its rival Hinayana, and both Indian schools and local Chinese sects arose from the 5th century.

He was later dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism across Asia and established monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.

In early Indian Buddhism, for example, the term bodhisattva was primarily used to refer specifically to the Buddha Shakyamuni in his former lives.

Early Buddhism avoided speculative thought on metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics, and epistemology, but was based instead on empirical evidence gained by the sense organs ( ayatana ).

According to these scholars, there was something they variously call " earliest Buddhism ", " original Buddhism " or " pre-canonical Buddhism ".

According to some scholars, the philosophical outlook of earliest Buddhism was primarily negative, in the sense that it focused on what doctrines to reject more than on what doctrines to accept.

Remnants of the old society were abolished and religion, particularly Buddhism and Catholicism, was suppressed.

Buddhism arrived in China around the 1st century AD, but it was not until the Northern and Southern, Sui and Tang Dynasties that it gained considerable influence and acknowledgement.

Mahayana Buddhism was far more successful in China than its rival Hinayana, and both Indian schools and local Chinese sects arose from the 5th century.

The power of the Buddhist clergy was so great and the wealth of the monasteries so impressive, that it instigated criticism from Confucian scholars, who considered Buddhism as a foreign religion.

The event was the beginning of the teacher reincarnation system for the Black-Hat Line of Tibetan Buddhism.

The text is fundamental to both philosophical and religious Taoism ( Daojia,, Pinyin: Dàojiā ; Daojiao,, Pinyin: Dàojiào ) and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism, Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism, which when first introduced into China was largely interpreted through the use of Daoist words and concepts.

In the 1st century, the land became part of the Kushan Empire whose official religion was Buddhism.

Although the imperial court was not moved to the Asuka region of Japan until 592, Emperor Kimmei's rule is considered by some to be the beginning of the Asuka period of Yamato Japan, particularly by those who associate the Asuka period primarily with the introduction of Buddhism to Japan from Korea.

( However, according to the Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Teisetsu, Buddhism was introduced in 538.

The opposition to Buddhism was entirely destroyed.

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.

According to the Nihonshoki, he was of gentle personality and was in favor of Buddhism.

The Initial Declaration was signed by 143 respected leaders from all of the world's major faiths, including Baha ' i Faith, Brahmanism, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Indigenous, Interfaith, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Native American, Neo-Pagan, Sikhism, Taoism, Theosophist, Unitarian Universalist and Zoroastrian.

Of other religions Islam was at 0. 8 per cent, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism and Hinduism were all at around 0. 1 per cent.

After this form of Indian Buddhism had been introduced into China, it underwent extensive changes.

Along with Buddhism, Guanyin's veneration was introduced into China as early as the 1st century CE, and reached Japan through Korea soon after Buddhism was first introduced into the country in the mid-7th century.

It is likely that Hishio, and other fermented soy-based foods, were introduced to Japan at the same time as Buddhism in the 6th century AD.

Buddhism was introduced in the 3rd century BC by Arhath Mahinda ( son of the Indian emperor Ashoka the Great ).

Buddhism is then said to have been introduced to the Sinhalese from India by Mahinda, son of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great, during the 3rd century BC.

As part of this process, many Chinese words introduced their rich semantic and philosophical associations into Buddhism, including the use of ' Dao ' for central concepts and tenets of Buddhism.

Often the teacher the student sees as root guru is simply the one who first introduced him to Buddhism, but a student may also change his personal view of which particular teacher is his root guru any number of times.

According to A. W. Barber of the University of Calgary, Chan Buddhism was introduced to the Nyingmapa in three principal streams: the teachings of Korean Master Kim, Kim Ho-shang, ( Chin ho shang ) 金和尚 transmitted by Sang Shi in ca.

* 552: Buddhism introduced to Japan from Baekje during the Asuka period.

* Theravada Buddhism is officially introduced to Sri Lanka by the Venerable Mahinda.

* Buddhism is introduced formally into Japan ( by some accounts ; see also 552 ).

Buddhism, which was introduced during the Han Dynasty, also became popular in this period.

Buddhism, also one of the major religions in East Asia, was introduced into China during the Han dynasty from India in the 1st century BC.

Buddhism was originally introduced to Korea from China in 372, and eventually arrived in Japan around the turn of the 6th century.

Buddhism was first introduced to Bhutan in the 7th century AD.

During the Goryeo period, laws were codified, a civil service system was introduced, and culture influenced by Buddhism flourished.

These new Tantric cults of Buddhism introduced Mantra, Mudra and Mandala along with six tantric Abhicharas ( practices ) such as Marana ( Death ), Stambhana, Sammohana, Vidvesan, Uchchatana and Vajikarana.

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.

Buddhism was introduced by Baekje in the sixth century, but had a mixed reception until the Nara period, when it was heartily embraced by Emperor Shōmu.