However, Tibetan Buddhism believes that tantric practice makes vegetarianism unnecessary.

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

However, similar explanations can be claimed for the spread of Islam and Buddhism — yet none of them are historical explanations.

However, the followers of Buddhism usually avoid the term God, for it savors so much of Christianity, whose spirit is not always exactly in accord with the Buddhist interpretation of religious experience.

However, according to Idries Shah, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature, its roots predating the rise of Islam and the other modern-day religions, save for perhaps Buddhism and Jainism ; likewise, some Muslims consider Sufism outside the sphere of Islam.

However, the kami played a special role in protecting Buddhism and allowing its teachings of compassion to flourish.

However, the attempt did set the stage for the arrival of state Shinto, following the Meiji Restoration ( c. 1868 ), when Shinto and Buddhism were separated ( shinbutsu bunri ).

However, Buddhism doesn't focus on materialism.

However, the differences between the Sanskrit and Chinese terminology lead to some initial misunderstandings and the eventual development of East Asian Buddhism as a distinct entity.

However, each branch of Mahayana Buddhism selects which sutra to follow, and some branches, including the majority of Tibetan and Japanese Buddhists, do eat meat, while many Chinese Buddhist branches do not.

However, Buddhism would later be persecuted by the state and decline in influence.

However another reason for why this may be is that, in Manichaeism, the religions of Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Buddhism were in fact deviations of the true religion that Mani taught and in a way they were the same religion, hence making it easier to identify the cosmological figures of Mani with the cosmological figures of Zoroastrianism.

However, there is no formal God in Buddhism, although Buddhism does not specifically oppose monotheism.

However, tension soon arose as the Tendai community began taking steps to suppress both Zen and Jōdo Shinshū, the new forms of Buddhism in Japan.

However, several vassals of the Kara-Khitan practiced Nestorian Christianity, which may have contributed to the legend, as well as the possibility that the Europeans, who were unfamiliar with the concept of Buddhism, assumed that the leader must have been Christian.

However, followers of Nichiren Buddhism consider Myōhō Renge Kyō to be the name of the ultimate law permeating the universe, and the human being is at one, fundamentally with this Law and can manifest realization, or Buddha Wisdom ( attain Buddhahood ), through Buddhist Practice.

However, in Buddhism, Jainism, and some forms of Hinduism, the Sacred lies outside the flux of the material world ( called maya, or " illusion "), and one can only reach it by escaping from the cycles of time.

However, other scholars do not accept the tradition that separates Bon from Buddhism ; Christopher Beckwith calls Bon " one of the two types of Tibetan Buddhism " and writes that " despite continuing popular belief in the existence of a non-Buddhist religion known as Bon during the Tibetan Empire period, there is not a shred of evidence to support the idea ...

However, Tibetans still differentiate between Bon and Buddhism, referring to members of the Nyingma, Shakya, Kagyu and Gelug schools as nangpa, meaning " insiders ," but to practitioners of Bon as " Bonpo ," or even chipa (" outsiders ").

" However, Butterfield also notes that " This personal secrecy is common with gurus, especially in Vajrayana Buddhism ," and acknowledges that Trungpa's organization is anything but a cult: " a mere cult leaves you disgusted and disillusioned, wondering how you could have been a fool.

However, it has not been widely confirmed that these missionaries arrived in China or that they were responsible for establishing the teachings of Buddhism there.

However, Buddhism was often associated with Daoism in its ascetic meditative tradition, and for this reason a concept-matching system was used by some early Indian translators, to adapt native Buddhist ideas onto Daoist ideas and terminology.

However, in her memoirs, Plowright denies that there had been an affair between the two men.

However, the absence of a residential campus denies the students many of the additional facilities which are usually available to students in other universities.

However, Judith Merril denies she ever used that term.

However, to this day each church claims to be the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church and each denies the other's right to that name.

However, much to Valentine's surprise, the lawman denies recognizing him and lets him go.

However, it then denies others the opportunity to improve product design so as to prevent further accidents.

However, Smith denies any credit for this trend and claims it is a coincidence that the styles are similar, stating that he wore make-up since he was young and further saying: " It's so pitiful when ' Goth ' is still tagged onto the name The Cure.

However, Illiescu denies this, saying that the nature of the Ceaușescu regime made it all but impossible to make the serious plans necessary to launch a pre-planned coup.

However, no cryptographic module has ever been found to be signed by _NSAKEY and Microsoft denies that any other certification authority exists.

However, Vartan denies ever being punked, and claims that the story was completely false.

However, Locke denies religious tolerance for Catholics, for political reasons, and also for atheists because ' Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist '.

However, the HSE denies this, saying that much of the criticism is misplaced because it relates to matters outside the HSE's remit.

However, the government denies all accusations of religious persecution and continues to support its statement issued in May 2003 that " no groups or persons are persecuted in Eritrea for their beliefs or religion.

However, while only Gray and Smith knew exactly what was said at that lunch, Gray's son, Edward, denies that his father could have implicated either the Attorney General or the President, stating:

However, the areas that cause problems will be either the lack of self definition leading to chaotic or psychotic behaviour, or the rigid self definition in some area of functioning that denies spontaneity and makes dealing with particular situations impossible.

However, when questioned by Odo, Kot denies any ill intentions toward Quark.

However, the AALS has excused its members from blocking access to the military since the passage of the Solomon Amendments, which denies federal funding to the parent university of a law school as well as the school itself if military recruiters are not given full campus access.

However, Madrazo's public declaration of assets, liabilities and expenses of January 19, 2006 denies the allegations.

However, Freeman in his footnote to the Annals of Connacht denies that this ' plague ' was the sweating sickness, in spite of the similarity of the names.

However, David Mikkelson of Snopes. com denies the claim that the Williamsons invented the recipe, as Mr. George Williamson was head of the Williamson Candy Company, producers of the Oh Henry!

However, an empirical Cessationist denies the possibility of charismatic gifts on empirical grounds because he does not immediately discard an apparent miracle, healing or prophecy as counterfeit.

However, Grace is still under the influence of Emil's hypnosis and denies seeing a murder or a corpse.

However, a murder charge brought against him was dropped after it was claimed Mrs Campbell knew Jackson – a claim she denies.

However, it is revealed on several occasions that she is the only one he actually loves which he vehemently denies at any opportunity.