Furthermore, many specific Buddhist ideas were transformed when exchanged from an Indian to a Chinese context, often through the work of translators concept-matching Buddhist and Daoist terms. One of the key changes was the Chinese reinterpretation of the concept of shen - originally an agent of ...
Just for fun, as an off-shoot of the recent discussion on how many arahants are there in the world. This one is just for sotapannas and higher; what do you think is the total number of sotapannas, sakadagamis, anagamis, and arahants in the world? This refers to just the human ...
In Li's hometown of Huian, learning to be a stone carver was traditionally a man's privilege because the art was used decorating ancestral halls and Buddhist temples, projects that denied women's participation. In addition, because machines were not common, artisans had to cut the stones using...
Before we began I went over to the Buddhist shrine and Noi taught me how to give my blessings to Buddha. I closed my eyes, made my wishes and placed some incense into an urn. I then bowed three times, touching my head to the floor, before moving back to the centre of the room. F...
chapter 1 examines some fairly well-known features of Chinese Buddhist translations, arguing that they produced various changes in ideas. Chapter 2 examines problems of attribution endemic to Chinese translations. The chapter first summarizes secondary scholarship, and then offers a detailed case study ...
The ghost operas that inspired him in some of his works often "have three acts: You welcome the ghost, you entertain the ghost, and you leave with the ghost." In Buddhist terms, it is about "the last life, our present life and the next life." Ghost operas are a mix of Taoism, Bu...
(3)___ By watching this show, children can learn more about the history of the Tang Dynasty and the development of Buddhist culture in China. Foreign shows can open a window for children to gain a better understanding of the outside world. So, children ought to be encouraged to watch ...
In this temple in Sanguandaoyuan China, the shrine holds Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara, Buddhist compassionate Bodhisattva on left) alongside Lao-Tzu and Daoist deities. Buddhism and Daoism easily co-exist and even merge in day-to-day life for many in Asia. The beliefs and ph...
Actually, there are many such kinds of „flame mountains” around Xinjiang, but those are particularly famous because they are related to the popular Chinese story about the Monkey King. Then, only 15 mins by car from there are Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves- an ancient Buddhist complex, ...
Srivijaya was a Buddhist maritime state which existed in Sumatra from at least 671 CE to the thirteenth century. Its strong cultural relations with India have left a significant number of Sanskrit loans in Malay and in other Austronesian languages in the region of Sumatra–Java–Borneo. Some of...