Defining Southeast As
A region is an area, especially part of a country or the world, having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries. Scholars have debated the identity of Southeast Asia, and whether it even constitutes a coherent region.
Compared to other regions like South Asia, the Middle East, or Europe, whose diverse people share many common traditions, Southeast Asia may not necessarily be considered as a region, due to its easy divide in language, culture, belief systems and history. The encounters of Southeast asians with people living in other regions greatly influenced the states, religions, arts and economies that developed in Southeast Asia. In addition, the many different colonial masters of the different
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Of the six thousand languages spoken in the world today, an estimated thousand are found in SEA. This enormous linguistic diversity further questions the position of SEA as a region, due to its lack in commonalities between the different countries. Many of these languages spoken may have no system of writing and some have never been recorded. They may claim only a few hundred speakers, and are doomed to extinction as small, isolated communities are gradually absorbed into modern nation states, and the young turn their backs on traditional culture. The Tibeto-Burman family of languages consists of Burmese, and also includes many of the languages spoken by ethnic minorities in Thailand, Laos, Burma and Southern China. The Austronesian family of languages consists of Indonesian, Malay and Tagalog. These are spoken throughout the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines and many of the Pacific islands. The Tai group of languages has Thai as their most important representative, and includes Lao and Shan, a language spoken in eastern Burma. The Austro-Asiatic or Mon-Khmer family of languages consist of Vietnamese and Khmer, and many other minority languages spoken in isolated pockets across the whole of mainland SEA. One reason for this enormous linguistic diversity among SEA countries, is because the national language of a country is determined …show more content…
However, majority of the Buddhists today in the maritime nations of SEA followed Mahayana Buddhism, that spread to countries like Singapore where it is the predominant religion of most Chinese communities. In Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines and Indonesia, it remains a strong minority. Mahayana Buddhism began around the 2nd c. BC, evolved from other sub-traditions and in the 1st c. CE spread eastward across the central Asian trade routes to China, then spreading to Vietnam. The Chinese Immigrants of the 19th century also brought Mahayana Buddhism to Singapore and other urban areas. Compared to Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism is more mystical, where they believe strongly in “Bodhisattvas”, or Buddhas-to-be. Essentially, Buddhism thinking was targeted at individual deliverance from the sorrows of everyday life through a strictly planned existence, which involved reflection, meditation and abstinence.
Buddha had established the “Sangha”, the order of Buddhist monks. Virtually, all male Buddhists enter the “sangha” to become monks for at least a short time during their lives, and this provides merit for their parents. The “sangha” continues to help spread and protect the Buddhist faith.
At the end of the thirteenth century, Islam was established in Sumatra and it soon spread to Java and the Malay Peninsula. As a result, Buddhism declined in popularity and by the end of the fifteenth
DBQ Different people in China had different views on the spread of Buddhism. Buddhism was a religion, created in India (6th century B.C.E) and spread to China (1st Century). After Buddhism, China started to experience political problems. Many people believed this was caused by Buddhism. Some people sided with the belief and praised Buddha saying he has much to offer, while others repelled it for the effect of the ideas on China.
For many centuries, a religion and philosophy founded in India (c.525 B.C.) by Siddhartha Gautama flourished along the Silk Road as it impacted the way of living. The transformation of the religion, Buddhism, varied in different ideas and was heavily influenced by its teachings throughout Asia. After the collapse of the Han Dynasty, principles of the Buddha offered great comfort to China and changed the views of the world (Docs 1 & 5). In other areas such as Indonesia and Pakistan, architecture was also transformed into a form of Buddhism as other cultures were mixed into structures and items (Docs 2, 4 & 7). Moreover, the teachings of the Buddha also changes to a sense of practice towards education and empowerment throughout the Asian continent
It’s also believed Ashoka was the first major ruler to encourage his followers to practice Buddhism. He sent messengers to different countries so they could teach people about Buddhist beliefs (Doc E). Because
The Vitenam was one of the biggest blunders in American history. The war split America in two, and tensions in the country were high. It seemed as though everyone in America was mad at their government for some reason. The Vietnam war affected the United States of America socially, economically, and politically. Socially, the Vietnam war caused a split between the rich and the poor.
Jaleen Carroll A1 11/17/17 Free Response Essay There are many major religions in the world, one of them being Buddhism. Buddhism is a religion founded in India around the fifth century C.E. Throughout time, it made its way to China. While in China, Buddhism was viewed by the people in many ways, both positive and negative.
Buddhism has extensively shaped Australian society, where diverse cultures can practice Buddhist teachings
The Buddha, who is the origin of Buddhism, had to face
Furthermore, Anzaldua listed the eight different languages that are spoken in her community to let the readers imagine what it sounds like to live there. She also lists all eight of the languages because they are all used there and there are some people in the community that speak more than just one of the languages. Living in a community that has many different languages being spoken can be difficult when trying to speak to someone since you have no idea what language they
Buddhism offered a comforting and stable option for all including aristocrats and upper-class citizens in times of
The introduction of Buddhism to China started off well, most openly accepted the foreign religion and it continued to thrive for centuries. Until the lack of an empire and laws plagued individuals minds. Other religions with a strong imperial structure, such as Confucianism, rose to support the growing number of negative minds. Buddhism was spread by Buddhist missionaries from India into China during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). It was, at first, confined to only the higher status individuals, like aristocrats and Chinese royalty.
Buddhism is a religion born in India 563 B.C. with Siddhartha as there founder. the basic beliefs are the 4 noble truths (Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, and Marga). Like document 6 says noble truth one (Dukkha) "birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering etc." In noble truth four (Marga) says "right intention, right action, right effort ect." Which means if you are suffering in some type of way you stop it by doing something right.
Although Hinduism and Buddhism were both found in India, they both tore apart yet made India better in many different ways. They both have a very similar philosophy but also differ in many ways. Siddhartha (the founder of Buddhism) was a prince who grew up practicing Hinduism. Siddhartha wanted to end suffering. He found how to reach enlightenment and started to teach it.
The challenges Buddhism faced as it arrived in China were mainly linguistic challenges, different philosophical context, diverse conceptions of the ideal perfect being, and the core differences in social values. In order to overcome these challenges, there were translations made, and efforts put into searching for links between Buddhist and Chinese beliefs at that time. Moreover, there were cultural differences between the North and the South, which lead to a different process of Buddhism’s arrival within China. The first challenge Buddhism faced was the language barrier. Buddhism was based on Sanskrit, so it was necessary to translate the teachings and dialogues from Sanskrit to Chinese.
Christians look to God, Buddhist look to Buddha for direction and purpose. Buddhist also believe in evolution, which goes against the beliefs of Christians, who believe God is the creator of all. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1, KJV).
It also became an agent of mental and practical liberation to the oppressed peoples and of economic development to the disadvantaged peoples. “Engaged Buddhism” is defined by the intention of Buddhists of whatever sect to apply the values and teachings of Buddhism, especially compassion and love, to the problems of society in a nonviolent way, and are motivated by concern for others’ welfare, and is served as a channel to express their own Buddhist practices. So, “Engaged Buddhism” is neither a new Buddhist sect nor does it belong to one of the established sects. This engagement is not detached from Buddhist spirituality, but it is a modern phenomenon to express their Buddhism spirits and values to the problems of society (King, The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism, 2005). On the other hand, the reason of emergence of “Engaged Buddhism” was similar to the third problem Taixu discovered as I mentioned above.