When you think of western religions people tend to get an idea of wars, and fighting between all of the different religions. In the west it seems, every religion seems to be self contained and totally separated from every other religion.In order to be religious one usually has to choose which religion to follow and then sometimes choose which sect of that religion to follow. For instance if you choose to be a christian and go to church you have to decide which sect of christianity to follow based of which specific beliefs you align most with and then find a church that matches these values. And once you are part of that you are to some degree expected to follow most of your sects specific views on the broader religion which it is a part of. …show more content…
Before Buddhism was even introduced to Japan, Shinto had risen out of many ancient Japanese beliefs and traditions that all ended up being sort of compiled into the Shinto religion. Because Shinto was so deeply rooted in Japanese tradition and culture, it was in a way inseparable from these things, making it highly important to the Japanese people. Shinto may not have any any prominent religious figures/founders, or any kind of specific teachings or religious books, but it was so entwined with many of the ceremonies and traditions that were so important to the Japanese people that Shinto was not a religion that could just be replaced. Which is exactly why when Buddhism came along that it was unable to completely overtake Shinto. By the time Buddhism made its way to Japan in the 6th century it had already had quite the history and developments from other countries such as China and India. Buddhism had already become a big organized religion with many different manuscripts and sects before even making it to Japan. Despite the fact that Buddhism was much more organized than Shinto, Shinto with all of its deep entanglement with ancient japanese life, was still able to remain an important religion in Japan. In fact the new threat of Buddhism actually helped Shinto to become more organized and gain a better footing as a real religion, and not just a loosely defined collection of traditions and practices. Shinto and Buddhism had a little conflict during their initial contact with each other, but it never ended up getting as dramatic and as bloody as many western religions did as they fought for power over one another throughout history. Thankfully Shinto and Buddhism found ways to be relatively peaceful with one another as each religion grew and developed throughout Japanese history, instead of fighting each other every step of the
Religions with common geographic origins have been known to share codes of behavior, views of nature, and reasons for existence. Three great geographic center of religious origins included Southwestern Asia, where Islam, Judaism, and Christianity originated. Also, East Asia, where Confucianism and Taoism originated, and South Asia, which included Hinduism and Buddhism. Religions associated with South West Asia center on a single supreme authority and seem to be less flexible when it comes to interpretation of religion. Religions associated with South Asia and East Asia appear to be more philosophical and focus on relationships with nature and are more flexible when it comes to interpretation.
Both religion have hatred for other religions and other people, and we can see this in the 1637 Japanese rebellion and the 1381 peasant revolt. With all factors accounted for, Christianity and Shinto are two completely different
Territory during this time was also expanded throughout the dynasties and China’s influence promoted Buddhism into other parts of Asia including Japan. All of these changes in different parts of Asia made a huge impact on Asia as a whole. The continuities in Asia’s political systems from 600 B.C. to 1450 A.D. were also significant.
Yes, because whenever people travel to different countries for the purpose of trade they bring their religion with them. So if someone who worships Buddhism went to Japan they would be spreading their religion to other parts of the world. 2. Summarize the trade relations described in this excerpt.
The French and Spanish both expanded to the Americas during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Both had different desires in doing so, but had similar viewpoints on the Natives that have settled American lands. The French sought out to find tradeable goods and new riches in the Americas while the Spanish expanded due to religion, competition and slavery. In Document 5, an Algonquian village with the name “Secotan” is pictured showing readers what a Native village in the Americas may have looked like in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Cottages made with lumber and sticks were used as shelter and storage facilities for food and weapons.
Asia had a stable continuity in religion. Confucianism and Buddhism dominated China and India, but also spread to Japan. Japan also established their own religion, Shintoism. Most of the changes in the political systems came with invasions.
Meanwhile for buddhism they wanted the COMPLETE opposite of all of what Legalism wants for who may believe in that religion. Buddhism is more of the peaceful and open minded type of religion, they want to keep their people on a more of a open and caring mind then them disagreeing and hating on someone else's beliefs.
Shintoism has a deep impact in the daily life of Japan. Shinto is a complex and compact religion that has devout and very spiritual followers. There are over 3 million followers of Shintoism, all mostly living in Japan (B.A. Robinson 2013, Shinto, an ancient Japanese religion). The art of Shintoism focuses on the natural beauties of the world, for example flowers and mountains are usually involved in most Shinto art. The architecture of Shinto is most recognized through the shrines.
Buddhism was able to stay and gain a good foothold because, the commoners aspired to be like the royal and thus, began to study Buddhism. This also stemmed from trying to please the royals (Keith Pratt). The fact that it derived from China is a critical aspect of understanding Buddhism in the Silla Kingdom. The Buddhist faith, which had originally been shared from India to China, is very dissimilar to the Buddhism that arrived on the Korean peninsula.
Buddhism gained the endorsement of a series of emperor, plus the Buddhist mentality and response to negativity allowed Buddhism to spread in Chinese society. A great examples of how monks would react was when a monk was asked why Buddha was not mentioned in the great Confucian classic and so the monk answered All written works need not necessarily be the words of Confucius. To compare the sages to Buddha would be like comparing deer to a unicorn.. (Doc 4) here you can clearly see the tone of relaxation and understanding that the monk uses to respectfully answer the question of the Confucian scholar with utmost respect, at no moment does the monk feels hate because his faith is being questioned and at no moment does he demonstrate hate in his response toward the scholar. The Buddhist peaceful and humble nature on top of teaching that promised happiness and prosperity made it so Buddhist were not disliked by everybody in China.
Buddhism is a religion that has been under pressure for hundreds of years. Specifically in China, the acceptance of the religion was a hard, long battle that formed demise and refute amongst the society. Emperors, Scholars, and even anonymous Chinese writers voiced their opinions for and against Buddhism. Many controversial arguments are held today. Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty (845 C.E.), did not respect Buddhism as a religion.
Buddhist believe in the teachings of Buddha, who was originally Hindu until enlightenment. Buddhist highly believe in the 4 Noble Truths and the 8 Fold Path. There are many religious things that fall off of Buddhism like Confucius and Taoism. In Document 5 it says that’s Buddhist should be respected because they are encouraging and are at different levels of
Samurai held a large influence on and of Zen Buddhism, and were the special warrior serving class.. These brutal heros used this philosophical teaching as a technique for battle. To overcome their fear in war, to pretend that they were already dead, to concentrate and to improve on weapon skill, these peaceful yet, killer warriors, spread and kept this philosophy in Japan. This also helped samurai achieve the warrior class to help people. Some were under the position of the Daimyo and served them.
Buddhism has a lot more followers they have over 300 million and Judaism has like 15 million. Buddhism was found in 500 b.c. and Judaism was found in 1300 b.c. So now that you have read your essay I hope you have learned more from the religions Buddhism and Judaism. These are two very different religions and they are very old.
Christianity and Buddhism are two religion that believed in different beliefs/religions. Christianity is a religion found long long time ago,the christians believes in one god,whom they believe it's jesus father. Christianity beliefs spread around the whole world in amount of years. Buddhism happened after a man name siddhartha Gautama he wanted to go search of truth,he went to some teachers of hinduism but found no answer then decided to meditate for a hour and found the answer to what he was looking for. Siddhartha became a Buddha teacher after all the teaching he been doing,he died and Buddhism spread around the world.