MOST accurate explaination:
1. Indian warlords conquered nearby territories and forced the chinese to convert to buddhism
2. Buddhism was spread by a combination of Korean scholars and chinese missionaries
3. Japanese sea trade spread buddhism southeastward along asian coast
4. Buddhism was spread by trders from india and through chinese expansion
2007-05-15 16:31:34 · 16 answers · asked by creek418 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Most likely, it spread by a little bit of everything, though from what I understand of Buddhist history, most Indian warlords didn't embrace it, meaning 1 is minimized.
2007-05-15 16:37:18 · answer #1 · answered by Innokent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-05-15 16:35:40 · answer #2 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-05-15 16:34:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Should be 4. Buddhism was spread by Chinese to the Korean and Japanese and not the other way around.
For philipramis, not everyone spread religions like what the christians do, through war, conquest and colonisation.
2007-05-15 16:37:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don't know the EXACT way in which it spread but this much i know---never was a SINGLE drop of blood shed in the name of converting people to buddhism because buddhism is not about converting.
anybody can practice buddhism alongside their religion.
definitely NOT (1).....if you read up on indian history,especially King Asoke,you will see that he was a war maniac before he became a buddhist-he was called
Chanda-asoka:which means "cruel Asoka"
after he became a Buddhist ,he stopped warring and after that was so kind and benevolent that people named him Dharma-asoka:dharmic Asoka
2007-05-15 16:35:32 · answer #5 · answered by nicky 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Monks from India go N to Tibet then down to China and SE Asia!
2007-05-17 04:21:33 · answer #6 · answered by holyfire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism was spread by intelligent humans quietly talking about common sense approaches to life's suffering and how to end it.
2007-05-15 16:42:09 · answer #7 · answered by nikola333 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've always heard that Country Crock (TM) is the prefered spread of Buddhists, but I don't know that for certain. I do know that Shintoists like Parkay (TM) best. Hope this helps!
2007-05-15 16:41:11 · answer #8 · answered by rambertram 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Historically, it was India to Tibet and India to Southeast Asia, then China, then Japan and Korea.
2007-05-15 16:55:22 · answer #9 · answered by whrldpz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism is a reflection of the truth. People understood it, admired it, and so spread it.
2007-05-15 16:39:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋