RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Buddhist Philosophy, Madhyamaka, Silk Road
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Upaya different way of conceptualizing the idea of buddhism. Bodhisattva: reconceptualizing the idea of the buddha, the mahayana has a more extensive and elaborate interpretation of what the. Movement of buddhism into other cultural areas (india, sri lanka, east asia: china. Buddhism first entrers china in first century ce. Arrives with merchants around an ancient trade route that developed over many centuries. Referred to as the silk road or route. This is an ancient trade route that spanned a big chunk of east asia and facilitatd the movement of people goods and ideas. Buddhism initially confined to non ethnic china. Soon starts to find its foothold in chinese society. Especially northern china, controlled on and off by various central asian lineages. Eventually it also starts to enter into southern china. Northern or southern parts of china achieved unification. After the unification of china where it evolves culturally, intellectually, scholastically, etc. Buddhism accepted challenges into being accepted into chinese cultural domain.
