RELS 223 Chapter pg163-177: Buddhism - week 8 readings

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 223
• Professor: Ellen Goldberg

Document Summary

Buddhism found favor primarily because it was perceived to be a (cid:494)foreign(cid:495) religion, just as the ruling huns were largely foreign to china. Eager to take advantage of the monks(cid:495) knowledge of meditation and the so-called powers derived therefrom, these rulers were sympathetic to buddhist needs. Sometime around 310 ce, a kuchean monk named fotudeng appeared in northern china and gained influential position in the later zhao. Dynasty, serving as court advisor for more than two decades and largely protecting the buddhist effort. Fotudeng is also known for his two chief disciples, daoan and huiyuan who encouraged and transacted the translation of a wide variety of. Early buddhist translators are generally referred to as buddho-taoists because they imparted their uniquely buddhist message through a largely taoist vocabularu. Under the northern wei dynasty, the sagngha grew prosperous and highly corrupt, eventually becoming victimized by an extensive. Buddhist persecution in 446 ce that lasted 8 years.