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7 06, 2017

What is Zen? A branch of Chinese Buddhism

By |2018-10-12T08:23:18-07:00June 7th, 2017|China, Religion|Comments Off on What is Zen? A branch of Chinese Buddhism

Zen master Bodhidharma sitting alone Bodhidharma: the first Zen master In Zen Buddhist traditions (but nobody really knows), the first Zen master was a Brahman man called Bodhidharma. According to these [...]

7 06, 2017

Medieval Chinese religion – Buddhism comes to China

By |2019-12-02T09:23:44-08:00June 7th, 2017|China, Religion|Comments Off on Medieval Chinese religion – Buddhism comes to China

The boddhisatva Avalokitesvara, with a thousand arms and a thousand eyes, about 950 AD (Musee Guimet, Paris) Under the Han Dynasty (about 200 BC to 200 AD), scholars working for [...]

7 06, 2017

Chinese Philosophy – Taoism and Confucianism

By |2018-04-18T17:19:17-07:00June 7th, 2017|China, Philosophy|Comments Off on Chinese Philosophy – Taoism and Confucianism

"Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are one" (Song Dynasty, ca. 1100 AD) The first major philosopher who lived in China was Lao Tzu (if he really existed). He lived about 600 [...]

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