The influence of Buddhism on China, the influence and significance of Buddhism on China

The influence of Buddhism on Chinese philosophy. Chinese philosophy has been materialist since its emergence.

and the history of the struggle between idealism, atheism and theism. But since the introduction of Buddhism to China, the struggle between these two epistemologies and ideologies has become intricately intertwined. The basic point of Buddhist philosophy is to deny the existence of the real world and to conceive of a "Western Elysium" as opposed to the real world.

All schools of Buddhism use different angles and different evidence to demonstrate the illusory nature of the objective world, and at the same time do everything possible to demonstrate the absoluteness of the subjective spiritual world, so Buddhist philosophy belongs to the ideological system of idealism. It's just that Zen Buddhism's advocacy of "the Buddha works in nature, not outside the body" further denies the "Western Paradise" envisioned by Buddhism, and only recognizes the absolute existence of the subjective spiritual world. In this way, Zen Buddhism transformed the objective idealism of Buddhist philosophy into subjective idealism.

In this process, the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism mutually exclude and influence each other, struggle with each other and absorb each other, and become one in the ideological system of idealism. The Song and Ming Dynasty were very obviously influenced by Buddhism in terms of thinking patterns and practice methods, and almost all of the idealistic ideas since the Song Dynasty have drawn nourishment from Buddhist philosophy. Cheng Yi.

Zhu Xi's Cheng Zhu Lixue borrowed some of the propositions of Huayan Sect, Lu Jiuyuan and Wang Shouren.

The study of Lu Wang's mind absorbed some of the ideas of Zen Buddhism, so to speak, if you do not understand the ontology of Buddhism.

The mode of thinking and the practice of "clear mind" are like watching a fire from the other side of the strait. The ideas of atheism and materialism also continued to grow and develop in the struggle to criticize Buddhist philosophy, and Wang Fuzhi in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

development to a higher level. When we say that the history of Chinese philosophy after the Han and Tang dynasties is fundamentally inseparable from the history of Buddhist thought, it has become one of the important parts of the history of Chinese philosophy.

In fact, Buddhism cannot be said to be the influence of China, but the influence of China on Buddhism, after all, this religion originated in India is not very suitable for China's national conditions, until the Bodhidharma Patriarch came to China to synthesize China's national conditions and established Zen Buddhism, Buddhist culture can be regarded as taking root on the land of China?

As for the influence of Buddhism on China, in fact, it is still a cultural enrichment and a spiritual destination for people! In general, the core of Buddhist culture is to persuade people to be good!

The influence and significance of Buddhism on China are as follows:

1. Buddhism has a great influence on Chinese culture and thought.

Since the introduction of Huayan, Chan Buddhism and other Buddhist theories that gave rise to the Ming theory of the Song Dynasty, the study of Buddhism has always been very strong in Chinese cultural and ideological circles. In particular, the Buddhist ideas of compassion, equality, and selflessness have played a great role in promoting the enlightenment of democratic ideas among these celebrities.

2. Buddhism has had a profound impact on Chinese literature.

After Buddhism was introduced to China, many writers knew many stories with vivid content and novel forms in ancient Indian Buddhist scriptures. This provides a great deal of "imagination" space for Chinese writers, and enables them to expand their themes and enrich their thematic ideas. For example, Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Shi Nai'an's "Water Margin", Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions", etc., are all influenced by Zen thought.

3. Buddhism has had a profound influence on the art of Chinese calligraphy.

After Buddhism was introduced into China, in order to spread the ideas of Buddhism, writing became an important tool, so that a large number of calligraphers wrote Buddhist thoughts, and at the same time that Buddhist ideas were widely disseminated, this large number of Buddhist calligraphy works are also left to us the artistic heritage of calligraphy.

Origins of Buddhism

The founder, Shakyamuni, was born in Lumbini, in present-day Nepal, and was a prince of the Shakya clan. There are still various theories about the year of his birth and death in Northern and Southern Buddhism, but it is generally believed that he was born between the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. As a teenager, he felt the vagaries of the world and pondered the way out of life's suffering.

At the age of 29, he became a monk and practiced. After attaining enlightenment and becoming a Buddha (Buddha), he preached the truth of his enlightenment to the masses in the central Ganges Valley of India, and gained more and more followers, thus forming an order and forming Buddhism. At the age of 80, he attained Nirvana in the Detention of Naga.

Buddhism's influence on Chinese thinking is very extensive! China is a country with a long history, 5,000 years of history, creating an ancient civilization, China's culture is also very long, and there are many ethnic groups, ours, the native primitive religion should be Taoism.

Later, because of the introduction of Buddhism, Buddhism gradually became the mainstream of the Chinese people's belief, why did such a situation occur? It is because Buddhism was introduced to China in ancient times, favored by the emperor, and promoted to the whole country, and finally became a household name! Another reason is that Buddhism is tolerant, although it is a foreign religion, but it is very tolerant, and this tolerance is even as big as the universe!

It is because of this infinite tolerance, as well as his very rigorous system, that it will have a history of more than 2,000 years without declining, and Buddhism originated in ancient India.

This is what is now Nepal.

Nearby, Shakyamuni.

The Buddha was the crown prince of a small country before becoming a Buddha, and later he gave up the throne and all the glory and wealth, just to find the true meaning of life! After six years of asceticism in the snow-capped mountains, he finally became a Buddha under the Bodhi tree, and achieved the supreme avenue, and then spread Buddhism all over the world, and now there are hundreds of millions of people in the world who believe in Buddhism! The theory in Buddhism is very incisive, and it is very perfect, it is a very perfect system, a very big system!

This system is mainly about cause and effect, sowing good causes will get good results, and sowing evil causes will get bad results! And there's also the center, the idea that all sentient beings can become Buddhas! Buddhas are beings who have attained, and sentient beings are Buddhas who have not attained!

And the important point is selflessness! Because with me, there will be suffering, and with me, there will be greed, hatred, and ignorance.

Having me is the root of everything, so if you want to get out of the sea of suffering, you have to give up me, give up your attachment to me, your attachment to your body, this is the same as Confucius.

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The influence of Buddhism on the thinking of Chinese people should be long and profound, especially in our country, under the influence of Buddhism, ordinary people have developed a mentality of kindness and compassion and tolerance. In addition, out of respect for the Buddha, when encountering some emergencies or natural and man-made disasters around me, I will also think of Buddhism, hoping that there will be a force in the dark to help me tide over the difficulties.

The introduction of Buddhism had a great impact on people's concept of time and space, and greatly expanded the literary imagination.