Philosophy, religion, technology, language, architecture, and science were exchanged through the expansion of the Silk Road. ... The Silk Road was important for the development of trade and the transfer of idea also it helped generate commerce and trade between many different empires and kingdoms. This helped for inventions, ideas, and cultures, and unique products to spread across the nations. ...
Buddhist philosophy was fused with the meditative mysticism of native Chinese Taoism. ... Bodhisattvas are those beings who have progressed spiritually to the point of enlightenment, yet choose to remain on earth to help others reach similar spiritual heights ("he who hears the cries of the world" or kuan " looks on", Shih "the region of sufferers" Yin "whose voices ask salvation from misery"). ...