Buddhism Buddhism, one of the major religions of the world, was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, who lived in northern India from 560 to 480 B.C. ... Of the new sects, Buddhism was the most successful and eventually spread throughout India and most of Asia. ... Zen's roots may be traced to India, but it was in East Asia that the movement became distinct and flourished. ... Bodhidharma, the first Chan patriarch in China, who is said to have arrived there from India in 470 A.D., was a master of this text. ... During the Song dynasty (960-1279), Chan again prospered and was...

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Buddhism arose during the fifth century BCE in India and is currently practiced by approximately 500 million people throughout the world. ... Buddhist ideas became more known when Americans returned from Asia after the Second World War and the Korean War and brought back an interest in Asian culture. ...

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