The Soga in Japan then appointed the throne to his niece, which then appointed the throne to her nephew, Prince Shotoku, which created a "Seventeen Article Constitution" that made reverence for Buddhism by all Japanese necessary (Murphey, 197). ... In conclusion, many social and political circumstances allowed for Buddhism to remain a dominant religion and defining feature of Japan, while it did not last long in China and had little influence in the long run....

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They started performing sacrifices to make it rain or to bring out the sun and little by little every aspect of Mother Nature became a god with super powers. ... On the other hand, we have Buddhism that was founded in the fourth or fifth century B.C. in northern India by a man known traditionally as Siddhartha (meaning "he who has reached the goal-) Gautama, the son of a warrior prince. ...

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