It started in India and traveled into central Asia and continued on into Korea and Japan becoming one of the major religions in all of central China. By the ninth century nine-tenths of the population in northwest China was converted to Buddhism. ... When Buddhism was first presented to the Chinese, it was done so under the influence of the Taoist who used their own vocabulary for the translations. ... Buddhism reached its peak in China around 700 C.E. ... Buddhism never really recovered as the central religion of China. ...

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In this language "Sanatana" means Everlasting and "Dharma" , by a crude translation means Religion. ... The Almighty - "OM poornamadam Poornaad poornamudachyate; poornasya poornamaadaaya poornamevaavashisyate" is translated to mean " what is whole - this is whole - what has come out of the whole is also whole; when the whole is taken out of the whole, the whole still remains whole". ... Buddhism is primarily worshipped in china, Korea, and in that area....

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Bauddha Dharma (Buddhism) can be translated as "religion of the buddha" or "way of buddha". ... "All buddhists are vegetarians" Monk translates to beggar in sanskrit. ... It has gone from a small portion of Japanese and Chinese Immigrants on the west coast to being a religion practiced by millions of americans throughout the country. ...

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