These factors all opened up the gate for Buddhism to enter Chinese society and gain popularity with the Chinese culture. At first, Buddhism was transmitted to the different East Asian countries via the Silk Road, but as its domination grew, many people began to interpret their own meaning of the Buddhist doctrines that had been translated from Indian to Chinese. "By the fourth century AD a much greater number of sutras were available in both north and south China, and the Chinese were beginning to realize the immensity of Buddhist literature." ... At this point in time, there were two m...

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This dark era lasted until the early 1000's but Indian sages did some translations in Tibet as early as the late 900's. Between the 11th and 14th centuries great translations of Buddhist texts were being done. ... Since the 1950's the communist government of China has controlled Tibet. Currently there are many issues faced in Tibet including a Chinese population shift, which has resulted in the Tibetan language being surpassed by that of the Chinese. ... If we do not preserve this culture we risk the possibility of not only losing this unique culture but also much of the Buddh...

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Tibetan Buddhism The traditional account of Buddhism's origin was introduced into Tibet in the seventh century by a Nepali and a Chinese princess who became the wives of the Tibetan king Srongtsen Gampo. ... The meaning of the mantra cannot be translated into a simple phrase or sentence. ... When Tibet was invaded by the Chinese in their early history, it was said that the people predicted the attack and that many rituals were performed. However, since the Tibetan people's negative karma was too strong to be taken over by the rituals, they sustained a full attack by the ...

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