Down the centuries, Thailand has seen the emergence and putting out A number of widely varying art styles. ... Until the 13th centuries, art forms were heavily influenced by neighboring countries notably India, Sri Lanka, and Kampuchea. ... These groups of people settled around the country's valleys and plains, using the rich environment to create art. ... Indian merchants were traversing Thailand's northern region and southern peninsula bringing new concepts, which more than those of any other culture, would profoundly shape the country's religion, literature, art and politi...

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Indian Buddhism around that time had involved both Hindu yogic and tantric practices along with the classical teachings of the historical Buddha who lived around five hundred B.C. ... This mantra is written on Mani wheels and on jewelry in the ancient Indian Ranjana script and in Tibetan script. ... The next important topic in Tibetan Buddhism, which I found most interesting, is the Tibetan art of divinization. The art of divinization is telling the future using Buddhist concepts and principles such as karma. ... Shortly after the Buddha passed, collections of his teachings were recited in...

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Buddhism is one of the biggest religions in the world today. There are many divisions in Buddhism. Out of these Buddhism, I would like to concentrate on Shingon Buddhism, True Pure Land, and Zen Buddhism. In Japan, there are several societies which they teach these Buddhism within their education. ...

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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. ... Under their influence literature, art, the cult of the tea ceremony, and the No drama developed. ...

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