Key Chinese practices this essay will cover are ancestral rites and divination, the teachings of the philosophers Confucius and Laozi, and Buddhism. Appreciating the complexity of this rich and ...

The global promotion of Buddhism as a form of soft power by the Chinese state is unprecedented in the modern world. Recent ...

The island’s history has been altered to minimize its connections with Japan and present China as the true center of Buddhism. State media increasingly portrays Tibetan Buddhist practices as ...

The life and adventures of a Chinese monk who made a 17-year journey to bring Buddhist teachings from India to China. Xuanzang subsequently became a main character in the great Chinese epic Journey to ...

Buddhism, and polytheistic elements, that attracts the vast majority of Chinese believers is not a religion at all, and therefore people are not authorized to practice it. 2. The government ...

[Photo/Xinhua] NINGBO - Senior Chinese leader Wang Huning on Tuesday called on Buddhist community to contribute wisdom and strength to world peace and human progress. Wang, a member of the ...

the introduction into China of Buddhist teachers by the Emperor Mingti in the year 65 A.D. has a perfeet right to claim its place as a historial event. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

[Photo/Xinhua] China's top political adviser has called on the Buddhist community to contribute wisdom and strength to world peace and human progress. Wang Huning, chairman of the National ...

Wu Zetian rose from the bottom of the hierarchy to become the only empress in China's history. Buddhism, a religion born in India, and Nalanda-trained scholars played an important role as Wu ...

Ramayana in Chinese Buddhist Texts At a symposium on “Ramayana- A Timeless Guide” organised by the Indian Embassy here on ...