What is Buddhism?

Documentation of Budhha's teaching

Buddhism in China

The Chinese collection of Tai-Chong King

Early Buddhism was "a way" of alleviating the suffering of Sentient Beings, it is purely "Education" regarding the way of living.

Buddhism is not a Religion or a Philosophy, it only shows you the path to progress in attaining a better and serene life.

Three months after Sakyamuni Buddha (founder of Buddhism) passed away, his followers called for a first meeting in order to preserve his teachings. One of his disciples, Ananda , famous for having a good memory, was chosen as one of the members amongst the 500 Arhats to recite all of the Buddha's sermons.

Note:- Monks through vivid recollection of memories and recitations passed on the teachings of Buddha to the next generation at that time.

Two other Buddhist Council's meetings were later held after a 100 and 236 years respectively from the first one.

In B.C. 83, the Buddhist Scriptures were first written on ola leaves during King Sinhala's reign of Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), where a meeting was held in a village known as Aluvihara.

In 1203 A.D., Buddhism gradually diminished and disappeared in India after temples were destroyed and monks killed by followers of other religions. In the 17th century, with the help of the British, a start was made to archive the teachings of Buddha, and Latin was used  to convert the sound of Sanskrit.

Buddhism spread to China via the Silk Road Trade route during the later period of Chun Dynasty (B.C. 221-206), and from the Han Dynasty (B.C. 2) onwards.

The Emperors invited numerous Indian Monks to China to translate most of the Sutras into the Chinese language which were documented on stone tablets and later onto paper. 

Tai-Chong King is the collection of Sutras, Vinayapitaka, Abhidhamma, Mantra..etc in Chinese, such collections are comparatively more thorough and, perhaps, more precise.

The Chien-lung (Emperor in Ching Dynasty A.D.1736-1796) Tai-Chong King , consists of 168 volumes. 

If one were to spent three months to read one volume, then a total of 42 years would be required to read the whole collection once.

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In this section, we would like to share our knowledge that we gather from the Chinese Sutras, then summarize it in English. 

We hope this will be of some assistance to those who seek Buddha's teachings and search for the WAYS of Cultivation to a better life.

(Click on the links below for the brief explanation in English and do try to read other books to find out more.)

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