China of old had three competing and complementary religious traditions: Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.
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He had replaced a tottering theocracy with a hereditary monarchy, though Buddhism remained the national faith.
Lee consults health experts and spiritual leaders, practices meditation, studies Buddhism and tries positive affirmations.
Of the non-Christian religions, the biggest is Buddhism (2.5% of the population), Islam (2.2%) and Hinduism (1.3%).
The most recent addition to the list, in 2011, were the Buddhism-linked gardens and temples of Hiraizumi.
David Weisman notes an interesting overlap between modern findings in neuroscience and ancient notions of Buddhism.
The authorities are tough on perceived insults to Buddhism - the religion of the island's majority ethnic Sinhalese.
Tieshan said his eight-member delegation, appointed by the Chinese government, includes representatives from Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism and Islam.
Religious South Koreans are divided roughly equally between Buddhism and Christianity, with a smattering subscribing to local faiths.
"Most people in Thailand describe themselves as Buddhist", says Sulak Sivaraksa, a writer on Buddhism based in Bangkok.
Malaysia is broadly 60% Muslim and 40% other faiths (which include Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and others).
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So this is something that should not happen in Thailand, especially in a Buddhism country, but it happened already.
Because my original, so many thoughts, like I put like Buddhism philosophy inside my movies, but "Departed" there is none.
In Buddhism, we say that the Buddha is in every being, all the time, whether you know it or not.
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Some Thai nationalists are even demanding that Buddhism be made the state religion in the new constitution now being drawn up.
Buddhism, a gentle faith, believes that individual human beings eventually dissolve into nirvana when in successive lives they have earned it.
South Koreans (both in their homeland and as migrants to America) often convert from Buddhism to Protestantism as they rise economically.
Religious and ethical beliefs are approached in much the same way as dim sum, with samplings from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
This particular variant of Buddhism insists that a better result in the afterlife is gained by making charitable donations in this one.
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One of my first travels was studying abroad in India, studying Buddhism.
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My own friends, at the most, read about Buddhism or practiced yoga.
Buddhism is the country's major religion, although according to the Thailand National Statistics Office there are also minority Christian and Islamic communities.
And when he finally did say something, it was an anticlimax, though it was a perfectly good speech about Buddhism and happiness.
Ashoka, who ruled the Mauryan empire, India's first, at its apogee in the third century before Christ, was a convert to Buddhism.
In 1991, Lin founded the Hua Shan Forum, a private educational institute offering free classes in the Chinese classics, Taoism, and Buddhism.
It was here, the Bhutanese believe, that Guru Padmasambava, the wizard-saint of Himalayan Buddhism, went to meditate after alighting on his flying tiger.
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Sri Lanka has denied entry to a British tourist at Colombo's international airport because he showed a lack of respect for Buddhism, reports say.
Drinking is not prohibited under Buddhism, but it is frowned upon by many Thais as not socially respectable, and a threat to family life.
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