Spread of Buddhism

Spread of Buddhism, history of Buddhism, Maurya Empire, Indo-Greeks, Kushan, Sri Lanka, Khotan, Tang Dynasty, Silla, Pyu, Tibetan Empire, Pagan, Pala, Liao, Song Dynasty, Goryeo, Japan, Srivijaya, Siam, Campodia, Khitan, Mongols, Kalmyks

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[ablorenz]

The piece of Buddhist area in Southern Russia is Kalmykia! The only Buddhist region in Europe and arguably the wider Western world.

[vve]

Buddhism took a whole circle around The Himalayas just to reach Tibet😂😭

[batzal]

East Asia:
*Buddhist*
The Southernmost part of India:
*Connection Lost*

[matthewmann]

Many seem to think Buddhism was a East Asian religion when in reality it was South Asian

[chiangchengkooi]

Most Buddhist will not argue about which is the best religion because they know it a waste of time

[kshatrapavan]

One small inaccuracy.
The Buddhist minority (~6%) in present day state of Maharashtra, on the Western coast of India, is not a remnant of ancient Buddhism, but a result of the Dalit Neo-Buddhist movement that started by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in 1956, when he officially converted to Buddhism along with many of his followers. This event was quite monumental in the history of India, since it reintroduced Buddhism to mainland/lowland India after at least half a millennium.

[eauceylon]

Thank you Sri Lanka for standing up to all sorts of invasions and still able to preserve the Theravada Buddhism 🙏

[Amnok]

It was a mild surprise that you included the buddhism stronghold in Gyeongsang province, Korea
Thanks for the video

[tonuka]

No representation of the internal divisions of Buddhism? :(

[gkspartans]

As a Buddhist I respect All religions in the and Safe to all

[achillesdanieladam]

The Indo-Greeks protected so much Buddhism in very fragile years.

[Awakeningspirit]

Buddhism shares a similar origin to Christianity in that it ultimately left the place of its founding behind and the first regions where it developed its roots were also left behind and replaced by Islam.

[jgc]

Can't wait for the comments saying "can we all just get along, there's too much fighting in this comment section!" despite the fact that there are no actual arguments going on.

[celtofcanaanesurix]

I have a feeling this will lead to a sinitic language video

[rosintruder]

Sadly that Buddhism almost disappeared in its homeland - India

[koseku]

caucasia be like: i have already 4 religions here, why not another one?

[yabincheng]

Love India from China
Hindus ❤️ Buddhist
Hope politics would stop creating conflict between us because we are family.

[alphagamer]

India : Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Jainism
Are founded by India

[안알이]

Buddhism arose as a protest to the ritualistic Hinduism, where the priests held control over people. While the people were fed up of the priestly control, came Buddha, a fresh breeze, which swept away the previous frustration! 'Desire is the cause of all sufferings' is not Buddha's original. That idea has been in India long before Buddha. The original philosophic contribution of Buddha is that he concluded that objects animate and inanimate keep changing every second!
It is not correct to call Buddhism a faith. There is no belief system in Buddhism or Jainism or for that matter in Hinduism, just as they have in Christianity or Islam. The idea is to emulate Buddha, and seek the ultimate truth as he did. In that sense Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism are seeking religions which adhere to Dharma! So Hindus, Buddhists and Jains are called seekers, not believers and these religions are called Dharmic religions!
In fact the decline of Buddhism started because, there was not another Buddha to lead the people and Buddhists ended up doing what Buddha forbade them to do- worshiping another God, Buddha! They started preserving the bones and teeth of Buddha and held them in reverence. In fact Dharmic religions do not give importance to the body, which came from the earth and will return to the earth! It is the soul which takes another body in another life and is given importance. Today many rituals are conducted around this body parts and it is ironic that Buddhism arose as a revolt against ritualistic practices!
It would not be wrong to say that Buddhism is Hinduism minus the rituals and the plethora of Gods! Buddhist practices such as yoga, meditation, martial arts etc were in existence before Buddha.
This comment is not with the idea of hurting anyone, only to keep the record straight. Thank you.

[abhishekpal]

Its really sad how a great religion which preach us love, mercy, campassion, forgiveness kindness affection is on decline day by day and the religion which teach us hate, revenge, intolerance, arrogance, brutality and cruelty and believes in eye for an eye ideology is dominating the entire world😢