What is the background of Buddhism?

Buddhism originated in India in the 6th-5th century BC, equivalent to the Spring and Autumn Period in China. It has a history of more than 2500 years and is the earliest world religion.

Buddhism came into being during the relatively developed slave society in India. It is a sharp class contradiction in slave society, an ideological reflection of the social situation on the eve of "mutual destruction" between slaves and slave owners, and a product of the collision and integration of complex cultural phenomena in India. Ancient India, including "body poison", "new head", "reliability" and "Tianzhu" recorded in China's history books, is roughly equivalent to the whole South Asian subcontinent.

On the other hand, from the 8th century BC to the 6th century BC, all parts of ancient India completed the transition to the state, entered the so-called "national" period, and formed many countries. The constant wars for hegemony between countries have deepened the people's disasters and prompted the sharp changes in class relations and the emergence of new ideological trends.

Extended data historical faction

original buddhism

Buddhism originated in ancient India in the 5th century BC. The founder was Siddhartha Gautama (565-486 BC). At the age of 20, he left home and became a monk. Since then, he has been honored as "Buddha", which means enlightened person, and the religion he preached is called "Buddhism". Hundreds of years after the Buddha showed nirvana, Buddhism spread all over the Indian subcontinent and was called primitive Buddhism. This period is called primitive Buddhism period.

One hundred years after the death of the Buddha, primitive Buddhism was divided many times because of different understanding of the doctrine, and entered a sectarian period.

Southern Buddhism

After the first division of Buddhism, primitive Buddhism was divided into the Ministry of Seating and the Ministry of Mass. The Atheistic Sect spread southward, prevailing in Sri Lanka, spread to Southeast Asia such as Myanmar and Thailand, and then spread to China, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places. Called Southern Buddhism. The languages used in the Sanzang Classics recited by Upper Left Buddhism mainly belong to Pali language family, so they are also called Pali language family and Pali language family.

Modern Southern Buddhism in China is mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Simao, Lincang and Baoshan. Most of the Dai, Bulang, Achang and Wa people believe in Southern Buddhism. See Dai Buddhism.

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Baidu encyclopedia? Buddhism