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Buddhism has had an important impact on our country’s traditional culture and what are its specific manifestations?

Because China already has the thoughts of Confucius and Mencius, as well as Taoist thoughts, which have given Chinese culture unique characteristics, so after Buddhism was introduced to China, the Chinese people accepted it easily and spread quickly. , one of the most significant things in Chinese history, and also an important thing for Buddhism to influence China, is that the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, who was illiterate, said at that time: It is not the wind that moves, not the clouds that move, but the heart of a benevolent person. The complete Sinicization of Buddhism was the most important change in the history of Chinese Buddhism. Later, Buddhism began to accept lay disciples, who were dedicated to good deeds. His understanding of Buddhism is better than that of ordinary people, so it fulfills what Buddhism says that all living beings have Buddha-nature, just because of different delusions and enlightenments. From then on Buddhism spread all over China.