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China Class Lectures (An Lushan Rebellion (Xuanzong goes kind of crazy -…

- - - - Chaos is from large cultural decline that preceedes the end of the world
      - Prince Moonlight (Buddhism)
      - Li Hong (Daoism)
    - - Gets from Laozi ghost
      - Tsau Tsau moved everyone and ruined the teaching, helped it to spread as a religion.
      - Yongshi took the ideas (was a spirit medium) - More advanced spiritual methods.
      - Mixes with Buddhism
    - - Introduced at ending years of Eastern Han
      - Lotus Sutra translated into nice chinese, helped the movement.
      - Eventually become chinese Buddhist Cannon.
      - Had cultural incompatibility problems.
        
        Filial piety problems, if monks lived in monastary, how can you have kids? What sacrifices?
        
        Foreign Barbarian religion
        
        Had to Adapt
        
        Buddhist Lay societies, you don't have to leave the family.
        
        Becoming a monk or none is actually an act of filial piety
        
        Made connections to Daoism
        
        Emphasisze potential to legitimize king as sage-king or bodhisattva.
        
        Mahayana Buddhism
        
        Everyone has part of buddah nature inside. Everyone can become buddah.
        
        No true distinction between self and other - because everyone is a buddha. - Merit can be transfered between people.
        
        Multiple paths to Nirvana. - Can obtain nirvana without leaving society or becoming a monk
        
        There are dieties that can help you find nirvana.
        
        Pathway
        
        Central Asia -> China -> Vietnam and Korea -> Japan
        
        Cultural Asian characteristics from 4th century spread.