Syncretism of Buddhism

We recently had a quiz on the syncretism of Buddhism. For that quiz I wrote a paragrpah comparing how Japan and Korea syncrenised Buddhism. They similarly syncrenised Buddhism through trade, using the silk road. They sent merchants to travel on the silk road to India, in order for them to learn the details of Buddhism. However, once Buddhism was brought into both Japan and Korea, they differed in promoting it throughout their countries. Japan heavily promoted Buddhism, by recruitng monks and building monuments. They did this because they had a surplus of resources which gave them the ability to heavily promote Buddhism. They gained resources because they were not in any wars, and were isolated from other parts of Asia. Korea on the other hand, did not have the resources to promote Buddhism. Korea was in the middle of the warring states period, which greatly restricted their abiltiy to gain a surplus of resources. Their low resource total led to little promoting of Buddhism. The syncretism of Buddhism was very important to both Japan and Korea


Aaron Cohen

Syncretism of Buddhism

To open the second quarter, we started to discuss where and how Buddhism was syncrenised. The main countries we're talking about are Japan, China, and Korea. Each one of these countries adapted Buddhism differently, but all of these countries blended it with their local religions. Buddhism became a major religion in each of these three countries.

Themes in History: Devlopment and interaction of cultures

In the first quarter of the year we studied the time period from 8000 BCE to 600 BCE. Within this time period we looked at many aspects of World History, including the development and interaction of cultures. We studied detailed civlizations, and we analyzed how they developed, interacted, and settled. These civilizations contained many religions and belief systems. We looked at Buddhism, Hinduism and Confucianism, and we studied how they functions. We analyzed the roles or women within each belier system and discovered that they were inferior to men. Within these belief systems, women had the domestic duties of the family, and did not take part in almost all religous ceremonies. Men controlled the religous ceremonies, and also took the responsibilities of hunting and creating shelters. We also looked at the heirarchy's in each of these belief systems. The heirarchy's had many similarities and differences. In this quarter, we deeply looked at many civilizations and belief systems throughout ancient Eurasia.