Buddhism in China and Its Origin

• 来源期刊: 中国周刊
• 学科: 哲学
• 关键词: SICKNESS tired TRIBE goods today originated LUXURY EVENING India DYNASTY
• 年，卷（期）: zgzk_2003,（S1）
• 页码范围: 32-34
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: B948

摘要

【正】 Buddhism originated in India in the 6th-5th century B.C., based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama of the Sakyas.As a prince of a tribe in today’s southern part of Nepal, he grew tired of luxury and material goods and a world where there was old age, sickness and death, and went to search for "enlightenment:".One evening he was sitting under a banyan tree and fell into a deep meditation during which he achieved" enlightenment." He was given the title Buddha (the awakened or enlightened) and was also known as Sakyamuni (the wise man of the Sakya tribe). He died in 480 B.C.