Example sentences for: buddhism

How can you use “buddhism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Under the reign of Qianlong the temple served as the chief center of Tibetan Buddhism (Yellow Hat sect) outside of Lhasa.

  • In the early sixth century, a monk from India named Da Mo arrived at Shaolin, where he founded Chan Buddhism.

  • A left-wing Democrat who espoused Zen Buddhism and the legalization of marijuana, he also imposed environmental protection measures and energy resources long before others began to see the wisdom of such policies.

  • After the Buddha’s death at the age of 80, Buddhism eventually split into two main lines, those who strictly followed his teachings, the Theravada or Hinayana school of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and those who allowed new interpretations, the Mahayana Buddhists of China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, India, and Nepal.

  • As China’s leading indigenous religion, Daoism differs from Buddhism (transplanted from India) not so much in the architecture of its temples and the art of its statuary (these are often quite similar in style) as in its practices and beliefs.


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