I am afraid that everyone is very familiar with the Buddha, and there must be followers of Buddhism among relatives and friends around me, and I have so many religious relatives in my family.

But many people will understand the word "Buddhism" one-sidedly, which means kindness, compassion, cause and effect, and kindness to others, and of course I also have such a psychological feeling.

Buddhism has a history of more than 2,000 years, and on the one hand, it was directly introduced to China from South India, but in fact, it passed through Kashmir from India, then to Afghanistan in modern times, and then to the Western Regions, and then to Persia before it was introduced to China.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty developed the Western Regions, and Buddhism spread from the Western Regions to the current Xinjiang, and then to Gansu, Shanxi and other places, which was the path introduced from the North Road.

After arriving in the Three Kingdoms, it was introduced to the Central Plains by sea from Wu in the south. When Buddhism first entered China, it was only a religious action, a religious etiquette, and many religious rituals, and it did not introduce a high Buddhist philosophy.

Since the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in China, Patriarch Bodhidharma established Zen Buddhism has gradually spread widely in China. The characteristic is that it does not set up words, does not spread outside the teaching, directly points to the hearts of the people, and becomes a Buddha by seeing nature.

In other words, the most unique thing about Zen Buddhism is that it initiates the heart with the heart, which allows you to realize the state of the Buddha in an instant.

In Buddhism, there are Pure Land sects, with faith, wishes, and deeds. That is, to believe in the existence of the Pure Land, and to make a wish to be reborn in the Pure Land, and to read it

"Nam no Amitabha". Because Pure Land Buddhism is simple and easy to practice, it is suitable for all people to learn, unlike Zen Buddhism, which is difficult to understand and practice.

Maybe a lot of people don't think very highly of the Pure Land sect, but I don't think so, I think the highest method in the world is

The six words "Nan no Amitabha". The characteristic of the Pure Land sect is that it is recited as a Buddha to die, and there is no need for any spiritual effort, in fact, anyone can bring karma to the rebirth.

With the gradual increase of Buddhist believers and the gradual expansion of their influence in all walks of life, they had contradictions with the feudal state and the secular landlord class in old China.

In the end, the imperial court headed by the emperor suppressed Buddhism as a whole by force four times on a large scale, which is also known as Xi

"Three martial arts and one sect to destroy the Buddha". During the Northern Dynasties, in fact, most emperors supported Buddhism, which led to the rapid development of Buddhist power in Middle-earth.

But Buddhism also had a fierce struggle with the indigenous religions of Confucianism and Taoism. There were also conflicts of political and economic interest between the Sangha and the state and the secular landlord class.

Emperor Taiwu's repressive measures against Buddhism were the result of a combination of these contradictions. Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty originally believed in Buddhism and respected monks.

Gradually, however, he saw that the great development of Buddhism had brought about a serious economic conflict with the state. Because monks have the privilege of not paying military service, conscription, or rent, Buddhism and the state compete for wealth and manpower.

So the number of monks must be controlled. In the end, Emperor Taiwu was very cruel to Buddhism, not only killing a large number of believers regardless of age, but also slaughtering people who believed in Buddhism and made various Buddha statues such as clay and copper.

After this extermination campaign, a large number of monks and nuns in the Northern Wei Dynasty were killed, the monasteries were demolished, the statues were burned, and the monks and nuns who survived the catastrophe fled to the south.

Soon Emperor Taiwu died, and Emperor Wencheng ascended the throne. Emperor Wencheng believed that Buddhism was correct, would help the governance of the country, and be conducive to the growth of people's benevolence, wisdom and goodness, so he lifted the ban on Buddhism.

After that, with the support of the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Buddhism developed in the north for a long time.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the power of Buddhism in the north swelled dramatically, with the number of monks and nuns reaching more than 2 million and more than 30,000 Buddhist temples.

Since the monks and nuns enjoyed the privilege of tax-free conscription, Emperor Wu wanted to enrich the country and strengthen the army to unify the north, so he would inevitably take it

"Seek soldiers among the monks, take the land under the tower temple" measure. Emperor Wu of Zhou first reduced the number of monks, nuns and monasteries, and convened famous Confucians, famous monks and famous Taoists many times to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

In the end, a large number of monasteries were destroyed and some sutra statues were burned, but instead of slaughtering monks and nuns, they were ordered to return to the common people.

In some areas, the monasteries were not demolished, but were given to the maharajas as their residences.

Although Buddhism did not die out in China after two brutal blows by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang Tianzhu learned scriptures when he passed through Taizong, and he took Buddha bones when Xianzong, and the status of Buddhism was significantly improved.

In the Tang Dynasty and Suzong periods, there was a special dojo in the palace, and hundreds of monks worshiped the Buddha and chanted the scriptures.

In fact, Buddhism has had a great influence and effect on Chinese culture, and its culture is also closely related to our daily life.

Although the situation of Buddhism in the heyday of the Sui and Tang dynasties is gone, and the changes in modern Chinese society and the many disasters of the nation, traditional Buddhism has declined significantly in modern times.

However, the eminent monks, scholars, and thinkers of the Chinese Buddhist community have set off a revival movement of Buddhism through unremitting efforts.