Buddhism Dbq Research Paper
Buddhism DBQ While there were many positive reactions to the spread of Buddhism, such as Zong Mi, A Buddhist scholar, discussing the perfect society created Buddhism, there were also many negative responses (Doc. 5). Han Yu, for example, was a Confucian scholar who believed Buddhism would weaken the government (Doc. 4). As Buddhism spread, many scholars and government officials had positive comments. Chinese scholar, Zhi Dun speaks in favor of Buddhism when discussing Nirvana and the steps one must take to achieve it. Anyone can reach Nirvana by abiding by the commandments, reading the scriptures, and vowing to be reborn. However, Dun is a government confidant and is presumably among the higher class of China and is therefore able to