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Since you mentioned Japan's impact on pop culture do you think that you will make some Wizards and Warriors videos about popular anime On another note when will we get the dragon age videos on the exalted marches and the Qunari invasion
Before the Meiji Period, Buddhism and Shinto co-exist. A lot of Buddhist Temples have a Shinto Shrine connected with them. Japan was able to assimilate Buddhism into its culture. Oddly, Buddhism became associated with burial rites. Oddly in Japan, one is born in the Shinto faith. Then they get married in a Christian Chapel, When they died, their funeral is held at a Buddhist Temple. So one is born Shinto. Married Christian. Died as a Buddhist.
Western style of wedding ceremony is very popular in Japan, but it's definitely not a "Christian" ceremony. There's nothing religous about these ceremonies, it's nothing more than style they enjoy.
I've had the pleasure to visit Kamakura and Kyoto, in the summer of 2018. Felt very enlightened at my experience in Japan. Beautiful temples and shrines.
Ah yes, after previously talking about how Buddhism came to China, now you are talking about how Buddhism came to Japan, I really enjoyed it, especially the music in the beginning, great video as always. Btw, can you make video about how Hinduism came to Indonesia, kings & generals? It is will be very interesting because Indonesia is the only country outside the Indian subcontinent where Hinduism was the majority religion in medieval era.
The Khmer Kingdom was Hindu until Jaivavoraman II (as I recall, though I may have the wrong King) adopted Buddhism as the state relgiion. By that time that kingdom had already spread far and ancient Khmer temples that are still standing in Thailand who how they had orginally been built to worship Vishnu and were converted to worship The Buddha.
@@NativeIndian1310Indonesia became Hindu way before Chola Empire. Hinduism and Buddhism spread primarily through merchants from Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Tamil Nadu
Thank you for producing this; one of my favorite areas to study and something I worked hard on for my MA. Its very nice to see it so nicely explained and amazing artwork.
Yes it's buddhism........who shaped Japan......now Japan we know it's more scientific, rational and atheist it's because of Buddhism....... impacted Japanese minds and culture......very beautiful culture.......please preserve buddhism and Japanese culture......it's applicable to all Buddhist countries.
@@PankajSingh-nf2tf Bro learn more about Buddhism.......This is speciality of Buddhism...... Buddhism go to there country but don't destroy there culture and originality...... Buddhism simply synchronised with them and flourish there culture more than past.......
It's so sad to know that people have forgotten the importance of India in spreading Buddhism across the eastern world. It's the monks from India who went out in the wild and crossed mountains to reach as far as Japan to preach Buddhism. Even people who are buddhists are unaware of the Indian history, they do not know where their religion originated and what it took to reach the places. The influence of Indian subcontinent specifically India on the eastern world is beyond imagination. Its time for India to make sure this information is reaching places.
@@Revivalism23 It was never a Buddhist country. Yes it had Buddhism as a major religion for many centuries but vedic religion or hinduism was always the dominated one in the subcontinent.
@@Revivalism23 There is no chance that Buddhism would had survived all those invaders that came to India. Hindus survived because they fought back time to time but Buddhists never fought back that's why they slowly declined. Same with Jainism also. Hindus are majority because they fought for this land.
I appreciate this video in English with Western pov, in midst of fruitless disputes over whether it was Chinese or Korean that brought civilization to ancient Japan, you wrote both.
Buddhist however was at some point in Japanese history to be separated from Shinto, but they were so entertwined that sometimes it was difficult to do so.
15 yr Buddhist practitioner here (Korean, version tho); took basic precepts in 2008. It’s great to see this channel- who covers all the medieval & ancient stuff that I love, all of a sudden cover a topic that is paramount in my life, even though I would not have thought based on your regular content, that the subject of Buddhism would be a fit for your channel. There is little militarily to speak about in terms of it. Not nothing, but very little, and in regard to its actual history, not it’s doctrine-which is obviously anti violence altogether. I can’t say I know much about the Japanese history with Buddhism, but I can say from my own experience, that Buddhism isn’t really a religion. At least not in the sense of literally every other religion in the world. Faith essentially takes no part in core Buddhist teachings. In fact, faith was left to Hinduism & Vedic yogis according to Siddartha Gautama, as a thing that was simply not of any use to what he was looking for, which was an answer to suffering. His take on faith based religion was, “maybe it’s real, maybe it’s not; but irregardless, the religions do not appear to have an answer for suffering that is practical, so let’s leave them where they’re at, and look elsewhere for our answers.” So he didn’t seek to create a competing religion, he left the idea of religion to itself, and essentially created what we could quite accurately think of as a 2600 yr old program of psychotherapy, the way someone who lived 2600 years ago would dream up such a thing, so long before the concept of science would ever appear. And the 8 fold path of Buddhism is what he came up with. A way to live and interface with the world that gave us the best possible means to deal with suffering, and grants us peace and contentment-no matter what our circumstances are. And the roots of all this is simple an eternal, self critical, search for what is true in life, and what is essentially delusion. So… …Buddhism refutes no religion, and one can practice Buddhism as a member of any religion-at least from the Buddhist perspective. I doubt Islam would be tolerant of their members practicing Buddhism for example, but the reverse isn’t true. Buddhism was never going to conflict with Shintoism, which is a heavily nature driven ideology. A nature ideology mixes extremely well with Buddhism. Probably better than with the religions of any place it travelled through during the great spread eastward. It is relatively easy for Buddhism to gain a foothold in a culture that isn’t heavily - stubbornly dogmatic about their current beliefs, because the conversation simply begins with some ideas that no sane, reasonable person can refute, because these ideas are veritable to the nature of reality. And once people have that conversation, their minds open a bit, and they think, “this thing might have a lot more to teach us.” And so long as there isn’t already a cultural willingness to be attached hard to a delusional, dogmatic belief system, that just cannot be bent- otherwise certain people would loose their grip on power-the Buddhism could just slid in right next to whatever’s already there. This happens everywhere you have a people willing to engage in an ongoing discourse about the nature of reality. And I’ll leave it with this: ever wondered why Buddhism is, and always has been vehemently rejected by the Abrahamic religions? See: “delusional, dogmatic belief systems, that are held hard so as to avoid loosing a grip on power. “
This is a strange, modern, and materialist distortion of Buddhism. A religion with its own doctrines on metaphysics, spiritual practice, and yes faith in the teachings and being of the buddhas and boddhisatvas.
It's quite fascinating how Buddhism can be mixed quite heavily with local believe like what happened in China, Korea, and Japan. I wonder if this mixed believe would also happened if it's Hinduism which come to China and Japan first or if Hinduism can spread like Buddhism at all
In Thailand when you enter a Buddhist temple you are also likely to find Hindu deities like Ganesh, Brahma, Vishnu, Trimurti, Kaili, the earth-goddess Torani, and the demon Rahu, as well as Chinese deities like Guan Imm. A friend of mine from Myanmar was quite surprised when he saw Hindu gods being worshipped by Buddhists, as Thailand and Myanmar share Theravada Buddhism. However, when I went to Myanmar I noticed the presence of Nats and Burmese deities, even at Shwedagon Pagoda, so Buddhism in general seems to meld with local religions rather easily. You can also find local Thai spirits like the tree spirit Nang Takien, and in the Phrakanong distric of Bangkok there is a shrine to the legendary spirit Mae Naak (or Nang Naak), who was a woman who died in childbirth while her husband was away at war, and stayed with him, along with the ghost of their son, when he returned. Hinduism had spread across Southeast Asia, and was the religion of several kingdoms in the region, including The Khmer Kingdom. The Khmer then adopted Buddhism and converted the Hindu temples to worship The Buddha instead of Vishnu. I know that Ganesh was also popular among The Khmer and there are many examples of Ganesh figures from that time.
@Science lover sanjeev That's a good question. It may have been something to do with how Buddhism was presented as an escape from the cycle that Hinudism presented, and so was considered to be confronting Hinduism? According to Buddhist scripture The Buddha ascended to Heaven to teach the gods, so I would imagine that might be considered blasphemous to Hindus. I did hear once that Gautama was considered to be an avatar who descended to test worshippers. I'm not sure how widely held an idea that is, as I haven't heard it repeated. I also don't know how much, if at all, Hinduism blended with local beliefs when it spread into Southeast Asia, before being largely replaced by Buddhism and Islam. It would be interesting to see a video on that.
Well, Hinduism was never an organized religion and spreading religion by monks was not a thing however some kings did that in southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, combodia etc. i don't know if it was deliberately done or it was accidental. But in case of Buddhism it was deliberately done by Indian kings like Ashoka the great, he sent many monks in different countries, he even sent his children to spread Buddhism, when Buddhist monasteries increased, monks went to different countries on their own, they didn't need any support from kings. Plus Buddhism was not unique in India before Buddhism, Jainism was already there which was quite similar to Buddhism, there was charvaka faith and jivika faith, however in these faiths only Jainism survived.
@@shubhamkumar6689 Buddhism and Hinduism were both spread centrally in south east Asia for Buddhism it was trade for Hinduism it was a mixture of a trade and war. Unironically the one religion that spread without central authority for the most part was Islam in the region, the rulers were often the last to accept it. It was spread through trade. Unlike Hinduism or Buddhism in the region it wasn’t tied to the kings in terms of religious dogma (the Modern Thai king for example has a form of Buddhism directly linked to his “divinity”) while the same was found among the majapahit etc.
The Legacy of Alexander the Great, still expands even after his death. The statue of Buddha in Japan were inspired mostly by the hellenistic Greco-Buddhist art form of India and Bactria. It's intriguing to see how an art form traverse all the way and somehow connected people, From the Greeks all the way to the Japanese in the corner of the world.
kings and generals I'm really enjoying your history of religion series please continue to do more of this wonderful contents. also another fascinating religion you could look at is the growth of the Church of the East, or called by many Nestorian Christianity, and how it was at one period of time having much more adherance then their western conterparts until it fell over time and finally mostly dying out in many areas during Timur's time with the exception of the assyrians of mesopetamia and iraq.
Yo kings and generals 👋 Can you do more content on the Horn of Africa a little more I'd love to see more on the ancient history of the macrobians and the land of punt along with the Somali and arab traders in the gulf of aden. Cushitic culture as a whole is very underrated, especially for how little known it is even though it is so ancient.
@16:45 I think there is a mistake in classifying Nichiren as Pure Land since Nichiren wrote many criticisms of the Pure Land sect. I tried link the encyclopedia Britannica page but the comment kept getting deleted.
History of Religion :) Yes please :) I hope you do a video on St parick & St macartan. I am decended from macartan. I have lots of good info on macartan
If you'll be doing more videos on religious history, please do one on Ethiopian Christianity and how after the Arab Conquests of the 7th century cut its direct geographic links to the Byzantine world, it carried on for centuries as a (more or less) isolated religious community between Islamic neighbors to the north and east, and more traditional African belief systems to the west and south.
Because Buddhism disappeared from India over 800 years ago. It was exterminated by fundamentalist Muslims and Hindus. Without the recorded historical journals of monks from China, nothing much is known of Indian Buddhism.
@@jacku8304 thats a falacy, India has been mutil religious since history with an aggressive stance towards islam only, as that is what the agenda of islamic conquerors back then and somewhat a matter of conflict still. the timeline you mention would be the same where we had africans jews zorastrians etc alll settling in various parts of India
@@wansh013 Fallacy ? It was recorded in history that Buddhism was exterminated in India by Hindu extremist and Muslim invaders. Who was against Buddhism? The Shunga dynasty in 187 BC, according to early sources , Ashkavadana, that Pushyamitra Shunga was the first persecution of Buddhists in India. It took place in the 2nd century BC by King Pushyamitra Shunga. He cruelly persecuted Buddhists and destroyed their temples. The Hindus continued their prosecution of Buddhists till its final demise in India over 800 years ago. Hindu extremists generally became a major threat to Buddhist relics even in colonial time. In 1794 Jagat Singh, Dewan (minister) of Raja Chet Singh of Banaras began excavating two pre Ashokan era stupas at Sarnath for construction material. He demolished Dharmarajika stupa completely and only its foundation exists today while Dhamekh stupa incurred serious damage. During excavation a green marble relic casket was discovered from Dharmarajika stupa which contained Buddha's ashes was subsequently thrown into Ganges river by Jagat Singh according to his Hindu faith. The incident was reported by a British resident and timely action of East India Company officials saved Dhamekh Stupa from demolition.
Now, at the "Bodh Gaya" (place where Buddha gained enlightenment in India) there are Japanese Buddhist temples as well as Chinese 1. Also I saw a lot of monks from South East Asia around the place.
@@GREENDAY66 bro listen there was no NEPAL AT that timemit was INDIA ancient INDIA but now the birth place noww is in NEPAL BUT he got enlightened in INDIA only (now also) i hope it clears
Shintos didn't want Buddhist monks to take their place, so when the Portuguese arrived in Japan along with Jesuits for gaining converts, the Shinto initially welcomed them as it could curb the power of the Buddhists.
Brilliant as always. Appreciate to expressing the Shintoization of JP Buddhism and division of roles. Just to pick one point, I hesitate to call Nichiren leader of Pure Landism. He denied both the Pure Land and Amitabha, and believed only in Buddha
"The new Prince wants everybody to try this hot new religion from Baejke." Prince: Please try this religion. Everybody: *NO!* Prince: *TRY ITTT!* Everybody: No... "And so the religion was put into place."
And many things related to Buddhism have different names in Japanese: -Vajra in Japanese is 金剛 (Kongō) -Asura in Japanese is 阿修羅 (Ashura) -Rakshasa in Japanese is 羅刹 (Rasetsu)
Katakana, one of the three parts of the Japanese writing system, developed as a result of Buddhist monks during the Nara period transcribing Chinese texts.
compliment for your extensive knowledge, however 11:42 Jenogan where is this word from, I was never recognize of this dynasty even if I'm not historian
I would love to see how Buddhism made it to Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Laos and Burma next! And if it is possible, please do a video about how Albania converted to Islam after the Ottoman Empire conquered Albania.
KINGS AND GENRALS ALWAYS ONE OF THE BEST CHANNELS. JAPAN A POWERFUL STATE WHICH BUILT ON BUDDHSIM ONE OF THE POWERHOUSES OF ASIA BEHIND CHINA. THANK YOU KINGS AND GENERALS.
@3:40 The timeframe is 7th century or so, the focus is on Korea and the text box reads "In Korea the indigenous script was linked to women and commoners while Chinese script was seen as elite and masculine". Was this supposed to be a statement about Japan at this time? Korean Hangul isn't invented until the 15th century. This seems pretty basic to be honest.
I would be interested in more videos on Japanese religious culture because it's quite the complex tale. Thank you very much for another interesting one here! God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
There is a legend that remains in Japan. There was a time long ago when Shinto and Buddhism were treated as the same thing. How did that happen? The reason for this is that a message came from the kami when the emperor, who wanted to spread Buddhism in Japan, ordered high taxes to be paid only to shrines. Kami: “So, if I become a Buddhist, I won’t have to pay high taxes, right?” Priest: “You are God”
Buddhism is a philosophy more than faith. It does not replace local beliefs, culture or history. You follow buddhism along with the other faiths one has. Buddhism merely shows a better way to live, view suffering and life. It's a pretty good one, among philosophies. I personally like advaitha better, but do take parts of buddhism when I need it.
Sad that we are hearing so many Indian words here which are related to Buddhism, but nothing regarding direct Indian Buddhist influences like Bodhisena or Siddham script.
As with war history, use of animation and color palettes. I saw it in automatic translation, thought it was an excellent script. Introduction of matchlock guns to Tanegashima, would also like to see a video on this topic. Thanks For Luck (^^♪
Can you do a video on the Ainu and Okhotsk peoples that span from northern Japan & Manchuria over the bearing strait into Alaska? Culture & trade etc and their relation to indigenous Americans would be an interesting topic
@@KingsandGenerals Yes on the Ainu of hokkaido where you briefly cover the Ainu of Shakalin, Kuril islands and Kamchatka Peninsula whereas I am asking if you would cover the native peoples that cover the Kamchatka Peninsula, Aleutians and other native peoples around the Bering sea including the Ainu, but starting with the Okhotsk, in regards to how through culture, trade and migration they have interacted with native peoples in the Americas. As well as how tribes such as; Koryaks, Avens, Chukchies, Itelmans, Ainu, Unangax̂ and Aleut, relate/differ historically and culturally to one another.
The Shingon school was founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai, not "Koya". Koyasan is the mountain monastery on which the school was centered, but it was Kukai who did the actual founding Edit: also, the Shingon school was absolutely not founded on the Prajnaparamita Sutras. It was and is founded on the tantric practices in four main tantras; the Mahāvairocana Sūtra, the Vajraśekhara Sūtra, the Prajñāpāramitā Naya Sūtra, and the Susiddhikara Sūtra. This is basic, surface level stuff, how did you get it so wrong? Edit 2: Bodhisattvas and Buddhas are distinct categories. Vairocana Buddha is not a Bodhisattva, he is a cosmic Buddha. Likewise, Manjushri Bodhisattva is not a Buddha (yet). The research in this video is entirely subpar
What you are revealing is are not widely known. Also, when the ,monk Bodhisana who came from the Tamil region of Indian he had to do battle with with gods and demons of Japan and pacific them. It only when he finally completed the temple at Nara and consecrated the Buddha Vairocana statue at the temple of Nara did the plague finally subside in Japan.
@@Madame702 Okay, but my point is if you researched the Shingon School these would be the first things you'd come across. There's no excuse for research this poor. Edit: while what you say about Bodhisena is true, I don't understand how it's relevant to my comment.
@@SonofSethoitae Not really, you need be careful I have found that with Buddhism you need a certain amount of merit and purification to come in contact with Buddhism. That why I'm not surprised that they could not research it.
@@Madame702 All of this is literally on the Wikipedia page for Shingon-shu, and it has been in every book I have ever read on the subject. I reiterate, there is no excuse.
@@SonofSethoitae In Tibet there once lived a King. One day a loud "bang" hit the roof the palace. When they went investigate found a wrap bundle in it the King saw blue Lapus Luzali paper and written in gold ink powerful sutras. But then the Tibetan King wept, his ministers alarmed asked why he was crying? He said he did not have the merit and purification to read and practice of the text. King then did practices to increase his merit and purification and eventually he and his ministers were able to understand and practice these profound teachings.
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Since you mentioned Japan's impact on pop culture do you think that you will make some Wizards and Warriors videos about popular anime
On another note when will we get the dragon age videos on the exalted marches and the Qunari invasion
I suggest to make video series on Battles fought by Prophet Mohammad (pbuh).
Please make more videos on South American history!
The research on certain parts of this video seem to have been rushed. The parts on the Shingon school in particular are entirely wrong.
please make video on sikh empire
Before the Meiji Period, Buddhism and Shinto co-exist. A lot of Buddhist Temples have a Shinto Shrine connected with them. Japan was able to assimilate Buddhism into its culture. Oddly, Buddhism became associated with burial rites. Oddly in Japan, one is born in the Shinto faith. Then they get married in a Christian Chapel, When they died, their funeral is held at a Buddhist Temple. So one is born Shinto. Married Christian. Died as a Buddhist.
Didn't know that .
Married Christian? Never heard that. Must be an Osaka thing. I've only ever seen Shinto weddings
Western style of wedding ceremony is very popular in Japan, but it's definitely not a "Christian" ceremony. There's nothing religous about these ceremonies, it's nothing more than style they enjoy.
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Basically, the Japanese are cosplaying Ultraman power-ups since that franchise was created by a devout Catholic convert, Eiji Tsuburaya.
That's why im looking forward to my trip to nikko. Cant wait to visit the Toshogu!
Bodhisena’s arrival to Japan in the mid 700s had a profound impact on Emporer Shomu which led to the wider acceptance of early Buddhism in society
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Buddha did not endorse the caste system. Did Muhammed endorse child marriage?
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Buddha created Buddhism because he didn't like caste-system and other social-evils in India at that time you muddle-head.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب lol please name ashokas child bride, let’s see how much real history you know
@@tvrulz46 Buddhism was long before 700AD more like 700BC
Buddhism is essentially atheism disguised as religion
what a gem! This channel is not only about war documentaries
Maybe it's time to rename the channel? Kings and Generals ... and Monks, Nuns and Priests?
I've had the pleasure to visit Kamakura and Kyoto, in the summer of 2018. Felt very enlightened at my experience in Japan. Beautiful temples and shrines.
Ah yes, after previously talking about how Buddhism came to China, now you are talking about how Buddhism came to Japan, I really enjoyed it, especially the music in the beginning, great video as always.
Btw, can you make video about how Hinduism came to Indonesia, kings & generals?
It is will be very interesting because Indonesia is the only country outside the Indian subcontinent where Hinduism was the majority religion in medieval era.
Malaysia, Vietnam and Combodia too had Hindu majority.
Through Chola Empire.
Or Islam in Southeast Asia
The Khmer Kingdom was Hindu until Jaivavoraman II (as I recall, though I may have the wrong King) adopted Buddhism as the state relgiion. By that time that kingdom had already spread far and ancient Khmer temples that are still standing in Thailand who how they had orginally been built to worship Vishnu and were converted to worship The Buddha.
@@NativeIndian1310Indonesia became Hindu way before Chola Empire. Hinduism and Buddhism spread primarily through merchants from Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Tamil Nadu
The storytelling in this content is so powerful. 📖
Thank you guys for doing all these. You guys are the best I've seen at making history documentaries since Ken Burns.
Amazing work as always 👏👏👏 , love your team & how you've helped me to have a better perspective of the human civilization.🙏🌸🍃
Thank you for producing this; one of my favorite areas to study and something I worked hard on for my MA. Its very nice to see it so nicely explained and amazing artwork.
Yes it's buddhism........who shaped Japan......now Japan we know it's more scientific, rational and atheist it's because of Buddhism....... impacted Japanese minds and culture......very beautiful culture.......please preserve buddhism and Japanese culture......it's applicable to all Buddhist countries.
bhutan , thailand also accepted buddhism but rhey are inot even close to japan. Also , shinto has always been more popular than buddhism in japan.
@@PankajSingh-nf2tf Bro learn more about Buddhism.......This is speciality of Buddhism...... Buddhism go to there country but don't destroy there culture and originality...... Buddhism simply synchronised with them and flourish there culture more than past.......
@@PankajSingh-nf2tfthailand is middle income country ....thailand has considerable economic power in the region
@@Extremists007bro trigger some religion of peace... -_-
Religious and Demographic History is amazing, keep it up
It's so sad to know that people have forgotten the importance of India in spreading Buddhism across the eastern world. It's the monks from India who went out in the wild and crossed mountains to reach as far as Japan to preach Buddhism. Even people who are buddhists are unaware of the Indian history, they do not know where their religion originated and what it took to reach the places. The influence of Indian subcontinent specifically India on the eastern world is beyond imagination. Its time for India to make sure this information is reaching places.
India was once Buddhist too
@@Revivalism23 It was never a Buddhist country. Yes it had Buddhism as a major religion for many centuries but vedic religion or hinduism was always the dominated one in the subcontinent.
@@rahulj.005 India would have been a better place if it was Buddhist
@@Revivalism23 There is no chance that Buddhism would had survived all those invaders that came to India. Hindus survived because they fought back time to time but Buddhists never fought back that's why they slowly declined. Same with Jainism also. Hindus are majority because they fought for this land.
@@rahulj.005 I said India would have been a better place I mean look at India now it's filled with castism intolerance very unsafe place for women etc
Well, that was comprehensive. Pretty cool kings and generals. Pretty cool! Now, I have to go learn much information about Shinto. Hai
Buddhism the only religion that people embraced without any blood shed or force conversion, proud to be Buddhist
Wrong, ever heard of Jainism?
@@Bigdawgs17need to polish and upgrade a lot like a wild one(not false but also not truth)... buddhism is advanced version of it
Fascinating, as always!
I'm so grateful for east and south east asians for accepting, preserving, and promoting buddhism.
Beautiful artwork ☸🌸
Just started playing Total War: Shogun 2 again for the 100th or so time, perfect video to watch on the side, thanks!
really like this ep.. do more in the series
I appreciate this video in English with Western pov, in midst of fruitless disputes over whether it was Chinese or Korean that brought civilization to ancient Japan, you wrote both.
There is documented history of Japanese traveling to Korea and China during the period and visa versa. There is nothing to dispute.
It was neither however, both japan and Korea were heavily influenced by China
Buddhist however was at some point in Japanese history to be separated from Shinto, but they were so entertwined that sometimes it was difficult to do so.
Awesome video!
15 yr Buddhist practitioner here (Korean, version tho); took basic precepts in 2008. It’s great to see this channel- who covers all the medieval & ancient stuff that I love, all of a sudden cover a topic that is paramount in my life, even though I would not have thought based on your regular content, that the subject of Buddhism would be a fit for your channel. There is little militarily to speak about in terms of it. Not nothing, but very little, and in regard to its actual history, not it’s doctrine-which is obviously anti violence altogether.
I can’t say I know much about the Japanese history with Buddhism, but I can say from my own experience, that Buddhism isn’t really a religion. At least not in the sense of literally every other religion in the world. Faith essentially takes no part in core Buddhist teachings. In fact, faith was left to Hinduism & Vedic yogis according to Siddartha Gautama, as a thing that was simply not of any use to what he was looking for, which was an answer to suffering. His take on faith based religion was, “maybe it’s real, maybe it’s not; but irregardless, the religions do not appear to have an answer for suffering that is practical, so let’s leave them where they’re at, and look elsewhere for our answers.” So he didn’t seek to create a competing religion, he left the idea of religion to itself, and essentially created what we could quite accurately think of as a 2600 yr old program of psychotherapy, the way someone who lived 2600 years ago would dream up such a thing, so long before the concept of science would ever appear. And the 8 fold path of Buddhism is what he came up with. A way to live and interface with the world that gave us the best possible means to deal with suffering, and grants us peace and contentment-no matter what our circumstances are. And the roots of all this is simple an eternal, self critical, search for what is true in life, and what is essentially delusion.
So…
…Buddhism refutes no religion, and one can practice Buddhism as a member of any religion-at least from the Buddhist perspective. I doubt Islam would be tolerant of their members practicing Buddhism for example, but the reverse isn’t true.
Buddhism was never going to conflict with Shintoism, which is a heavily nature driven ideology. A nature ideology mixes extremely well with Buddhism. Probably better than with the religions of any place it travelled through during the great spread eastward.
It is relatively easy for Buddhism to gain a foothold in a culture that isn’t heavily - stubbornly dogmatic about their current beliefs, because the conversation simply begins with some ideas that no sane, reasonable person can refute, because these ideas are veritable to the nature of reality. And once people have that conversation, their minds open a bit, and they think, “this thing might have a lot more to teach us.” And so long as there isn’t already a cultural willingness to be attached hard to a delusional, dogmatic belief system, that just cannot be bent- otherwise certain people would loose their grip on power-the Buddhism could just slid in right next to whatever’s already there. This happens everywhere you have a people willing to engage in an ongoing discourse about the nature of reality. And I’ll leave it with this: ever wondered why Buddhism is, and always has been vehemently rejected by the Abrahamic religions?
See: “delusional, dogmatic belief systems, that are held hard so as to avoid loosing a grip on power. “
This is a strange, modern, and materialist distortion of Buddhism. A religion with its own doctrines on metaphysics, spiritual practice, and yes faith in the teachings and being of the buddhas and boddhisatvas.
When that tsunami hit in 2011
I thought Christian stupidity keeps praying for them
For me it is the same as for the worshippers of Baal
The music vibe of east asia ❤
I love the cat at 12:55. 😉
Overall, a very informative and esthetically beautiful video.
Buddhism has co-existed quite peacefully with the native faiths in various Asia regions, the spirit of "live and let live" prevail and flourish.
Another amazing video from my favorite channel
It's quite fascinating how Buddhism can be mixed quite heavily with local believe like what happened in China, Korea, and Japan. I wonder if this mixed believe would also happened if it's Hinduism which come to China and Japan first or if Hinduism can spread like Buddhism at all
In Thailand when you enter a Buddhist temple you are also likely to find Hindu deities like Ganesh, Brahma, Vishnu, Trimurti, Kaili, the earth-goddess Torani, and the demon Rahu, as well as Chinese deities like Guan Imm. A friend of mine from Myanmar was quite surprised when he saw Hindu gods being worshipped by Buddhists, as Thailand and Myanmar share Theravada Buddhism. However, when I went to Myanmar I noticed the presence of Nats and Burmese deities, even at Shwedagon Pagoda, so Buddhism in general seems to meld with local religions rather easily. You can also find local Thai spirits like the tree spirit Nang Takien, and in the Phrakanong distric of Bangkok there is a shrine to the legendary spirit Mae Naak (or Nang Naak), who was a woman who died in childbirth while her husband was away at war, and stayed with him, along with the ghost of their son, when he returned.
Hinduism had spread across Southeast Asia, and was the religion of several kingdoms in the region, including The Khmer Kingdom. The Khmer then adopted Buddhism and converted the Hindu temples to worship The Buddha instead of Vishnu. I know that Ganesh was also popular among The Khmer and there are many examples of Ganesh figures from that time.
@Science lover sanjeev That's a good question. It may have been something to do with how Buddhism was presented as an escape from the cycle that Hinudism presented, and so was considered to be confronting Hinduism? According to Buddhist scripture The Buddha ascended to Heaven to teach the gods, so I would imagine that might be considered blasphemous to Hindus. I did hear once that Gautama was considered to be an avatar who descended to test worshippers. I'm not sure how widely held an idea that is, as I haven't heard it repeated. I also don't know how much, if at all, Hinduism blended with local beliefs when it spread into Southeast Asia, before being largely replaced by Buddhism and Islam. It would be interesting to see a video on that.
Well, Hinduism was never an organized religion and spreading religion by monks was not a thing however some kings did that in southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, combodia etc. i don't know if it was deliberately done or it was accidental. But in case of Buddhism it was deliberately done by Indian kings like Ashoka the great, he sent many monks in different countries, he even sent his children to spread Buddhism, when Buddhist monasteries increased, monks went to different countries on their own, they didn't need any support from kings. Plus Buddhism was not unique in India before Buddhism, Jainism was already there which was quite similar to Buddhism, there was charvaka faith and jivika faith, however in these faiths only Jainism survived.
@Science lover sanjeev Yes, quite similar. I've thought that as well.
@@shubhamkumar6689 Buddhism and Hinduism were both spread centrally in south east Asia for Buddhism it was trade for Hinduism it was a mixture of a trade and war.
Unironically the one religion that spread without central authority for the most part was Islam in the region, the rulers were often the last to accept it.
It was spread through trade. Unlike Hinduism or Buddhism in the region it wasn’t tied to the kings in terms of religious dogma (the Modern Thai king for example has a form of Buddhism directly linked to his “divinity”) while the same was found among the majapahit etc.
I haven't lost faith that you'll return to finish Toyotomi Hideyoshi's rise to power (plz do).
We will. As usual, trying to build a comprehensive plan before starting it. There will be a long series on the Sengoku Jidai down the line.
@@KingsandGenerals you should kings and generals video on the process of making a video. Introduce the team lol.
@@KingsandGenerals please do on Sikhism
please add more content like this, history is not all about wars and military tactics!
Always great to see Asian history!
The Legacy of Alexander the Great, still expands even after his death.
The statue of Buddha in Japan were inspired mostly by the hellenistic Greco-Buddhist art form of India and Bactria.
It's intriguing to see how an art form traverse all the way and somehow connected people, From the Greeks all the way to the Japanese in the corner of the world.
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@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403When did Bodhidharma live
@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403 Source?
@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403 Where is your previous reply
@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403 Did Bodhidharma live 600 years before Jesus?
Please make more videos on the history of religions.
kings and generals I'm really enjoying your history of religion series please continue to do more of this wonderful contents. also another fascinating religion you could look at is the growth of the Church of the East, or called by many Nestorian Christianity, and how it was at one period of time having much more adherance then their western conterparts until it fell over time and finally mostly dying out in many areas during Timur's time with the exception of the assyrians of mesopetamia and iraq.
Yo kings and generals 👋
Can you do more content on the Horn of Africa a little more
I'd love to see more on the ancient history of the macrobians and the land of punt along with the Somali and arab traders in the gulf of aden.
Cushitic culture as a whole is very underrated, especially for how little known it is even though it is so ancient.
So little is known BECAUSE it is so ancient.
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Ayy as a horn african cushite (somali) I want this
@16:45 I think there is a mistake in classifying Nichiren as Pure Land since Nichiren wrote many criticisms of the Pure Land sect. I tried link the encyclopedia Britannica page but the comment kept getting deleted.
History of Religion :) Yes please :) I hope you do a video on St parick & St macartan. I am decended from macartan. I have lots of good info on macartan
Fascinating video. I'm loving the religion-focus. Could you possibly cover the Kalmyk people, some of Europe's first Buddhists.
Kalmyk people are actually Mongolic people. They live in the Kalmyk Republic of Russia.
If you'll be doing more videos on religious history, please do one on Ethiopian Christianity and how after the Arab Conquests of the 7th century cut its direct geographic links to the Byzantine world, it carried on for centuries as a (more or less) isolated religious community between Islamic neighbors to the north and east, and more traditional African belief systems to the west and south.
Japan and Budhism are so deeply intertwined that as a young kid I used to think that Budhism came from Japan, i am from India 😋🤣
Because Buddhism disappeared from India over 800 years ago. It was exterminated by fundamentalist Muslims and Hindus. Without the recorded historical journals of monks from China, nothing much is known of Indian Buddhism.
@@jacku8304 thats a falacy, India has been mutil religious since history with an aggressive stance towards islam only, as that is what the agenda of islamic conquerors back then and somewhat a matter of conflict still. the timeline you mention would be the same where we had africans jews zorastrians etc alll settling in various parts of India
@@wansh013 Fallacy ? It was recorded in history that Buddhism was exterminated in India by Hindu extremist and Muslim invaders.
Who was against Buddhism?
The Shunga dynasty in 187 BC,
according to early sources , Ashkavadana, that Pushyamitra Shunga was the first persecution of Buddhists in India. It took place in the 2nd century BC by King Pushyamitra Shunga. He cruelly persecuted Buddhists and destroyed their temples.
The Hindus continued their prosecution of Buddhists till its final demise in India over 800 years ago. Hindu extremists generally became a major threat to Buddhist relics even in colonial time.
In 1794 Jagat Singh, Dewan (minister) of Raja Chet Singh of Banaras began excavating two pre Ashokan era stupas at Sarnath for construction material. He demolished Dharmarajika stupa completely and only its foundation exists today while Dhamekh stupa incurred serious damage. During excavation a green marble relic casket was discovered from Dharmarajika stupa which contained Buddha's ashes was subsequently thrown into Ganges river by Jagat Singh according to his Hindu faith. The incident was reported by a British resident and timely action of East India Company officials saved Dhamekh Stupa from demolition.
Loving the Japan stuff let's do more of the Meiji era
More on East Asia would be greatly appreciated
Now, at the "Bodh Gaya" (place where Buddha gained enlightenment in India) there are Japanese Buddhist temples as well as Chinese 1. Also I saw a lot of monks from South East Asia around the place.
who said buddha got enlightenment in india? it's Nepal . love lumbini Nepal from sri lanka
@@GREENDAY66😂😂Nepal was part of greater india. Sidharth became budhha in india . "Budhha" term was title not name
@@GREENDAY66 bro listen there was no NEPAL AT that timemit was INDIA ancient INDIA but now the birth place noww is in NEPAL BUT he got enlightened in INDIA only (now also) i hope it clears
@@GREENDAY66 niga india named in yr 1947 nd ur damn english bro , its so good bruh cant argue with fools yeah m crying , top 5 gdp in the world
@@GREENDAY66 but he got enlightened in BODH GAYA BIHAR now pls say it is also in NEPAL
Thank you for this....hopefully more in future
Shintos didn't want Buddhist monks to take their place, so when the Portuguese arrived in Japan along with Jesuits for gaining converts, the Shinto initially welcomed them as it could curb the power of the Buddhists.
Brilliant as always. Appreciate to expressing the Shintoization of JP Buddhism and division of roles.
Just to pick one point, I hesitate to call Nichiren leader of Pure Landism. He denied both the Pure Land and Amitabha, and believed only in Buddha
Cool history Japan 🗾
So, Nakatomi are a clan, as well as a business empire with a skyscraper office building at 1 Nakatomi Plaza.
Terrific video!
Thanks for a good video 👊🏻
Can you do a video on the St. Thomas Christians of Southern India?
Excellent video 📹
Brilliant knowledge
Zen (Japanese) = Chen (Mandarin) = Dhyaan (Sanskrit) = Meditation or concentration.
Indian?
Jhan = prakrit
Awesome thanks 👍
Hi. U guys are amazing
🕉 "Understanding karma, we learn to live with more compassion." - [00:02]
Standing inside the Kamakura Buddha was quite the experience.
Can you make a video about mongol invasion of goryeo ( korea)
"The new Prince wants everybody to try this hot new religion from Baejke."
Prince: Please try this religion.
Everybody: *NO!*
Prince: *TRY ITTT!*
Everybody: No...
"And so the religion was put into place."
pronounced /byeck/
And many things related to Buddhism have different names in Japanese:
-Vajra in Japanese is 金剛 (Kongō)
-Asura in Japanese is 阿修羅 (Ashura)
-Rakshasa in Japanese is 羅刹 (Rasetsu)
The Lotus Sutra isn't the root of the Zen school. That was the Lankavatara Sutra
Katakana, one of the three parts of the Japanese writing system, developed as a result of Buddhist monks during the Nara period transcribing Chinese texts.
compliment for your extensive knowledge, however 11:42 Jenogan where is this word from, I was never recognize of this dynasty even if I'm not historian
अपने दीपक स्वयं बनो ।
जय बुद्ध ।
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I would love to see how Buddhism made it to Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Laos and Burma next! And if it is possible, please do a video about how Albania converted to Islam after the Ottoman Empire conquered Albania.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب smoking ?
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب 🤦
All very interesting and well presented, except for the annoying ‘popping’ noises in the background.
What is the song at the end of the video?
Forget it man we're doomed to never know
KINGS AND GENRALS ALWAYS ONE OF THE BEST CHANNELS. JAPAN A POWERFUL STATE WHICH BUILT ON BUDDHSIM ONE OF THE POWERHOUSES OF ASIA BEHIND CHINA. THANK YOU KINGS AND GENERALS.
ok but why are you yelling
Japan became powerful after coming in contact with western world
0:30 wait, why are there two "Eastern Wei" on the map? Shouldn't one of them be "Western Wei"?
@3:40 The timeframe is 7th century or so, the focus is on Korea and the text box reads "In Korea the indigenous script was linked to women and commoners while Chinese script was seen as elite and masculine". Was this supposed to be a statement about Japan at this time? Korean Hangul isn't invented until the 15th century. This seems pretty basic to be honest.
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can you do Battle of Tagliacozzo documentary? with last living descendant of hohenstaufen blodlines and last ruler of sicily related to de hauteville
What is the name intro so sound ..sound good 😊
I would be interested in more videos on Japanese religious culture because it's quite the complex tale. Thank you very much for another interesting one here!
God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
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Nice video
love the video. However the map is wrong in 0:32. You have 2 eastern weis. It should be eastern and western wei. 東魏 西魏
That Total War soundtrack is too good.
Good animation
Have you done a video on the Austronesian Expansion?
Good synopsis.
There is a legend that remains in Japan.
There was a time long ago when Shinto and Buddhism were treated as the same thing.
How did that happen?
The reason for this is that a message came from the kami when the emperor, who wanted to spread Buddhism in Japan, ordered high taxes to be paid only to shrines.
Kami: “So, if I become a Buddhist, I won’t have to pay high taxes, right?”
Priest: “You are God”
Can you do video about the Eritrean kingdom of domat and midrd bahri or the king of the sea
12:15 SONIYROってなんだ？
Love your channel! When will you upload the rest of Alexander the Great's videos?
Working on them
Why isn't Bodhisena mentioned in the video?
Buddhism is a philosophy more than faith. It does not replace local beliefs, culture or history. You follow buddhism along with the other faiths one has. Buddhism merely shows a better way to live, view suffering and life. It's a pretty good one, among philosophies.
I personally like advaitha better, but do take parts of buddhism when I need it.
Sad that we are hearing so many Indian words here which are related to Buddhism, but nothing regarding direct Indian Buddhist influences like Bodhisena or Siddham script.
As with war history,
use of animation and color palettes.
I saw it in automatic translation,
thought it was an excellent script.
Introduction of matchlock guns to Tanegashima,
would also like to see a video on this topic.
Thanks For Luck (^^♪
Who knew learning about Buddhism in Japan could lead to such tasty snacks?
Does someone know when the next part of the Alexander the Great series is uploaded?
Working on it
Can you do a video on the Ainu and Okhotsk peoples that span from northern Japan & Manchuria over the bearing strait into Alaska?
Culture & trade etc and their relation to indigenous Americans would be an interesting topic
We have a video on the Ainu
@@KingsandGenerals Yes on the Ainu of hokkaido where you briefly cover the Ainu of Shakalin, Kuril islands and Kamchatka Peninsula whereas I am asking if you would cover the native peoples that cover the Kamchatka Peninsula, Aleutians and other native peoples around the Bering sea including the Ainu, but starting with the Okhotsk, in regards to how through culture, trade and migration they have interacted with native peoples in the Americas. As well as how tribes such as; Koryaks, Avens, Chukchies, Itelmans, Ainu, Unangax̂ and Aleut, relate/differ historically and culturally to one another.
@@KingsandGenerals Could you also make a historical documentary about Christianity and the Jesuits in Japan?
Good suggestion, added to the list
The Shingon school was founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai, not "Koya". Koyasan is the mountain monastery on which the school was centered, but it was Kukai who did the actual founding
Edit: also, the Shingon school was absolutely not founded on the Prajnaparamita Sutras. It was and is founded on the tantric practices in four main tantras; the Mahāvairocana Sūtra, the Vajraśekhara Sūtra, the Prajñāpāramitā Naya Sūtra, and the Susiddhikara Sūtra.
This is basic, surface level stuff, how did you get it so wrong?
Edit 2: Bodhisattvas and Buddhas are distinct categories. Vairocana Buddha is not a Bodhisattva, he is a cosmic Buddha. Likewise, Manjushri Bodhisattva is not a Buddha (yet). The research in this video is entirely subpar
What you are revealing is are not widely known. Also, when the ,monk Bodhisana who came from the Tamil region of Indian he had to do battle with with gods and demons of Japan and pacific them. It only when he finally completed the temple at Nara and consecrated the Buddha Vairocana statue at the temple of Nara did the plague finally subside in Japan.
@@Madame702 Okay, but my point is if you researched the Shingon School these would be the first things you'd come across. There's no excuse for research this poor.
Edit: while what you say about Bodhisena is true, I don't understand how it's relevant to my comment.
@@SonofSethoitae Not really, you need be careful I have found that with Buddhism you need a certain amount of merit and purification to come in contact with Buddhism. That why I'm not surprised that they could not research it.
@@Madame702 All of this is literally on the Wikipedia page for Shingon-shu, and it has been in every book I have ever read on the subject. I reiterate, there is no excuse.
@@SonofSethoitae In Tibet there once lived a King. One day a loud "bang" hit the roof the palace. When they went investigate found a wrap bundle in it the King saw blue Lapus Luzali paper and written in gold ink powerful sutras. But then the Tibetan King wept, his ministers alarmed asked why he was crying? He said he did not have the merit and purification to read and practice of the text. King then did practices to increase his merit and purification and eventually he and his ministers were able to understand and practice these profound teachings.
Great voice
Make a video on Tiger of Mysore (Tipu sultan)
Do another video on why Buddhism is pretty much dead in India
It is actually dead except some non Indian states that were incorporated into India by the British during independence
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This may not be a mistake at all but two different nations are called eastern wei at 0:32
Good catch. It should be Eastern and Western Wei.
Recently, TH-cam have sent me multiple Japanese videos but this video is making me curious about the religious
The map with two Wei's and Liang is quite bad. The Wei on the West is Western Wei, and Eastern Wei never extended its influence South of the Yangtze.
P.S. I'm a fan of this channel! Just want to point out minor inaccuracies as I see them
Interesting