Buddhism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...About the 1st cent. a.d. Buddhism entered China along trade...concepts. The 6th cent. saw the development of the great philosophical...nonacademic sects were Chan or Zen Buddhism , whose chief practice was...enlightenment," and Pure Land Buddhism , which advocated repetition...