What was buddisms modes and routes of spread?
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Before the birth of the Buddha, Indian society had become self-centered (the intellectual class) and ritualistic (the masses). Buddhism provided a new organized form of religious Sangha, which preached a simple message of compassion in Päli, the language of laypeople. This ease and simplicity helped the extensive spread of Buddhism. The cryptic language of Vedic philosophy was difficult for the masses to understand. Buddhism filled the gap by offering a simplified way of noble conduct to the common people.
The Middle Way
Buddhism provided the middle way in two ways: Philosophically, it neither advocated complete nihilism and materialism of Chärväkas nor accepted the theistic philosophy of Vedas. This appealed to the intellectual class. Secondly, it rejected both the householder life of Vedic Hinduism and the extreme penance of Jain mendicants. This provided a middle way of renunciation to the society. Therefore, it was accepted by intellectual class and the masses alike.
Emphasis on Ethics
Without emphasizing on complex philosophies, Buddhism simply stressed a good moral life. The Buddhist message of compassion was seen as an ethical revolution in the Asian countries and that helped its success there.
Sangha — Socialization of spirituality
As mentioned earlier, Buddhism emphasized the propagation of spiritual practices and principles in the society and stressed on overall socialization of religion by organizing Sangha of monks and nuns. Society supported these Sanghas by the way of donations, both monetary and in the form of land. These Sanghas actively spread the message of Buddhism in India and other Asian countries. Buddhism, similar to Islam and Christianity, has been a proselytizing religion, even if it was done peacefully: Emperor Ashoka’s missionaries went all over Asia and converted vast regions to Buddhism.
Universal Acceptance Buddhism accepted people of all nationalities, races, castes and sexes with open arms. Although philosophically Vedic scriptures had this principle, the practical and social implementation was carried out by Buddhism at a massive level. It also compromised on certain principles. For instance, although a strictly vegetarian religion originally, it allowed meat-eating people to convert into Buddhism. This flexible attitude helped it to spread easily in Asian countries.
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Before the birth of the Buddha, Indian society had become self-centered (the intellectual class) and ritualistic (the masses). Buddhism provided a new organized form of religious Sangha, which preached a simple message of compassion in Päli, the language of laypeople. This ease and simplicity helped the extensive spread of Buddhism. The cryptic language of Vedic philosophy was difficult for the masses to understand. Buddhism filled the gap by offering a simplified way of noble conduct to the common people.
The Middle Way
Buddhism provided the middle way in two ways: Philosophically, it neither advocated complete nihilism and materialism of Chärväkas nor accepted the theistic philosophy of Vedas. This appealed to the intellectual class. Secondly, it rejected both the householder life of Vedic Hinduism and the extreme penance of Jain mendicants. This provided a middle way of renunciation to the society. Therefore, it was accepted by intellectual class and the masses alike.
Emphasis on Ethics
Without emphasizing on complex philosophies, Buddhism simply stressed a good moral life. The Buddhist message of compassion was seen as an ethical revolution in the Asian countries and that helped its success there.
Sangha — Socialization of spirituality
As mentioned earlier, Buddhism emphasized the propagation of spiritual practices and principles in the society and stressed on overall socialization of religion by organizing Sangha of monks and nuns. Society supported these Sanghas by the way of donations, both monetary and in the form of land. These Sanghas actively spread the message of Buddhism in India and other Asian countries. Buddhism, similar to Islam and Christianity, has been a proselytizing religion, even if it was done peacefully: Emperor Ashoka’s missionaries went all over Asia and converted vast regions to Buddhism.
Universal Acceptance Buddhism accepted people of all nationalities, races, castes and sexes with open arms. Although philosophically Vedic scriptures had this principle, the practical and social implementation was carried out by Buddhism at a massive level. It also compromised on certain principles. For instance, although a strictly vegetarian religion originally, it allowed meat-eating people to convert into Buddhism. This flexible attitude helped it to spread easily in Asian countries.
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Buddhism and its spread along the Silk Road the Silk road was a little route not just for physical goods but ideas as well and it had a significant impact on the spread of Buddhism through Central area Asia the cradle of Buddhism is to be found in Iron Age India
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