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94:9.1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhism] prospered because it offered [[salvation]] through [[belief]] in the [[Buddha]], the [[enlightened]] one. It was more [[representative]] of the [[Melchizedek]] [[truths]] than any other [[religious]] system to be found throughout [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Asia eastern Asia]. But Buddhism did not become widespread as a [[religion]] until it was espoused in self-protection by the low-caste [[King|monarch]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka Asoka], who, next to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikhnaton Ikhnaton in Egypt], was one of the most remarkable civil rulers between [[Melchizedek]] and [[Michael]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka Asoka] built a great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire#Ashoka_the_Great Indian empire] through the [[propaganda]] of his [[Buddhist]] missionaries. During a period of twenty-five years he [[trained]] and sent forth more than seventeen thousand missionaries to the farthest [[frontiers]] of all the known world. In one [[generation]] he made [[Buddhism]] the dominant [[religion]] of one half the world. It soon became [[established]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet Tibet], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir Kashmir],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon Ceylon], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma Burma], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java Java], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siam Siam], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea Korea], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan]. And generally speaking, it was a [[religion]] vastly superior to those which it supplanted or upstepped.

94:9.1 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhism] prospered because it offered [[salvation]] through [[belief]] in the [[Buddha]], the [[enlightened]] one. It was more [[representative]] of the [[Melchizedek]] [[truths]] than any other [[religious]] system to be found throughout [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Asia eastern Asia]. But Buddhism did not become widespread as a [[religion]] until it was espoused in self-protection by the low-caste [[King|monarch]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka Asoka], who, next to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikhnaton Ikhnaton in Egypt], was one of the most remarkable civil rulers between [[Melchizedek]] and [[Michael]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka Asoka] built a great [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire#Ashoka_the_Great Indian empire] through the [[propaganda]] of his [[Buddhist]] missionaries. During a period of twenty-five years he [[trained]] and sent forth more than seventeen thousand missionaries to the farthest [[frontiers]] of all the known world. In one [[generation]] he made [[Buddhism]] the dominant [[religion]] of one half the world. It soon became [[established]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet Tibet], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir Kashmir],[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon Ceylon], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma Burma], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java Java], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siam Siam], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea Korea], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan]. And generally speaking, it was a [[religion]] vastly superior to those which it supplanted or upstepped.

94:9.2 The spread of [[Buddhism]] from its homeland in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_India India] to all of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia Asia] is one of the thrilling [[stories]] of the [[spiritual]] [[devotion]] and missionary [[persistence]] of [[sincere]] religionists. The [[teachers]] of [[Gautama]]'s gospel not only braved the [[perils]] of the overland caravan routes but faced the [[dangers]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Sea China Seas] as they pursued their mission over the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia Asiatic continent], bringing to all peoples the message of their [[faith]]. But this [[Buddhism]] was no longer the [[simple]] doctrine of [[Gautama]]; it was the miraculized gospel which made him a [[god]]. And the farther [[Buddhism]] spread from its highland [[home]] in India, the more unlike the teachings of [[Gautama]] it became, and the more like the [[religions]] it supplanted, it grew to be.

94:9.2 The spread of [[Buddhism]] from its homeland in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_India India] to all of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia Asia] is one of the thrilling [[stories]] of the [[spiritual]] [[devotion]] and missionary [[persistence]] of [[sincere]] religionists. The [[teachers]] of [[Gautama]]'s gospel not only braved the [[perils]] of the overland caravan routes but faced the [[dangers]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Sea China Seas] as they pursued their mission over the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia Asiatic continent], bringing to all peoples the message of their [[faith]]. But this [[Buddhism]] was no longer the [[simple]] doctrine of [[Gautama]]; it was the miraculized gospel which made him a [[god]]. And the farther [[Buddhism]] spread from its highland [[home]] in India, the more unlike the teachings of [[Gautama]] it became, and the more like the [[religions]] it supplanted, it grew to be.

94:9.3 [[Buddhism]], later on, was much affected by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism Taoism] in China, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto Shinto] in Japan, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiainity Christianity] in Tibet. After a thousand years, in India Buddhism simply withered and expired. It became [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahmanized] and later abjectly [[surrendered]] to [[Islam]], while throughout much of the rest of the [[Orient]] it [[degenerated]] into a [[ritual]] which [[Gautama Siddhartha]] would never have recognized.

94:9.3 [[Buddhism]], later on, was much affected by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism Taoism] in China, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto Shinto] in Japan, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiainity Christianity] in Tibet. After a thousand years, in India Buddhism simply withered and expired. It became [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahmanized] and later abjectly [[surrendered]] to [[Islam]], while throughout much of the rest of the [[Orient]] it [[degenerated]] into a [[ritual]] which [[Gautama Siddhartha]] would never have recognized.

94:9.4 In the south the [[fundamentalist]] [[stereotype]] of the teachings of [[Siddhartha]] persisted in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon Ceylon],  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma Burma], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam Indo-China peninsula]. This is the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinayana Hinayana] division of Buddhism which clings to the early or asocial [[doctrine]].

94:9.4 In the south the [[fundamentalist]] [[stereotype]] of the teachings of [[Siddhartha]] persisted in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon Ceylon],  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma Burma], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam Indo-China peninsula]. This is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinayana Hinayana] division of Buddhism which clings to the early or asocial [[doctrine]].

94:9.5 But even before the collapse in India, the Chinese and north Indian groups of [[Gautama]]'s followers had begun the [[development]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana Mahayana] teaching of the "Great Road" to [[salvation]] in contrast with the purists of the south who held to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinayna Hinayana], or "Lesser Road." And these Mahayanists cast loose from the [[social]] [[limitations]] [[inherent]] in the [[Buddhist]] [[doctrine]], and ever since has this northern division of Buddhism continued to evolve in China and Japan.

94:9.5 But even before the collapse in India, the Chinese and north Indian groups of [[Gautama]]'s followers had begun the [[development]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana Mahayana] teaching of the "Great Road" to [[salvation]] in contrast with the purists of the south who held to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinayna Hinayana], or "Lesser Road." And these Mahayanists cast loose from the [[social]] [[limitations]] [[inherent]] in the [[Buddhist]] [[doctrine]], and ever since has this northern division of Buddhism continued to evolve in China and Japan.

94:9.6 [[Buddhism]] is a living, growing [[religion]] today because it succeeds in conserving many of the highest [[moral]] [[values]] of its adherents. It promotes calmness and self-control, augments [[serenity]] and [[happiness]], and does much to prevent sorrow and mourning. Those who believe this [[philosophy]] live better lives than many who do not.

94:9.6 [[Buddhism]] is a living, growing [[religion]] today because it succeeds in conserving many of the highest [[moral]] [[values]] of its adherents. It promotes calmness and self-control, augments [[serenity]] and [[happiness]], and does much to prevent sorrow and mourning. Those who believe this [[philosophy]] live better lives than many who do not.

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