Buddhism began in India and spread rapidly throughout South Asia, and was eventually able to begin spreading beyond South Asia. Over time, South Asians absorbed many thoughts as well as traditions of outside influences which they applied to their religion, Buddhism and this allowed Buddhism to further develop, more so than ever before. Buddhists mainly stressed the sufferings involved in life and a desire to end these sufferings and to eventually achieve nirvana, which was a state of happiness and peace, where one was released from the effects of karma and rebirth. Nirvana was considered the final goal of the Buddhists. Buddhism was able to develop and spread throughout South Asia due to several factors including the effect of outside influences,
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Buddhist inspired art as well as literature greatly increased the spread of Buddhism to other areas. Buddhist art and literature appealed to a wide variety of diverse people. Asvaghosa, who was a great Buddhist thinker, released a bibliography about Buddha that was written in Sanskrit, which was able to quickly spread Buddha’s story far and wide. The Bibliography spread throughout the commercial environment of the Kushan Empire as well as beyond the walls of India. This began allowing many potential converts to read the teachings of Buddha. Previously, the records regarding Buddha’s life as well as his teachings had only been transmitted orally. The Buddha’s teachings weren’t written down until much later sometime before the first century. This bibliography allowed many more people to have access to Buddha’s story and his teachings to reach so many more people than ever before with a common written language. There were also two large statues of the Buddha, towering one hundred twenty one and one hundred and eighty feet high that were carved from a cliff side at Bamiyan, as well as five huge Buddhas carved into cliffs in Yungsang, China. Development of Buddhist influenced art and literature greatly impacted the spread of Buddha’s teachings and
Buddhist inspired art as well as literature greatly increased the spread of Buddhism to other areas. Buddhist art and literature appealed to a wide variety of diverse people. Asvaghosa, who was a great Buddhist thinker, released a bibliography about Buddha that was written in Sanskrit, which was able to quickly spread Buddha’s story far and wide. The Bibliography spread throughout the commercial environment of the Kushan Empire as well as beyond the walls of India. This began allowing many potential converts to read the teachings of Buddha. Previously, the records regarding Buddha’s life as well as his teachings had only been transmitted orally. The Buddha’s teachings weren’t written down until much later sometime before the first century. This bibliography allowed many more people to have access to Buddha’s story and his teachings to reach so many more people than ever before with a common written language. There were also two large statues of the Buddha, towering one hundred twenty one and one hundred and eighty feet high that were carved from a cliff side at Bamiyan, as well as five huge Buddhas carved into cliffs in Yungsang, China. Development of Buddhist influenced art and literature greatly impacted the spread of Buddha’s teachings and