Siddhartha Diffusion

Buddhism is one of the most important Asian traditions. How could it be that Buddhism, a totally foreign religion, successfully established itself in China? There are a plethora of reasons why this type of diffusion occurred. I will be providing the historical overview of the introduction to Buddhism and how it was developed once it spread through China.

It begins with one man Gautama Siddhartha, (563-483 B.C.E), the founder of Buddhism, even though he was contemporaneous Confucius. He was given the birth name Siddhartha, he is also known as Sakyamuni, sage of the Sakya tribe. Siddhartha became a tough man growing up. When he was the prince of the warrior castle, he found himself training for battle, or as it was called, the art of war. Then, …show more content…
He was lead through the capital, pondered around and saw different kinds of people, old, young, sick, and what he came across that day was his first glimpse of death itself. It would stumble upon a funeral that was taking place on the other side of the river and at that time he saw death. One of his friends Chandaka, a squire of his, was asked by Siddhartha to explain the meaning and the simple truths of death. Why did everyone get old, get ill, and die? This stayed with Siddhartha for a long period of …show more content…
Siddhartha discovered the sufferings that everyday people dealt with and he wanted to find out on his own how he would be able to overcome such awful atrocities. This was the turning point in his life, he thought to himself that he wanted to serve as a new person in his new life. One night he kissed his wife and son goodbye and snuck of the Castle with his horse and squire. As he left the gates of his grand palace, Siddhartha gave away his nice clothing and he even cut his beautiful long hair, and gave the horse to his squire, this being the first step towards his spiritual