Buddhism: Similarities And Differences

Buddhism is a religion based in Asia. Nowadays, more and more people know about Buddhism and Buddhism culture. The figure of the Buddha is an art object that represents the Buddhism culture. The figure of the Buddha usually has thousands of year history. In fact, the figure of the Buddha from China and Japan has some similarities and differences in appearance, cultural meaning and working process.
Buddhism has more than three thousand year history. It was established by Nepal Prince Gautama Siddhartha. Western countries generally believe that Buddhism originated in India. In fact, India was always trying to tell the world "the holy land of Buddhism". This makes a lot of people think that Buddha was born in India, which makes the Nepalese people always dissatisfied. Buddhism is also the three biggest religions in the world. Buddhists aims were understood the truth of life and the universe, and ultimately beyond life and death and suffering, cut off all the troubles, achieve ultimate liberation.
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Basically, these two sculptures look similar but in the details, they have some differences. Firstly, the expression of these two Buddhas are very amiable and peaceful. They are sitting on the pedestal and spread positive energy. Secondly, these two Buddhas are opening their one hand, feels like they were spread positive energy to the world. Thirdly, these two object’s details are very elegant and concentrate on details. For instance, their hairstyle, hands and pedestal. However, these two objects also have some differences as well. First of all, you can see the height of these two objects is different. The one Yakushi Nyorai is half height compared to Bodhisattva. So it was more difficult to create details in Yakushi Nyorai. But the Bodhisattva is a big sculpture, it takes a longer time to go through the