Visit China

>visit China
>go to Buddhist temple
>religious festival is going on
>people are offering goods to statues for good fortune
>monks are blessing people so they will gain wealth

wtf do they even read the Buddha?

Yeah, Chinese religions are heavy on Syncretism.

>not doing fun superstitious holidays with your loving family and community

>*air horn*

Everything gets corrupted over time, the same thing happened to Taoism.

When Buddhism was introduced to China it mixed heavily with local indigenous traditions, and the local gods became Buddhas. The same thing happened with Taoism in China and with Buddhism in pretty much all of Southeast Asia

Approximately how mad would Siddharta be if he saw his handiwork today?

I never understood this

When a religion is about spiritual liberation and renouncing the material, then praying to saints for money, health, and children

When Buddhism first entered China during the Han Dynasty, they reacted badly to it. Why?
>Spiritual liberation
>Renouncing the Material
Filial, Community-Centric, Chinese: HOSHIT NIGGA THAT SOUNDS LIKE PLAIN IRRESPONSIBILITY TO ME.

Hence why Chan Buddhism happened to make Buddhism palatable to East Asia,

He'd be pretty chill.

Probably not at all as he transcended emotions.

But honestly, he wouldn't give much of a shit. Buddhism is mostly about monasticism. There is absolutely nothing wrong with living a happy, moderate life of sustainable pleasure. You're still subject to the cycle of rebirth and all that but not everyone is ready or capable of getting out of the cycle anyways.

Yeah

The reception of Buddhism in East Asia mirrors Christianity in Europe

please tryyyy iiiiit

>visit America
>religious festival is going on
>people are offering milk and cookies to Saint Coca Cola
>children write prayers to Saint Coca Cola asking for more toys

wtf do they even read the Bible?

This is what happened to Buddhism after the Nestorian Christian influence disappeared.

>watching youtube video on history
>pop-history
>9 minutes long
Were you trying to be funny? Holy fucking shit.

Retard alert

Same with Taoism.

If you really want to study Buddhism and Taoism, ignore their religious offshoots and focus only on the original, philosophical ones.

>be european
>most religious people in my country are catholic
>they actually only pray for money, or when they are ill or in trouble
wtf do they even read the bible?

the video itself is a joke/satirical.

how exactly does this contradict buddhism? Those people would know more about buddhism then you do.

Why do westerners act like they own buddhism?

chinese people see religion just as a supernatural way of getting money

This, like Christianity it starts off as an innovative revolutionary ideal and eventually modulates into a state institution which ends up pulling in the reins of a formerly unruly people.