The main three ways in which the religion was transported into the region is through systems of trade, marriage, and missionary work. Buddhism has always been a missionary religion and Theravada Buddhism was able to spread due to the work and travel of missionaries.

Ashoka promoted Buddhist expansion by sending monks to surrounding territories to share the teachings of the Buddha. A wave of conversion began, and Buddhism spread not only through India, but also internationally. Some scholars believe that many Buddhist practices were simply absorbed into the tolerant Hindu faith.

How did Buddhism spread from India and to other parts of Asia? Buddhism spread from india to other parts os Asia by the missionaries who traveled to the Sri Lanka, Myanmar, other parts of Southwest Asia central Asia Perisa, Syria, Egypt and eventually China and then Korea and Japan.

Terms in this set (5) In the 1st Century CE, Hinduism was spread throughout SE Asia by Indian traders who established marketing centers on their routes. Brahman priests also instructed people on Hindu beliefs. Hinduism was the state religion for various SE Asian states from the 5th-14thcenturies.

Although Thailand has never been a majority Hindu country, it has been influenced by Hinduism. Before Thailand was a country, the land that makes up present-day Thailand was under the territory of the Hindu-Buddhist Khmer Empire.

The first theory is trade. The expansion of trade among West Asia, India and Southeast Asia helped the spread of the religion as Muslim traders brought Islam to the region. Gujarati Muslims played a pivotal role in establishing Islam in Southeast Asia. The second theory is the role of missionaries or Sufis.

Islam is thought to have been brought to Malaysia around the 12th century by Indian traders. In the early 15th century the Malacca Sultanate, commonly considered the first independent state in the peninsula, was founded.

Hinduism is the fourth largest religion in Malaysia. About 1.78 million Malaysian residents (6.3% of the total population) are Hindus, according to 2010 Census of Malaysia….By state or federal territory.

State	Total Hindus population (2010 Census)	% of State Population
Selangor	631,980	11.6%
Terengganu	2,509	0.2%

The Malay people existed before Islam. They were animists, Hindus and Buddhists before embracing Islam. The only connection between Malay as an ethnic group and Islam as a religion is the Federal Constitution.

Figures from the most recent census in 2010 indicate that 61.3 percent of the population practices Islam; 19.8 percent, Buddhism; 9.2 percent, Christianity; 6.3 percent, Hinduism; and 1.3 percent, Confucianism, Taoism, or other traditional Chinese philosophies and religions.

Islam, Malaysia’s official religion, is followed by about three-fifths of the population. Islam is one of the most important factors distinguishing a Malay from a non-Malay, and, by law, all Malays are Muslim.

Islamic law refers to sharia law, and in Malaysia it is known and spelled as syariah. The court is known as the Syariah Court. Looking at the Malaysian legal system as a whole, sharia law plays a relatively small role in defining the laws on the country. It only applies to Muslims.

While Aceh’s Muslims are automatically subject to the province’s application of Sharia law, non-Muslims can choose to be punished under Sharia law. The enforcement of Sharia regulations in Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia, particularly as it impacts foreigners or non-Muslims is not entirely clear.

The Federal Constitution of Malaysia, which came into force in 1957, is the supreme law of Malaysia. The Constitution establishes the Federation as a constitutional monarchy having the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the Head of State whose roles are largely ceremonial.

The sources of Malaysian legal system law are from two different laws which are the Written and Unwritten law. In Malaysian Legal System, the most important source of law is the Written Law which comprises of The Federal Constitution, State Constitutions, Legislation and Subsidiary Legislation.

Congress

Public law and private law It violates public law because it affects other people. Private law sets the rules between individuals. It is also called civil law. Private law settles disputes among groups of people and compensates victims, as in the example of the fence.

Public law comprises constitutional law, administrative law, tax law and criminal law, as well as all procedural law. (Laws concerning relationships between individuals belong to private law.)

Private law concerns the smooth running of society and covers areas such as work, business dealings, education and everyday life. There are many different areas of law that fall under the heading of private law . Examples include employment law , the law of tort and the law of succession .

Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations (as it is called in civil legal systems).

Public laws are of general application; private laws benefit a particular person or group. These are essentially the slip laws compiled into bound volumes, in chronological order of passage, from a single session of Congress. A Statutes at Large citation (e.g., 115 Stat.

Private law: tort, contracts, equity and property.

Family law disputes are ‘private’ in the sense that they are disputes between two parties, and the state generally has no role in these disputes—apart from enacting the legislation that establishes the framework pursuant to which the disputes are to be resolved.

As a step-parent you don’t automatically have legal parental responsibility for your stepchild. This means you can’t legally authorise medical care, apply for passports, sign school forms and so on. Even after biological parents separate, they still have shared parental responsibility.

Just like other important decisions about children the selection of a school (at any age) is a matter that needs to be agreed by both parents. This is a legal responsibility as a result of both parents having Parental Responsibility for their children.

Buddhism spread across Asia through networks of overland and maritime routes between India, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and China. The transmission of Buddhism to Central Asia and China corresponded with the development of the silk routes as channels for intercultural exchanges.

Buddhism is an offshoot of Hinduism. Its founder, Siddhartha Gautama, started out as a Hindu. For this reason, Buddhism is often referred to as an offshoot of Hinduism. It is through this meditation that Buddhists feel Gautama reached true enlightenment.

The decline of Buddhism has been attributed to various factors, especially the regionalisation of India after the end of the Gupta Empire (320–650 CE), which led to the loss of patronage and donations as Indian dynasties turned to the services of Hindu Brahmins.

The Decline of Buddhism in India (8 Factors)

• Decline of Buddhist Sanghas: The important cause of the decline and fall of Buddhism was the decline of Buddhist Sanghas.
• Revival of Brahmanism:
• Division among Buddhists:
• Use of Sanskrit Language:
• Image Worship:
• Loss of Royal Patronage:
• Emergence of Rajput’s:
• Muslim Invasion:

Sasanka vigorously propagated Hinduism. He allegedly destroyed innumerable Buddhist stupas and converted viharas to Hindu temples in places such as Nalanda, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Mathura. It is also alleged that he cut the Bodhi tree where the Buddha found enlightenment, in the Mahabodhi Temple of Bodh Gaya.

The Buddha (also known as Siddhattha Gotama or Siddhārtha Gautama or Buddha Shakyamuni) was a philosopher, mendicant, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who lived in ancient India (c. 5th to 4th century BCE). The Buddha also critiqued the practices of Brahmin priests, such as animal sacrifice.

The Enlightenment Gautama realized that people are born again when they desire things. Specifically, the bad things they do in their former lives cause them to come back to earth in a new life, as if to correct them. At that moment, Gautama had become a Buddha. He had seen the light.

Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god.

Green Tara

According to Buddhist tradition, Maitreya is a bodhisattva who will appear on Earth in the future, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor to the present Buddha, Gautama Buddha (also known as Śākyamuni Buddha).

There are many bodhisattvas. Maitreya is the Buddha of the future, who will be born to teach enlightenment in the next age. According to Mahayana teachings, a Buddha is first born as a bodhisattva, and then after many lifetimes, progresses on to Buddhahood.

Followers of Buddhism don’t acknowledge a supreme god or deity. They instead focus on achieving enlightenment—a state of inner peace and wisdom. When followers reach this spiritual echelon, they’re said to have experienced nirvana. The religion’s founder, Buddha, is considered an extraordinary man, but not a god.

The cycle of rebirth is determined by karma, literally “action”. In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to actions driven by intention (cetanā), a deed done deliberately through body, speech or mind, which leads to future consequences. Actions, then, must be intentional if they are to generate karmic fruits. …

Buddhist Studies scholar Paul Fuller believes that although there are differences between the different levels of right view, all levels aim for emotional detachment. Misunderstanding objects as self is not only seen as a form of wrong view, but also as a manifestation of desire, requiring a change in character.

The term magga (Sanskrit: mārga) means “path”, while aṭṭhaṅgika (Sanskrit: aṣṭāṅga) means “eightfold”. All eight elements of the Path begin with the word samyañc (in Sanskrit) or sammā (in Pāli) which means “right, proper, as it ought to be, best”. The Buddhist texts contrast samma with its opposite miccha.

Right View

The steps of the Noble Eightfold Path are Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.