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In Our Time: Religion

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The First Response to Buddhism in Japan

Buddhism comes in in sixth century. It's been developing for many centuries ound that time, sincec but almost a thousand years inde inded century, bes wat. Andho what was the reaction to it? Could you give us m detail? Yes, right nowit it arrives er for political reasons. T there iser, one of the the states in southern carea pecce, was being attacked by another state, and it appealed to japan for military help. As part of this appeal, it sent a new deity. The deity happened to be, it was a small buddha. Because buddhism, of course, was stronger aase

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