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  1. Buddhism was introduced into the Korean peninsula from China beginning in the fourth century, and by the sixth century it had reached the whole peninsula. Korean monks studied in China during the sixth and seventh centuries, and brought back most of the schools of Chinese Buddhism.
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    Buddhism was first introduced into the Korean peninsula from China in the 4th century ce, when the country was divided into the three kingdoms of Paekche, Koguryŏ, and Silla. Buddhism arrived first in the northern kingdom of Koguryŏ and then gradually spread into the other two kingdoms.
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    However, the actual number of Buddhists in South Korea is ambiguous as there is no exact or exclusive criterion by which Buddhists can be identified, unlike the Christian population. With Buddhism's incorporation into traditional Korean culture, it is now considered a philosophy and cultural background rather than a formal religion.
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    Buddhism is a major religion in Korea and active Korean participation in the development of East Asian Buddhist thought and culture is increasingly being recognized by scholars. The study of Buddhism in Korea by scholars in North America and the West is still a relatively new field.
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    Buddhism, on the other hand, was adopted as the state religion by rulers as early as the fourth century, in spite of considerable local oppositions. It is believed that until then Koreans had predominantly practiced animism centered on tribal gods and ancestor worship.
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    When Buddhism was introduced to Korea in the 4th century CE, the Korean peninsula was politically subdivided into Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo in the north (which included territory currently in Russia and China), Baekje in the southwest, and Silla in the southeast. There is concrete … See more

    Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries. … See more

    In the eighth century, Korean Buddhism and its gods were associated with prosperity.
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    In 1388, an influential general named Yi Seonggye (1335–1408) carried out a coup d'état and established himself as the first ruler of the Joseon dynasty in 1392 with the support of this Neo-Confucian movement. He was posthumously renamed Emperor See more

    When Korea was liberated by the surrender of Japan in 1945, the celibate monastics of what has become the largest sect of Korean Buddhism in terms of adherents and the … See more

     
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  4. WEB4 days ago · Since the end of World War II, Buddhism in Korea has been hampered by communist rule in the north and by the great vitality of Christianity in the south. Despite these challenges, Buddhists, …

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