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甚麼是佛教?
印度是誕生佛教的國土,位於中國的西部。所以古代的中國人將印度稱為「西方」,在一些佛教典籍裡則稱印度為「西天佛國」。正因佛教是由印度傳入中國的,從中國人的角度來看,是西方的佛教往東傳入,簡稱「佛教東傳」。
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The Spread of Buddhism to the East
Buddhism was born in the ancient kingdom of Magadha, modern India. This kingdom was to the west of China and in ancient times the Chinese referred to it simply as the “West.” Some Buddhist texts even called India the “Buddhist Kingdom of the Western Heaven.” So, it was from this western region that Buddhism spread eastward to China.