\[ **BT: [[religion]]** ] --- # Buddhism [[In Buddhism, emptiness is wholeness.]][^1] --- ## Chinese Buddhism [[China's ‘Three Great Religions’ refers to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism.]][^2] [[Buddhism was introduced to China during the Three Kingdoms period (220–265 CE).]][^3] ### (Some) Buddhist temples in China - [[Hongluo Temple (Beijing)]] - [[Longquan Temple (Beijing)]] - [[Yongfu Temple (Hangzhou)]] - [[Yonghe Temple (Beijing)]] - [[Yufo Temple (Shanghai)]] - [[Wenshu Monastery (Chengdu)]] --- ## Buddhism and non-human organisms ### Insects [[In Buddhism, insects exist within a kind of purgatory; it is difficult to obtain karma when you're a bug.]][^4] [^1]: Tony Barnstone, ‘Preface’, in *[[Barnstone and Ping, The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry, 2005|The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry: From Ancient to Contemporary, the Full 3000-Year Tradition]]*, eds. Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping (Anchor Books, 2005), p. xliv. Internet Archive, [https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofchin00barn](https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofchin00barn). [^2]: Peter O. Staub et al., ‘[[Staub et al., ‘Incense and Ritual Plant Use in Southwest China’, 2011|Incense and Ritual Plant Use in Southwest China: A Case Study among the Bai in Shaxi]]’, *Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine*, vol. 7, no. 1 (2011), p. 2. [https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-7-43](https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-7-43). [^3]: Michael Tsin, ‘[[Tsin, ‘CHINA—Timeline of Historical Periods’, n.d.|CHINA—Timeline of Historical Periods]]’, *Asia for Educators*, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, accessed 15 April 2024, [http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/china_timeline.htm](http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/china_timeline.htm). [^4]: garbuge \[pseud.], ‘oh another fun buddhism thing, bugs are in a kind of purgatory …’, *on the hills where elfs roam free* (Tumblr blog), 10 February 2025, 1:35 AM, https://www.tumblr.com/garbuge/775014549710569472/oh-another-fun-buddhism-thing-bugs-are-in-a-kind.