Buddhism_A_History

Buddhism A History For over 2000 years Buddhism has existed as an organized religion. By religion I mean that it has a concept of the profane, the sacred, and approaches to the sacred. It has been established in India, China, Japan and Other eastern cultures for almost 2000 years and has gained a strong foothold in North America and Europe in the past few centuries. However, one might ask; What fate would Buddhism face had Siddartha Guatama been born in modern times; or more specifically in modern day North America' Would his new found enlightenment be accepted now, as it was thousands of years ago' Would it be shunned by society as another “cult” movement' What conflicts or similarities would it find with modern science; physics in particular' The answers to these questions are the aim of this paper, as well as a deeper understanding of modern Buddhism. Although I will stick with traditional ideas raised by Buddhism, one detail in the story of Siddartha Guatama must be addressed in order for it to be relevant to the main question being asked: What obstacles would Siddartha Guatama face had he been born in modern day North America. Primarily, it must be recognized that rather than being born into the Hindu religion buddism, modern, siddartha, north, new, america, been, western, physics, being, religion, thought, fringe, born, universe, religious, religions, rather, obstacles, guatama, years, theory, space, shupe, reality, opposition, often, obstacle, media, ku, however, faced, face, even, eastern, century, traditional, through, theories, soku, recognized, physicists, overcome, over, mean, main, likely, formed, fact, event