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Fajos Buddha statue — A Buddha statue in Kivas Fajo's collection.

Buddhism was an Earth religion that originated in the 1st Millennium BCE in ancient India. Like many other religions, it was based on a distinction between mind and matter - between an individual consciousness and its physical form. Reincarnation was viewed as an infelicity to be avoided. Buddhism later spread to China, Tibet and Japan, with significant adaptations to each regional cultural tradition.

A well-known popular Chinese and Japanese superstition was that rubbing the belly of a statue of Buddha might bring one good luck. (ENT: "The Andorian Incident")

In Tibet the idea developed that the consciousness of a lama (teacher) might voluntarily be born again into fleshly existence - in order to impart further wisdom to his monk-students and generally to better the conditions of the material world.

Jack, a youth from Carbon Creek, Pa., told T'Mir that in Tibet the monks meditated every day. (ENT: "Carbon Creek")

The oldest monastery Jonathan Archer had visited before P'Jem was located in Ngari, Tibet. (ENT: "The Andorian Incident")

While visiting Earth during the mid-22nd century, Doctor Phlox attempted to familiarize himself with the planet's religions. He spent two weeks at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery learning to sing a trichord (triad). (ENT: "Cold Front")

Background Information

The Laughing Buddha statue that is typically rubbed for good luck, mentioned in ENT: "The Andorian Incident", represents not Gautama Buddha, the religion's founder, but rather Budai, the "future Buddha", Gautama's projected successor. Budai's image is based on the corporeal form of a beloved Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the Tenth century Liang Dynasty.

Some believe that Vulcan spirituality and culture is patterned after Buddhism.

External Link

Buddhism at Wikipedia

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 [[Image:Fajos Buddha statue.jpg|thumb|A Buddha statue in [[Kivas Fajo]]'s collection.]]
-'''Buddhism''' is an ancient [[Earth]] [[religion]] that originated in the [[Asia]]tic region later occupied by the nation-state of [[India]]. The oldest Buddhist monastery is located in [[Ngari]], [[Tibet]].
+'''Buddhism''' was an [[Earth]] [[religion]] that originated in the [[#1st Millennium BC|1st Millennium BCE]] in ancient [[India]]. Like many other religions, it was based on a distinction between mind and [[matter]] - between an individual consciousness and its [[corporeal lifeform|physical form]]. Reincarnation was viewed as an infelicity to be avoided. Buddhism later spread to [[China]], [[Tibet]] and [[Japan]], with significant adaptations to each regional cultural tradition.
-According to legend, if one rubbed the belly of a statue of [[Buddha]], it brought good luck. ({{ENT|The Andorian Incident}})
+A well-known popular Chinese and Japanese superstition was that rubbing the belly of a statue of [[Buddha]] might bring one good luck. ({{ENT|The Andorian Incident}})
+In Tibet the idea developed that the consciousness of a ''lama'' (teacher) might voluntarily be born again into fleshly existence - in order to impart further wisdom to his [[Monk|monk-students]] and generally to better the conditions of the material world.
-[[Jack (20th century)|Jack]], a youth from [[Carbon Creek]], [[Pennsylvania]], noted to [[T'Mir]], that the Buddhist monks of Tibet [[meditate]] every day. ({{ENT|Carbon Creek}})
+[[Jack (20th century)|Jack]], a youth from [[Carbon Creek]], [[Pennsylvania|Pa.]], told [[T'Mir]] that in Tibet the monks [[meditate]]d every day. ({{ENT|Carbon Creek}})
-While visiting Earth during the mid-[[22nd century]], [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]] attempted to familiarize himself with many of the [[planet]]s religions including Buddhism, which he accomplished by spending two weeks at a Tibetan monastery where he learned to sing chords with the high [[Monk|lama]]s. ({{ENT|Cold Front}})
+The oldest monastery [[Jonathan Archer]] had visited before [[P'Jem]] was located in [[Ngari]], [[Tibet]].
+({{ENT|The Andorian Incident}})
+While visiting Earth during the mid-[[22nd century]], [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]] attempted to familiarize himself with the planet's religions. He spent two weeks at a Tibetan '''Buddhist''' monastery learning to sing a trichord (triad). ({{ENT|Cold Front}})
-:''[[Vulcan]] [[religion|spirituality]] and [[Races and cultures|culture]] is believed by some to have been based on Buddhism.
 ==Background Information==
-Despite dialog to the opposite effect in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', the [[Wikipedia:Budai|Laughing Buddha]] statue that is typically rubbed for good luck is not a representation of the historical [[Wikipedia:Gautama Buddha|Gautama Buddha]] but rather [[Wikipedia:Budai|Budai]], a Chinese [[Wikipedia:Chan|Chan]] Buddhist monk of the [[Wikipedia:Liang_Dynasty|Liang Dynasty]].
+The [[Wikipedia:Budai|Laughing Buddha]] statue that is typically rubbed for good luck, mentioned in {{ENT|The Andorian Incident}}, represents not [[Wikipedia:Gautama Buddha|Gautama Buddha]], the religion's founder, but rather [[Wikipedia:Budai|Budai]], the "future Buddha", Gautama's projected successor. Budai's image is based on the corporeal form of a beloved [[Wikipedia:Chan|Chan]] (Zen) Buddhist monk of the [[#1st Millennium|Tenth century]] [[Wikipedia:Liang_Dynasty|Liang Dynasty]].
+Some believe that [[Vulcan]] [[religion|spirituality]] and [[Races and cultures|culture]] is patterned after Buddhism.
 ==External Link==