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this pmass doa a* tPh inm -nt the differences in rdigiau practices among mere<br />
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M PVO pmible auwm: eik one culture will NenNally domime, moUgh a*<br />
mmpleDly ro, as may be wtn in the inrnaeton of Indian mi nd~authem Asian dmm,<br />
or and 1- culmes; or, the two culaua may blend. crating r unique culmrr<br />
diffemt from lhe original m, as m y be vm by the inrcrrtion of Chime and Indian<br />
cul~rcs.<br />
lXu it an beaneluded ha, for China. the dominant smnnic and political f-<br />
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in Eut Asia, the pmer~ of the development of Buddhism in the early Uages repents<br />
a fonn of eulNnl exchange within China, with Indian elewnU influencing Chincy<br />
cullwc. .nd the mliod durnercr deemhing hau the Indian elements M to be<br />
inmpraed. Additionally, the pmblem ofmslating Indian thought into Chinese. a qnie<br />
different language and metaphor, funha altered Indian Buddhism, since the Chincv<br />
m* anemphi m w mne fadbr ~ I o g To y mmmunisn the fordgn ideas.<br />
In IF, hour+vs. Chinese Buddhism snivcd with Chinese an and ndimre, bringing both<br />
the id- and the context by which t he idem could be underrrmd.<br />
1.5 The CulNnl Background: Beat Pnd Sqwx America
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