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White Horse Temple (Chinese: 白馬 寺) is a Buddhist temple in Luoyang, Henan that, according to tradition, is the first Buddhist temple in China, having been first established in 68 AD under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han dynasty.
They returned circa 67 CE with the monks Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna, and white horses carrying Buddhist texts and images. The emperor established White Horse Temple in the Han capital Luoyang , where the two supposedly first translated the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters into Chinese.
The horse found passages through high mountains, across raging rivers, and water when needed. Wall painting and incense brazier at pagoda view of pagoda and surrounds According to legend, when Kumārajīva reached the ancient city of Shazhou (Dunhuang) he stopped for several days at Puguang Temple to preach the scriptures.
White Horse Temple, traditionally held to be at the origin of Chinese Buddhism. A number of popular accounts in historical Chinese literature have led to the popularity of certain legends regarding the introduction of Buddhism into China.
8 AD: Finding in the Temple: Jesus is found in the Temple of Jerusalem reasoning with the learned men of Judea. [5] 29 AD: According to the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:1-2), the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus probably began in this year. [6] Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist.
Traditional biographies state that early in his monastic career, Shaokang visited the renowned White Horse Temple in Luoyang, where he saw a bright light shining near some texts. He encountered a manuscript of Shandao's Teachings on the Western Land (西方化导文), which emitted a light once again, leading to visions of bodhisattvas .
They returned circa 67 CE with the monks Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna, and white horses carrying Buddhist texts and images. The emperor established White Horse Temple in the Han capital Luoyang, where the two supposedly first translated the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters into Chinese. [1]
The emperor built the White Horse Temple (Baimasi 白馬寺) in their honor, the first Buddhist temple in China, and Chinese Buddhism began. All accounts of Emperor Ming's dream and Yuezhi embassy derive from the anonymous (middle 3rd-century) introduction to the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters . [ 47 ]