Jiang links Buddhism's rise to ruler conflict with Brahmin power, noting that the first Buddha was a prince and that a king/emperor institutionalized Buddhism and sponsored missions abroad.
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Jiang links Buddhism's rise to ruler conflict with Brahmin power, noting that the first Buddha was a prince and that a king/emperor institutionalized Buddhism and sponsored missions abroad.
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"...missionary projects to China to Greece to Egypt. Okay? So these rulers don't like Hinduism because they see the Brahmin class as a threat..."
"...you're given certain resources. Okay, so basically, you know, paper, scissors, ruler, okay? And then there's an organization called the World Bank. And what..."
"You need scissors, you need rulers, you need paper, you need glue, okay? But different countries will have different resources. So the United States..."
"...be energetic and they can, they can like eventually become the ruler of the regions. But what decide the society or a poor society..."
"...confer on their leaderships the spiritual and legal authority which the rulers of the two theocratic world powers, the Caliph and the Emperor, enjoyed...."
"...ben Heshel and Benjamin of Tiberius. Nehemiah was then appointed the ruler of Jerusalem. Okay. So in Jerusalem, she began making arrangements for the..."
"...he will destroy Mark Anthony and Cleopatra, making himself the supreme ruler of the Roman Empire."
"...with everyone who leaps over my walls. Romulus thus became sole ruler and the city was called after him, its founder."
"...of Akkad. Now, his name is interesting. His name means legitimate ruler. Which probably tells us he's not a legitimate ruler."
"...son named Solomon and these two are considered the two best rulers of Israel and this is what we call the Davidic Kingdom okay..."
"...because he's a good person it's not because he's a just ruler it's just because the gods like him for whatever reason but guess..."
"...because he's a good person. It's not because he's a just ruler. It's just because the gods like him for whatever reason. But guess..."
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