What does Buddha mean and what challenges has Buddhism faced in Eastern history? How does Buddhism maintain its peacefulness and resist outside cultural and religious influences from other regions?
Deepak: Buddha means one who is awake. Buddhism has faced challenges from all religions, including Hinduism, because it does not believe in an external authority, including religious authority. It maintains its peacefulness through the experiential understanding of inseparability, which spontaneously leads to peace, harmony, compassion, laughter and love.
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