Primary

Books
Wangu, Madhu Bazaz. Buddhism. Chelsea House Publishers, 2009. The section about the spread of Buddhism and life of the Buddha helped me with my research. The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism is stated in this book on page 29, which is used as a primary source. The four statements expresses the Buddhas teaching. The statements all led to a general theme, about suffering and becoming enlightened. This source proves why many people in China practice Buddhism. Ganeri, Anita. Buddhism. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1997. An ancient document from the Diamond Sutra, it is one of the most important Mahayana sacred sutra. In the Diamond Sutra, it tells when a person dedicates lifetimes into charitable acts and reading sutras, it will pass on to other people and the world will be in harmony. The importance about sutras is to teach the Buddhists how to achieve enlightenment. There are many other sutras, and they are often read in temples in unison. Using color photographs and detailed illustrations, this book helped me have a better understanding of a particular historical era, religion, or culture. Ch'en, Kenneth. Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1964. This book was extremely helpful to me, a lot of my knowledge was based on this book. It is once written by a professor at Princeton University. This book help me very much because it tend to only focus on Buddhism in China. It went into a lot of detail instead of other books that only has a section on my topic. Many primary sources were in there, including sutras and quotes from ancient Chinese figures. The conclusion part about the books was the most helpful, it illustrated contributions that Buddhism made in China. It was broken down into sections including literature, arts and architecture, philosophy, landscape painting, astronomy and calendar, and medicine. Yen, Chan Master Sheng. Footprints in the snow. New York: The Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008. This book is an autobiography of Master Sheng Yen, which tells his experience growing up as a kid and how he became interested in Buddhism. Growing up, Master Sheng Yen was really impoverished. He was not very successful in school, but then he found his path in life when he was accepted into a Buddhist monatery. Whats more intriging is that, Master Sheng Yen was the master of both the people I interviewed for my project.

Audiotape
"Beijing Finds Common Cause With Chinese Buddhists." All thing considered. 2010 . This six minute audiotape talks about how Buddhism is beginning to have an effect on Chinese economy. It explains how Buddhism temples are beginning to play an economic role where the ordinary people donate money to charity. The money goes to society and provides health care, school funds, and more. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128691021

Videos
Luu, Chieu . "CCTV: Buddhism in China" Nov. 2012. CCTV. This source was very helpful at showing how Buddhism had become a part of Chinese life. Over 300 million Buddhists are practicing Buddhism. Many young people in China are beginning to study Buddhism teachings because of the pressure and stress created in the modern world. China encourages Buddhist contributions. 2 Febuary 2010. Video. This video was from a news that mentioned how the Chinese government is supporting Buddhism. The national congress of the Buddhist Association had a meeting. They want to promote Buddhist doctrines and cultures in China to create social harmony and progress. The relationship between Ch'an Buddhism and Chinese culture(GDD-94 Master Sheng Yen). 20 September 2012. 20 1 2013.
This video shows Master Sheng Yen explaining how Buddhism and Chinese culture are related and what the impacts of Buddhism are in Chinese culture. Master Sheng Yen is a Buddhist monk that teaches the teachings of Buddha. He taught many young people, including the two people that I interviewed. He wrote an autobiography called Footprints in the Snow.

Websites
"Diamond Sutra." n.d. Online Gallery Sacred Texts. 28 November 2012.< http://www.bl.uk > This website helped me understand the Diamond Sutra and what the Buddha was trying to depict. The Diamond Sutra is a sacred text translated from Sanskrit that tells the Buddhas teachings. It also contained several pictures of the Diamond Sutra.

Cheng, Yin. Buddhism experiencing golden age in China:Interview Xinhua. 26 September 2003. Print. <http://english.peopledaily.com.cn>. This is an interview with Master Yin Cheng from Xinhua. Master Yin Sheng explains how Buddhism in China has ushered into a golden era. He also talks about the relationships between Chinas economy and Buddhism. Buddhists should improve their ethics to a still higher level since China is transforming itself into a modern society. Qing, Tian. Experts: Protection of intangible Buddhist heritage in China significant Xinhua. 30 March 2009. Print. <http://english.people.com.cn>. "Buddhist culture is an important part of the intangible cultural inheritage in China," said Tian Qing, director of the research center for religious arts in the Chinese National Academy of Arts. Tian Qing talks to Xinhua about Buddhisms impact on Chinese music, stories, architecture, etc. XUEYING, ZHANG. "Buddhism in China." 2010. Document. 16 1 2013. <http://www.chinatoday.com.cn>. This report contained information about hot temples hold religious rites for pilgrims. Over the past years, tourist sites at Buddhism temples have been an economic boom to China. Therefore, the Chinese government is supporting Buddhism.

Interviews
Yi, Master Ming. Interview. Wenlu Zheng. 5 Febuary 2013. Audiotape. I did an interview with Master Ming Yi at a Buddhist temple that I go to. Master Ming Yi is a Buddhist nun who lives in the temple. She lives a life of eating only vegetarian food and teaching others the study of Buddhism. My time with her was very wonderful, she gave me a lot of knowledge and her opinion about Buddhism's impact on China. Yu, Chun-fang. Interview. Wenlu Zheng. 5 2 2013. Video. I also did an interview with Professor Chun-fang Yu at Columbia University, department of religion. Professor Chun-fang Yu teaches Buddhism to college students. Her knowledge of Buddhism is tremendous. She was also influenced by Master Sheng Yen. She helped me support a lot of my points on this project.

Images
Lin, Xu. Top 10 most famous Chinese paintings. 8 November 2011. Print. 16 January 2013. <China.org.cn>.

This website gave me very good examples of paintings that illustrate the impact of Buddhism on Chinese culture. Many pictures portrayed flowing water, mountains, and the natural environment. Buddha's life. n.d. image. 10 2 2013. <http://home.swipnet.se>. Chuang Yen Monastery. n.d. Image. 02 11 2012. <http://www.baus.org>. Kuan Yin. n.d. image. 01 2 2013. <peepsdig.com> Shao-lin Pictures. n.d. Image. 10 January 2013. <http://upload.wikimedia.org>.

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Poliferation of Buddhism. n.d. Image. 10 12 2012. <http://www.jorgecancela.es>.

Music
Ancient Chinese Music: Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water. n.d. Audiotape. 20 11 2012. <http://english.chinese.cn>.

Secondary
Books
Ganeri, Anita. Buddhism. North Mankato: Arcturus Publishing Limited , 2008. This book contains a lot of pictures about the Buddha, places that was influenced by Buddhism, such as China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc. There were many good facts and maps that helped me build my foundation of the research. Wilkinson, Philip. Buddhism. New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 2003. This book contains the arts of Buddhism including paintings and sculptures. There are several stories about the Buddha that was interesting. One story described how Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha. He saw a sick man, an aging man, and a dead body. It was that moment when he realized the suffering in the world. He decides to overcome suffering by meditation and eventually becomes the Buddha. Hay, Jeff. Buddhism: Religions and Religious Movements. Thomson Gale, 2006.

This book talked about the basic Buddhist beliefs, first teachings, and the spread of Buddhism. It talked about different types of Buddhism and the most popular forms in China. This book also has an individual section all about the Kuan Yin. I only read part of this book because many sections were irrelevant to China. Wangu, Madhu Bazaz. Buddhism. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002. This book is an older black and white edition of Buddhism published in 2009. Both were useful and different in some ways. This book had good information on the impact of Buddhism in Chinese art and literature as well as Buddhism today. It emphasized on Buddhisms origin, growth, and how it spread throughout Asia. It also mentioned Buddhist teachings in modern-day problems, including the environment, human rights, and medical ethics.

Documentary
Mogao Caves. n.d. Documentary. This documentary by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization(UNESCO TV / NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai) is helpful for my project because it showed a rich depository of Buddhist art in the Mogao caves. During the documentary, some very intricate designs of Buddhist art are shown. The Mogao caves are visited by tourists everyday.

Websites
The Spread of Chinese Buddhism. 2010. January 2013.< http://history.cultural-china.com> This webpage explains the spread of Chinese Buddhism and especially in the Tang Dynasty. Evidence has proven the exsistance of Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty by the Mogao Caves. Buddhism (Overview)." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 15 Feb. 2013. This database gives me the general information about the background of Buddhism. It also explains Siddhartha Gautama and his basic teachings. Influence of Buddhism on Chinese Arts. 28 November 2012. 28 November 2012. <http://www1.chinaculture.org>

This website gives a summary about Chinese culture. It has a section about Buddhism. The webpage that I used tells about the impact Buddhism made on Chinese Arts such as paintings, sculptures, and more. Buddhism. n.d. Print. 05 12 2012. <http://www.chinatraveldepot.com>. This website is actually a Chinese travel tour website, but it had an all about China section that explains Buddhism as a religion and philosophy that affected China and the Chineses regular lifestyles. The last section was extremely helpful, because it explained Buddhisms impact on China in a very direct way. This website helped me develop one of my subpages under the tag Impact of Buddhism to China. Foy, Geoff. Buddhism in China. n.d. Print. 30 11 2013. This website explains how Buddhism came over and eventually settled in China. It also mentioned the formation of different schools of Buddhism. After a long period of time, Buddhism and Chinese culture became inseparable. Pettinger, Tejvan. Biography of Lord Buddha. 12 January 2008. Print. 01 2 2013. <http://www.biographyonline.net>. This website was helpful because it helped me understand more about the founder of Buddhism, or Siddhartha Gautama. It told his life before he was a Buddha and after he had reached nirvana. There was also a section that explained the basic Buddhist teachings.

Images
. 2012. Images. 10 2 2013.
This website contained huge amounts of images that showed ideas of Buddhism. I used the picture from this websites mainly for design.