Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t8.70

v1.c7.s7.t8.70

As a sister religion of Buddhism, Jainism maintained extensive contacts with Buddhism, hence the extensive references to Jainism in many Buddhist texts including both seminal works of early-day Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhist texts that emerged still later on. Large bodies of such Buddhist works were introduced to China and translated into Chinese. Some Chinese monks mentioned Jainism frequently when repudiating or introducing relevant theories of other schools of thought.