The topic of the week is Buddhism in the Korean peninsula. The origins of Buddhism in India during the 5th and 4th BCE. It spread to China when Mahayana Buddhism traveled to China in the 1st century CE, however, it was not originally very popular. Although the first documented entrance of Buddhism to Korea was around the 4th century, it clearly existed before then.
Buddhism was adopted by Koguryo before Paekje also adopted the religion. After its appearance in Paekje, it also spread to both Silla and Japan. The monk who trained Prince Shotoku came from Koguryo, not Paekje. This is unusual because of Paekje, is the Kingdom that has been working on spreading Buddhism throughout Korea.
