Mara urged the former course, but the Buddha chose the latter, on the advice of Brahma.

The three top terraces contain about 400 statues of the Buddha beneath bell-shaped coverings.

三个最高的圆台容纳了约400个身披 喇叭形 斗篷的佛陀.

The Buddha was amiable and enlightened.

释迦哞尼和蔼开朗.

They represented the Buddha as the saviour from almost unlimited torment.

他们推尊佛陀为无边苦难的救主.

The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just four-fifths that of a grain of rice.

中国当代雕刻工艺师沈为众雕刻的象牙佛像是世界上最小的雕刻。这个象牙佛像只有一粒米的五分之四大。

They knelt before the image of Buddha.

他们在佛像面前下跪.

They knelt before the image of the Buddha.

他们跪拜在佛像面前.

She kowtowed to Buddha.

她向菩萨叩拜.

He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.

为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像.

Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.

几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷.

My aunt has a sincere commitment to Buddhism.

我姑妈笃信佛教.

Buddhism had revolutionized philosophical and religious thought.

佛教使哲学和宗教思想发生了根本转变.

- Buddhism has a history of 2,000 years in China.

-- 佛教在中国已有二千年历史.

Yet the original teachings of Buddhism and Taoism were almost flatly opposed.

可佛教原来的教义和道教几乎完全相反.

By the first century BC, Buddhism was in danger of fragmenting into small sects.

到公元前1世纪时，佛教面临着被分化成一些小派别的危险。

John has converted to Buddhism.

约翰改信佛教.

Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.

佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的.

Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.

很多人情愿皈依佛教.

Gere became interested in Buddhism in the 1970s.

盖尔20世纪70年代对佛教产生了兴趣。

In 1741 Catherine the Great issued an edict of toleration for Buddhism.

1741年，叶卡捷琳娜大帝颁布法令，允许佛教的存在。

Untypically for a man in that situation he became interested in Buddhism.

他在那种情况下对佛教产生兴趣并不稀奇。