Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion which was founded in 500 BCE by a son of a princely family in a republic named Siddhartha Gautama (often referred to as the Buddha, Tathagata, or Shakyamuni). The core beliefs of Buddhism is that there is a cycle of rebirth which is pain and suffering and that destroying ignorance and craving brings about the end of rebirth and entrance into Nirvana (a state of absolute purity).

In the Old World, Buddhism is mainly practiced in Western Japan where Neo-Mahayana forms of Buddhism thrive based on recollections and synopses of sacred sutras. This Neo-Mahayana is the state ideology of Hanajima and allows it to spread imperial influence through petty kings by assuring their ancestors salvation in the next life in exchange for recognizing the Lotus Throne.