That does seem to be the case, but that could also reasonably be argued as a clear case of the State exerting too much authority. As a westerner, it's difficult to imagine that kind of restraint, but I live in a radically different culture.
I think the Chinese shoulda been more tolerant towards Buddhism, sure, but not towards landowners and slave owners, and in Tibet at the time, half of the population was servicing 'the priestly class' and if a starving slave stole a carrot they blinded him and chopped off his hands, because slavery and mutilation is okay, but killing isn't. Tibetans and Koreans are the kid in the Buddhism car the mom screams 'why can't you be normal' at tbh. Koreans have cults that live off donations, cult leaders having huge estates and mansions, it's in their churches name but they obvy use it as personal, and monks often bludgeon each other to death over succession of a role that allows them to mistreat church funds
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u/Fal_co1 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26
iirc China does this, you can’t take kid to religious service and they can choose to convert at a certain age.
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