Both the practices of Buddhist bowl and Dharma Thought were an import cultural phenomena and ideology for Medieval India,Central Asia and China.The two shared a development that was intertwined throughout history.First,based on the Buddhist Bowl referred to in Sakyamuni Buddha s life stories, worshipping practices were established during the second to early fifth centuries in Northwest India,which become the founding place for Buddha Bowl practices.This eventually,direcdy influenced Central and Southeast India, as well as the Tusita Heaven Maitreya Bodhisattva to narrate Dharma Thought, thus making the Buddha Bowl a symbol of Buddhism the Central Plain, which later evolved into the cradle for the development of Dharma Thought. Second, the Dharma Thought that originated from Northwest India were combined with the religious beliefs in Tusita Heaven Maitreya Bodhisattva included depictions of Mofa (the latter day of the law) Hufa (the defenders of Dharma) and Chuanfa (the transmission of the Dharma). These served as core values to Dharma Thought, and became a dominant Buddhist trend. The Tusita Heaven Maitreya bodhisattva served as a medium that connected the intrinsic values of Dharma Thought and symbolic Buddhist Bowl, thus allowing the two to progress in parallel. Intuitively, this serves as a reflection on people's religious passions and the close interaction between cultures, as well as record of Buddhism's development.
