Daoism developed the idea of cheating death by becoming immortal, but the Buddhism imported from India directly welcomed death, telling believers that only after death could there be eternal life. The culmination of Buddhist practice is paramita--crossing to the other shore--to enter Nirvana, or in common terms, escaping from the cycle of birth-and-death.
來自印度的佛教直接迎向死亡，告知信眾死後才可能永生。佛教的究竟是證入涅槃﹘﹘般惹波羅蜜，也就是渡過彼岸之意，通俗說是出離生死。