Buddhism
This entry consists of the following articles:
An Overview
Buddhism in India
Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Buddhism in Central Asia
Buddhism in Mongolia
Buddhism in Tibet
Buddhism in China
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Horner, I. B.
HORNER, I. B. The British scholar Isaline B. Horner (1896–1981) devoted her considerable intelligence and energy to furthering scholarly and popular understanding of Buddhism, esp...
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Zhenyan
ZHENYAN Buddhism is a form of Vajrayāna Buddhism that flourished in China from the seventh to the twelfth century. The term zhenyan is a translation of the Sanskrit word mantra and lite...
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Buddhist Perspectives
Buddhism arose around 500 B.C.E. as a practical response to the trouble and suffering that characterize the human condition. Uniquely among traditions concerned with those issues...
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Buddhism
Buddhism derives its name from the Sanskrit word buddha (awakened, wise, or learned), which was one of the many epithets given to Siddhārtha Gautama (c. 563–c. 483 BCE), the fou...
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Buddhism—Schools
This composite entry is composed of the following sub-entries:
Chan and Zen
Dge-Lugs
Hua Yan
Madhymaka
YogĀcĀra
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Buddhism
In India, Buddhism was a heterodox religious movement against the authority of the Vedas, the Bible of orthodox Hinduism. Gautama Buddha (c. 563–c. 483 BCE) dismissed the extreme ascet...
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Buddhism
FOUNDED: Fifth century B.C.E.RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 6 Percent
Overview
Buddhism is the world's oldest missionary religion. Since its beginnings some 2,500 years ...
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'Buddhism in a Nutshell' explains Buddhism to be a religion of wisdom, where knowledge and intelligence predominate. Devoted to the conditioning of the mind; within a milieu of social developments tee...
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There was a prince named Siddhartha Gautama who lived n a nice rich palace all of his life. Then when he left he saw all the hurt and pain in the world and didn't like it. He wanted to know why there...
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In both the religions of Islam and Buddhism, the main premise of the religion is realization of the self in order to gain enlightenment. They say that once you realize the self and vanquish the sel...
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When I heard that our first assignment was to attend a church service, I grew weary of the idea. Just recently, my friends were telling me how their friends, who have become religious, started to pre...
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The first Noble Truth is the truth of suffering: "all life is suffering." This isn't as pessimistic as it sounds--the Buddha isn't denying that there can be great joy and ecstasy in life. However, he ...
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To do no evil;
To cultivate good;
To purify one's mind:
This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
--The Dhammapada
Religion is known as one's service and worship to God or another supernatural be...
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