This entry consists of the following articles:
Buddhism in India
Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Buddhism in Central Asia
Buddhism in Mongolia
Buddhism in Tibet
Buddhism in China
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...
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...
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...
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...
FOUNDED: Fifth century B.C.E.RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 6 Percent
Buddhism is the world's oldest missionary religion. Since its beginnings some 2,500 years ...
'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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
To do no evil;
To cultivate good;
To purify one's mind:
This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
Religion is known as one's service and worship to God or another supernatural be...