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2 days ago · In the Early Buddhist schools, as well as modern Theravāda Buddhism, bodhisattva (Pāli: bodhisatta) refers to someone who has made a resolution to become a Buddha and has also received a confirmation or prediction from a living Buddha that this will be so. [2]
5 days ago · Yet we know Bodhidharma’s journey in the fifth century must have been arduous, and demanding persistence. According to one text found in the Dunhuang caves of China, he was born in southern India. [i] War with the Huns at the time blocked the land routes, so he went by sea, traveling three years to get from his home to the southern coast of China.
1 day ago · Buddhism by country. Buddhism portal. v. t. e. Mahāyāna (/ ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə / MAH-hə-YAH-nə; Sanskrit: महायान, pronounced [mɐɦaːˈjaːnɐ], lit. 'Great Vehicle') is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (c. 1st century BCE onwards).
4 days ago · Buddhist philosophy - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Historical phases of Buddhist philosophy. Philosophical orientation. The Buddha and early Buddhism. Toggle The Buddha and early Buddhism subsection. Basic teachings. The Four Noble Truths and dependent causation. Buddhist schools and Abhidharma. Toggle Buddhist schools and Abhidharma subsection
2 days ago · India - Ashoka's Edicts, Mauryan Empire, Buddhism: It was against this background of imperial administration and a changing socioeconomic framework that Ashoka issued edicts that carried his message concerning the idea and practice of dhamma, the Prakrit form of the Sanskrit dharma, a term that defies simple translation.
5 days ago · For this phase of Indian history a variety of historical sources are available. The Buddhist canon, pertaining to the period of the Buddha (c. 6th–5th century bce) and later, is invaluable as a cross-reference for the Brahmanic sources. This also is true, though to a more limited extent, of Jain sources.
3 days ago · In the 5th Century AD Bodhidharma, a South Indian monk, became the first patriarch of the Shaolin Monastery in China. Xuan Zang (Hiuen Tsang) visited India during Harsha Vardhana's reign in the 7th Century AD, in search of Buddhist scriptures.
