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Buddha
Seated Buddha, bronze statue, 15th century, Thailand.
Buddhism
religion
- Key People:
- Wendi
- Jayavarman VII
- Faxian
- Xuanzang
- Taishi Shōtoku
- Related Topics:
- Zen
- Mahayana
- Four Noble Truths
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Shingon
Buddhism, religion and philosophy that developed from the teachings of the Buddha (Sanskrit: “Awakened One”), a teacher who lived in northern India between the mid-6th and mid-4th centuries bce (before the Common Era). Spreading from India to Central and Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan, Buddhism has played a central role in the spiritual, cultural, and social life of Asia, and, beginning in the 20th century, it spread to the West. Ancient Buddhist scripture and doctrine developed in several closely related literary languages of ancient India, especially in Pali and Sanskrit. In this article Pali and Sanskrit words that have ...(100 of 40253 words)
