- world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520
million followers,
known as
Buddhists, who
comprise seven percent of the
global po****tion.
Buddhism originated...
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there are
three main
Buddhist Canons: the Pāli
Canon of the Theravāda tradition, the
Chinese Buddhist Canon used in East
Asian Buddhist tradition, and the...
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Since the
death of the
historical Buddha,
Siddhartha Gautama,
Buddhist monastic communities ("sangha") have
periodically convened to
settle doctrinal and...
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Buddhist temple or
Buddhist monastery is the
place of
worship for
Buddhists, the
followers of Buddhism. They
include the
structures called vihara, chaitya...
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Buddhist cosmology is the
description of the
shape and
evolution of the
Universe according to
Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. It
consists of a temporal...
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enlightened Buddhas to
regional spirits adopted by
Buddhists or
practiced on the
margins of the religion.
Buddhists later also came to
incorporate aspects from...
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wisdom by
studying all the
Buddhist sutras and commentaries,
reading through all the
classic works Buddhist and non
Buddhist and
perusing the
writings of...
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Buddhist art
Buddhist art is
visual art
produced in the
context of Buddhism. It
includes depictions of
Gautama Buddha and
other Buddhas and bodhisattvas...
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Buddhist philosophy is the
ancient Indian philosophical system that
developed within the religio-philosophical
tradition of Buddhism. It
comprises all...
- The
Buddhist calendar is a set of
lunisolar calendars primarily used in Tibet, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka,
Thailand and
Vietnam as well...