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Buddhist Perspectives

Dialogue Education. History of Buddhism. Buddhist Perspectives.

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Buddhist Perspectives

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  1. Dialogue Education History of Buddhism Buddhist Perspectives THIS CD HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS A CONDITION OF THE USE OF THIS CD THAT IT BE USED ONLY BY THE PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THE CD ROM FROM DIALOGUE EDUCATION. (THIS DOES NOT PROHIBIT ITS USE ON A SCHOOL’S INTRANET).

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  4. The History of Buddhism spans the 6th century BCE to the present, starting with the birth of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama on the Indian subcontinent, in what is now Lumbini, Nepal. History of Buddhism

  5. History of Buddhism Historically, the roots of Buddhism lie in the religious thought of ancient India during the second half of the first millennium BCE.

  6. History of Buddhism Many ‘new’ movements shared the same conceptual vocabulary - atman ("Self"), buddha ("awakened one"), dhamma ("rule" or "law"), karma ("action"), nirvana ("extinguishing"), samsara ("eternal recurrence") and yoga ("spiritual practice").

  7. History of Buddhism • Indian Buddhism • The history of Indian Buddhism may be divided into five periods: • Early Buddhism (occasionally called Pre-sectarian Buddhism), Nikaya Buddhism or Sectarian Buddhism: • The period of the Early Buddhist schools, • Early Mahayana Buddhism, • Later Mahayana Buddhism, and • Esoteric Buddhism (also called Vajrayana Buddhism).

  8. History of Buddhism Early Buddhism Pre-sectarian Buddhism is the earliest phase of Buddhism, recognized by nearly all scholars.

  9. History of Buddhism Early Buddhist schools According to the scriptures, soon after the parinirvāṇa (from Sanskrit: "highest extinguishment") of Gautama Buddha, the first Buddhist council was held.

  10. History of Buddhism Early Buddhist schools According to most scholars, at some period after the Second Council the Sangha began to break into separate factions.

  11. History of Buddhism Early Buddhist schools The root schism was between the Sthaviras and the Mahāsāṅghikas.

  12. History of Buddhism Early Buddhist schools The Sthaviras gave rise to several schools, one of which was the Theravāda school.

  13. History of Buddhism Early Buddhist schools Following (or leading up to) the schisms, each Saṅgha started to accumulate an Abhidharma, a detailed scholastic reworking of doctrinal material appearing in the Suttas.

  14. History of Buddhism Early Mahayana Buddhism The origins of Mahāyāna are still not completely understood.

  15. History of Buddhism Early Mahayana Buddhism There is no evidence that Mahāyāna ever referred to a separate formal school or sect of Buddhism, but rather that it existed as a certain set of ideals, and later doctrines, for bodhisattvas.

  16. Early Mahayana Buddhism The Chinese monk Yijing who visited India in the 7th century CE, distinguishes Mahāyāna from Hīnayāna as follows: Both adopt one and the same Vinaya, and they have in common the prohibitions of the five offences, and also the practice of the Four Noble Truths. Those who venerate the bodhisattvas and read the Mahāyānasūtras are called the Mahāyānists, while those who do not perform these are called the Hīnayānists. History of Buddhism

  17. History of Buddhism Early Mahayana Buddhism Much of the early extant evidence for the origins of Mahāyāna comes from early Chinese translations of Mahāyāna texts.

  18. Late Mahayana Buddhism During the period of Late Mahayana Buddhism, four major types of thought developed: Madhyamaka, Yogacara, Tathagatagarbha, and Buddhist Logic as the last and most recent. History of Buddhism

  19. Vajrayana (Esoteric Buddhism) Scholarly research concerning Esoteric Buddhism is still in its early stages and has a number of problems which make research difficult: 1. Vajrayana Buddhism was influenced by Hinduism, and therefore the research has to include research on Hinduism as well. 2. The scriptures of Vajrayana have not yet been put in any kind of order. 3. Ritual has to be examined as well, not just doctrine. History of Buddhism

  20. The early development of Buddhism Buddhism may have spread only slowly in India until the time of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, who was a public supporter of the religion. History of Buddhism

  21. The early development of Buddhism This period marks the first known spread of Buddhism beyond India. History of Buddhism

  22. The early development of Buddhism The gradual spread of Buddhism into adjacent areas meant that it came into contact with new ethnic groups. History of Buddhism

  23. The early development of Buddhism The Theravada school spread south from India in the 3rd century BCE, to Sri Lanka and Thailand and Burma and later also Indonesia. History of Buddhism

  24. The early development of Buddhism The Silk Road transmission of Buddhism to China is most commonly thought to have started in the late 2nd or the 1st century CE, though the literary sources are all open to question. History of Buddhism

  25. The early development of Buddhism In the 2nd century CE, Mahayana Sutras spread to China, and then to Korea and Japan, and were translated into Chinese. History of Buddhism

  26. Buddhism today By the late Middle Ages, Buddhism had become virtually extinct in India, and although it continued to exist in surrounding countries, its influence was no longer expanding. History of Buddhism

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