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Buddhist Perspectives

Dialogue Education. Buddhist Perspectives. Buddhist Schools & Traditions. Dialogue Education.

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Buddhist Perspectives

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  1. Dialogue Education Buddhist Perspectives Buddhist Schools & Traditions Dialogue Education 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. Buddhists generally classify themselves as either Theravada or Mahayana. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  5. An alternative scheme used by some scholars divides Buddhism into the following three traditions or geographical or cultural areas: Theravada, East Asian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  6. Some scholars use other schemes. Buddhists themselves have a variety of other schemes. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  7. Not all traditions of Buddhism share the same philosophical outlook, or treat the same concepts as central. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  8. According to one Buddhist ecumenical organization, several concepts are common to both major Buddhist branches. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  9. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  10. Theravada school Theravada ("Doctrine of the Elders", or "Ancient Doctrine") is the oldest surviving Buddhist school. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  11. You Tube Video- What is Theravada Buddhism? Click on the image to the left. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation. Enlarge to full screen.

  12. Theravada school The Theravada school bases its practice and doctrine exclusively on the Pāli Canon and its commentaries. Buddhist Practices

  13. Theravada school Theravāda is primarily practiced today in Sri Lanka, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia as well as small portions of China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bangladesh. Buddhist Practices

  14. Mahayana traditions Mahayana Buddhism flourished in India from the 5th century CE onwards, during the dynasty of the Guptas. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

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  16. Mahayana traditions Mahayana schools recognize all or part of the Mahayana Sutras. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  17. Mahayana traditions Native Mahayana Buddhism is practiced today in China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, parts of Russia and most of Vietnam (also commonly referred to as "Eastern Buddhism"). Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  18. Vajrayana traditions The Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism spread to China, Mongolia, and Tibet. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  19. Vajrayana traditions There are differing views as to just when Vajrayāna and its tantric practice started. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  20. Vajrayana traditions In one of the first major contemporary academic treatises on the subject, Fairfield University professor Ronald M. Davidson argues that the rise of Vajrayana was in part a reaction to the changing political climate in India at the time. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  21. Vajrayana traditions Vajrayana combined and developed a variety of elements, a number of which had already existed for centuries. Buddhist Schools & Traditions

  22. Bibliography • # Coleman, Graham, ed. (1993). A Handbook of Tibetan Culture. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc.. ISBN 1-57062-002-4. • # Crosby, Kate( 2000)Tantric Theravada: A bibliographic essay on the writings of François Bizot and others on the yogvacara Tradition. • The Sects of the Buddhists by T.W. Rhys Davids, in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1891. • # Hopkins, Jeffrey (1985) The Ultimate Deity in Action Tantra and Jung's Warning against Identifying with the Deity Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 5, (1985), # Lopez, Buddhism in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1995 • # Skilling, Mahasutras, volume II, Parts I & II, 1997, Pali Text Society, Lancaster, page 78 • # Encyclopedia of Religion, volume 2, Macmillan, New York, 1987, pages 440f; Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Buddhism • # Warder, A.K. (1970). Indian Buddhism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. • # Wikipedia- Schools of Buddhism-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schools_of_Buddhism

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