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religions, with each with its own particular society and religion, however among every one of the religions in China, the biggest is Buddhism. Over hundreds of years, Buddhism in China has formed into three phonetic structures: Chinese-dialect Buddhism, Pali-dialect Buddhism, and Tibetan-dialect Buddhism, additionally called Lamaism. It is hard to appraise what number of individuals take after Chinese-dialect Buddhism, as it is broadly dispersed and does not have welcome customs, but rather the Chinese-dialect

Buddhists there are two separate types of Buddha, those of lore, such as the original Buddha who’s sasana brought Buddhism into reality, and the current Buddhas, otherwise known as Bodhisattvas, who sustain the religion with their sasanas. *”Bodhisattva (Pali Bodhisatta; Tib. Byang Chub Sems Dpa’; Chin. Bu-Sa; Jpn. Bosatsu; Kor. Posal; Viet. Bo-tat; “awakening being”): The ideal of Mahayana Buddhism. The beginning of the bodhisattva’s career is marked by the dawning of the “mind of awakening” (Bodhi-Citta)

very similar, there is even debate whether Vajrayana is a tradition or just a branch of Mahayana. The main text of the Theravada is the Tipitaka, that comes from the Pali Canon, The Pali Canon promotes the main idea to abstain from all evil, accumulate all that is good, and purify our mind. The Mahayana and Vajrayana both follow the Pali Canon and a variety of sutras (scriptures). These scriptures were added to reach more people, becuase as long as the three trainings were still followed, the addition

The Buddha only claimed his title of the “awakened one” through his spiritual journey, which began when the illusion of his sheltered life was broken upon realizing the inescapable realities of human existence. As old age, sickness and death became apparent as the various stages of human life, this initial understanding of existential suffering carries on as the underlying principle of the Buddha’s teachings. Sarvam anityam, meaning that all things are transient, illustrates the fundamental concept

The Buddhist has a view of life after death that is completely contradicting towards the Catholic Church’s view. To begin with, the Buddhist faith believes in a cycle called samsara. This cycle of life and death is based on incarnations in this life and previous lives. This all leads to reincarnation after death in the current body. Reincarnation is the Buddhist belief that after a person dies, their spirit moves on from the dead body and goes to find a new body to live in. The goal of Buddhists

THE JATAKA TALES On a warm July night, a prince was born in Jambudvipa (India). He grew up in a lifestyle filled with the finest of things, confined in his palace, being sheltered from the realities of danger. His father raised him to be the next wheel-turning king. Siddhartha Gautama did not know that he had the “markings” that predetermined his life. His father chose him as king, but as history proves, his dharma was to be the Buddha. Siddhartha’s encounter with the outside world during his manhood

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The basic Buddhist teachings provide guidance on how to minimize suffering and maintaining inner peace. The essence of basic Buddhism is referred to as the “Three Jewels”. This consists of Sanskrit, Triratna, and Pali which is also considered the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. The four noble truths basically provide a path to reality. It concurs that suffering exist, because there is reasoning behind it. The cause also has an ending, in which the noble eightfold path provides the relief to suffering

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BCE; Mahayana: circa 78 CE) There are actually two “Fourth” Buddhist Councils. The first was held in the first century BCE in Sri Lanka; the second was held in Kashmir in the first century CE. During the Theravadin Sri Lankan council the text of the Pali Canon was first written down on palm leaves during a time of famine, when many monks starved to death and the fear was that the canonical tradition would be lost. It is said to have taken