Buddhism in India

Transitoriness and Transformations 107 realistic. However by the time the Pali canon was crystallised, it had to be added that w ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 107 realistic. However by the time the Pali canon was crystallised, it had to be added that w ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 109 had showed the way to others. However, since Mahayana (and Vajrayana) had partly develope ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 109 had showed the way to others. However, since Mahayana (and Vajrayana) had partly develope ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 111 Finally, the Buddha or ‘Buddha-nature’ and Nirvana seem to have been treated in such a wa ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 111 Finally, the Buddha or ‘Buddha-nature’ and Nirvana seem to have been treated in such a wa ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 113 proto-scientific activities in the period of Tantra lacked the institutional backing that ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 113 proto-scientific activities in the period of Tantra lacked the institutional backing that ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 115 If there seem to be profound differences between the different ‘ways’ (yana) of Buddhism, ...

Transitoriness and Transformations 115 If there seem to be profound differences between the different ‘ways’ (yana) of Buddhism, ...

Buddhism was massively invaded by tantra, and the Vajrayana tradition was born. Both in depending on the practitioner’s identifi ...

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4. Buddhist Civilisation The orgotten Past The sense of history in India has always been a tenuous one. Today the governmen ...

Buddhist Civilisation 119 was found was the stupa and carvings at Sanchi, the construction of which began earlier but was comple ...

Buddhist Civilisation 119 was found was the stupa and carvings at Sanchi, the construction of which began earlier but was comple ...

Buddhist Civilisation 121 Jains and Buddhists (Sastri 1999: 80–81). The tradition of righteous, self-sacrificing kings in Tamil ...

Buddhist Civilisation 121 Jains and Buddhists (Sastri 1999: 80–81). The tradition of righteous, self-sacrificing kings in Tamil ...

Buddhist Civilisation 123 like the later Ajanta cave paintings, show voluptuous women, towering superhuman Bodhisattvas and deli ...

Buddhist Civilisation 123 like the later Ajanta cave paintings, show voluptuous women, towering superhuman Bodhisattvas and deli ...

Buddhist Civilisation 125 the end of the first millennium BCE with the adoption of the Bhagwata cult (Vaishnavism) and the absor ...

Buddhist Civilisation 125 the end of the first millennium BCE with the adoption of the Bhagwata cult (Vaishnavism) and the absor ...