2500 YEARS OF BUDDHISM
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AZL4V04 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book gives a short account of the story of Buddhism in the last 2,500 years.The main events of the Buddha's life are well known. 2500 Years of Buddhism FOREWORDSixth century B.C. In China we had Lao Tzu and Confucius, in Greece Parmenides and Empedocles, in Iran Zarathustra, in India Mahavira and the Buddha. It is the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar. The Buddha resolved to gainForwardContentsOur Contributors India and Buddhism Origin of Buddhism Life and Teachings Four Buddhist Councils Asoka and the Expansion of Buddhism Principal Schools and Sects of Buddhism Buddhist Literature Buddhist Education Some Great Buddhists After Asoka Chinese Travellers A Brief Survey of Buddhist Art Places of Buddhist Interest Later Modifications of Buddhism Buddhist Studies in Recent Times Buddhism in the Modern World In Retrospect. was remarkable for the spiritual unrest and intellectual ferment in many countries. According to the Theravada Buddhism, the Buddha's parinirvana occurred in 544 B.C. 1 Though the different schools of Buddhism have their independent systems of chronology, they have agreed to consider the full-moon day of May 1956 to be the 2,500th anniversary of the mahaparinirvana of Gautama the Buddha. In that period many