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List of Prominent Personalities Associated With Buddhism are given below : Nagasena: He answered to questions about Buddhism posed by Menander I (or Milinda), the Indo-Greek king, and the conversation is recorded in the book Milinda Panho around 150 BC. Nagarjuna: He lived around 150-250 AD and founder of the Madhyamaka School of Mahayana Buddhism. […]
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Arhat In Buddhism, an arhat or arahant is one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved nirvana. Mahayana Buddhist traditions have used the term for people far advanced along the path of Enlightenment, but who may not have reached full Buddhahood. Difference between Arhat and Buddha One difference between
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Five great events of Buddha’s life are : Birth, Mahabhinishkraman, Nirvana, Dhammachakraparivartan, Parinirvana.
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List of major jain pilgrimage sites are given below : Palitana temples, Shatrunjay hills in Kathiawar, Gujarat. It is regarded as the holiest site, especially by Svetambara sect. It is mainly dedicated to Rishabha, the first tirthankara. It has more than 800 marble temples. Shikarji, Parasnath in Jharkhand. One of the holiest site and it
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Top 10 disciples of Buddha: Sariputra Sariputra, also known as Upatissa was one of the two chief male disciples of Lord Buddha. Another chief disciple of Lord Buddha was Moggallana. Sariputra attained Enlightenment after two weeks of his ordination. Moggallana Mogallana was another chief male disciple of Lord Buddha and was also known as Maudgalyayana. He was the top masters and possesses transcendental powers. Moggallana is depicted as
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Important Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites There are numerous pilgrimage Buddhist sites in South East Asia and Eastern Asia. But there are only four most important pilgrimage Buddhist sites that are most sacred and have important significance in Buddhism tradition. These Buddhist sites are located in the Gangetic plains of Northern India and Southern Nepal. These four holy sites refer to those sites that
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Places Associated with Buddha’s Life and Buddhism The kingdoms he visited are Kosala and Magadha Kingdom. The places visited under these two kingdoms include Kapilavastu, Rajgriha, Vaishali, Gaya, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath, Kosambi, Shravasti (capital of Kosala Kingdom), Kushinagar, Nalanda, Mathura, Varanasi, Saket, Champapuri, etc. Astamahasthanas (Places Associated with Buddha) Astamahasthanas are eight great holy places associated
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Bodhisattva is an important concept in Buddhism. It is broadly understood as the attainment of a mindset (chitta) like Buddha. It believes in Universal liberation and is a concept under Mahayana Buddhism.
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National Calendar The national calendar based on the Saka Era, with Chaitra as its first month and a normal year of 365 days was adopted from 22 March 1957 along with the Gregorian calendar for the following official purposes: Dates of the national calendar have a permanent correspondence with dates of the Gregorian calendar, 1 Chaitra falling on 22 March
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Three phases of caves Architecture 1st phase (2nd B.C. to 2nd Century A.D.) In this phase the construction was exclusively related to Buddhism and Buddha was represented symbolically e.g. Lotus, Wheel etc. The examples of this phase include Ajanta, Karla, Bhaja, Kanheri, Nasik, Bedsa caves. It can be concluded that an important connection existed between the religion and commerce, as Buddhist missionaries
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