Buddhism

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Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophy based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a śramaṇa and religious teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE. It is the world's fourth-largest religion, with about 320 million followers, known as Buddhists, who comprise 4.1% of the global population. It arose in the eastern Gangetic plain as a śramaṇa movement in the 5th century BCE, and gradually spread throughout much of Asia. Buddhism has subsequently played a major role in Asian culture and spirituality, eventually spreading to the West in the 20th century.

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Bronkhorst Jack Kerouac Jainism Jamaican Maroon religion James R. Lewis (scholar)Jamgon Kongtrul Jan Gonda Jan Nattier Jan Willem de Jong Japamala Japan Japanese Buddhist architecture Japanese Zen Japanese new religions Jarāmaraṇa Jataka tales Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Jayavarman VII Jediism Jehovah's Witnesses Jetavana Jeung San Do Jewish Buddhist Jewish Renewal Jewish religious movements Jianzhen Jivaroan peoples Jixing Chewu John Bowker (theologian)John C. Wells Judaism Judaizers Jāti (Buddhism)Jōdo-shū K. R. Norman K. T. S. Sarao Kaharingan Kakuban Kalash people Kalmykia Kalpa (time)Kalu Rinpoche Kamakura Daibutsu Kamba people Kammaṭṭhāna Kanagawa Prefecture Kanishka Kapalika Kapilavastu (ancient city)Kapitayan Kappiya Karaite Judaism Karen Armstrong Karkota Empire Karma Karma (Buddhism)Karma in Buddhism Karmapa Karuṇā Kasaya (clothing)Kashmir Shaivism Katyayana (Buddhist)Kaumaram Kaundinya Keetoowah Nighthawk Society Kejawèn Kemetism Kenshō Keśin Khalsa Kharijites Khema Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche Khmer Empire Kingdom of Khotan Kirat Mundhum Kleshas (Buddhism)Koan Koliya Kongo religion Korea Korean Buddhism Korean Seon Korean shamanism Krishnaism Kshatriya Kuksu (religion)Kumaragupta I Kumina Kumārajīva Kuopio Kurdish Alevism Kushan Empire Kushinagar Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology Kyaung Kātyāyana Kōbō Daishi Kōdō Sawaki Kūya Kṣitigarbha L. S. Cousins Laicism Laity Lakota religion Lalitavistara Sūtra Lama Lambert Schmithausen Laos Latin Church Latvian mythology Laymen's Home Missionary Movement Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra Lenape mythology Life of Buddha in art Lineage (Buddhism)Lingayats Linji Yixuan List of American Buddhists List of British Buddhists List of Buddhas List of Buddhist architecture in China List of Buddhist festivals List of Buddhist temples List of Buddhists List of Christian denominations List of Korean Buddhists List of Marathi Buddhists List of bodhisattvas List of converts to Buddhism List of founders of religious traditions List of largest peaceful gatherings List of modern pagan movements List of new religious movements List of people who have been considered deities List of places where Gautama Buddha stayed List of religions and spiritual traditions List of religious organizations List of religious populations List of religious sites List of suttas Lists of deities Lithuanian mythology Liturgy Lokaksema (Buddhist monk)Lokottaravāda Longhouse Religion Lotuko mythology Louis de La Vallée-Poussin Louisiana Voodoo Lozi mythology Lugbara mythology Lumbini Lung (Tibetan Buddhism)Luo teaching Luoyang Lushan Huiyuan Lutheranism Maasai religion Machig Labdrön Madhyama Agama Madhyamaka Madhyamakālaṃkāra Madhyamika Maha-parinibbana Sutta Mahabhuta Mahabodhi Temple Mahanubhava Maharashtra Mahasiddha Mahasthamaprapta Mahavira Mahayana Mahayana sutras Mahdavi movement Mahābhūta Mahākāśyapa Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī Mahāsāṃghika Mahāvastu Mahāyāna Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra Mahīśāsaka Mainland Southeast Asia Maitreya Maitrī Majjhima Nikaya Majjhima Nikāya Major religious groups Malaysia Malaysian folk religion Manchu shamanism Mandaeism Mandala Manichaeism Manjushri Mantra Mapuche religion Mara (demon)Marapu Mari religion Marpa Lotsawa Maturidism Maudgalyayana Maurya Empire Max Müller Maya (mother of the Buddha)Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini Maya religion Mazdak Mazdaznan Mazu Daoyi Mbuti mythology Meditation Meiji period Meivazhi Melanesian mythology Memorization Menander I Mennonites Mental factors (Buddhism)Merit (Buddhism)Mesoamerican religion Methodism Mettā Miao folk religion Miao people Michael Coogan Micronesian mythology Middle Eastern religions Middle Way Midewiwin Milah Abraham Milarepa Milinda Panha Mindful Yoga Mindfulness Mindfulness-based stress reduction Mindstream Minority religion Miracles of Gautama Buddha Missionary Mithraism Miwok mythology Miyun Yuanwu Mnemonic Mo (religion)Modak Modekngei Modern Finnish paganism Modern Orthodox Judaism Modern paganism Moggallāna Mohawk people Moksha Monasteries Monasticism Mongkut Mongolia Mongolian shamanism Monier Monier-Williams Monk Monolatry Monotheism Moravian Church Mormonism Mudita Mudra Muisca mythology Mulamadhyamakakarika Mulasarvastivada Mun (religion)Muslim conquest of Persia Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent Muslim conquests of Afghanistan Myanmar Mysteries of Isis Mysticism Māgha Pūjā Nabataean religion Nagarjuna Nagasena Nalanda Namarupa Namchö Mingyur Dorje Names of God Nanda (half-brother of Buddha)Naraka (Buddhism)Naropa Natale di Roma Natha Sampradaya National church Native American Church Native American religions Nature worship Nauruan indigenous religion Navajo Navayana Nekkhamma Neo-Theosophy Neo-charismatic movement Neoshamanism Nepal Nestorianism Neuroscience of religion New Acropolis New Age New Thought New religious movement Newar Buddhism Nianfo Nichiren Nichiren Buddhism Nihilism Nikaya Buddhism Nikayas Nikāya Nimbarka Sampradaya Nirodha Nirvana Nirvana (Buddhism)Noble Eightfold Path Non-denominational Christianity Non-denominational Muslim Nontheism Nontrinitarianism Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Nordic countries North Savo Novice Nukari Nun Nuo folk religion Nurmijärvi Nuu-chah-nulth mythology Nāga Nāmarūpa Obeah Objectivism Odinala Offering (Buddhism)Ohlone mythology Ojibwe Old Catholic Church Old Norse religion Olmec religion Om mani padme hum Oneness Pentecostalism Ontology Oral tradition Ordination Ordination hall Oriental Orthodox Churches Orientalism Orphism Orthodox Judaism Orthodoxy Orthopraxy Other power Outline of Buddhism Outline of religion Ouyi Zhixu Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Padmanabh Jaini Padmasambhava Paganism Pagoda Pala Empire Paleo-Balkan mythology Paleolithic religion Pali Pali Canon Pali Text Society Pali language Pallava dynasty Palm-leaf manuscript Palo (religion)Pancharatra Panchen Lama Pandeism Pandya dynasty Panentheism Pantheism Papuan mythology Parinirvana Paritta Parmalim Passaddhi Patheos Patimokkha Patrick Olivelle Pawnee mythology Paṭisambhidāmagga Pemena Penor Rinpoche Pentecostalism Persecution of Buddhists Pew Research Center Phala Phassa Philosophical tradition Philosophy of religion Physical characteristics of the Buddha Pilgrimage (Buddhism)Place of worship Plymouth Brethren Polynesian mythology Polytheism Polytheism in Buddhism Polytheistic reconstructionism Pomo religion Poshan Haiming Positive deconstruction Post-canonical Buddhist texts Potala Palace Practical philosophy Prajnaparamita Prajñā (Buddhism)Prakrits Pramana Pranayama Prapanca Pratimokṣa Pratyekabuddha Pratyekabuddhayāna Pratītyasamutpāda Prayer Prayer wheel Pre-sectarian Buddhism Prehistoric religion Presbyterianism Preta Priest Prometheus Books Prophecy Proselytism Prostration (Buddhism)Protestantism Proto-Indo-Iranian religion Proto-Protestantism Prussian mythology Psychoanalysis Psychology Psychology of religion Psychotherapy Pudgalavada Pueblo III period Pueblo II period Pueblo IV period Pueblo religion Punic religion Pure Land Buddhism Purépecha religion Pushtimarga Sampradaya Puṇṇa Mantānīputta Pāli Pāli Canon Pāramitā Pīti Pūjā (Buddhism)Qiang folk religion Quakers Quimbanda Quran Quranism Radha Soami Rajgir Rajneesh movement Ram Khamhaeng Ramanandi Sampradaya Randall Collins Rapa Nui mythology Rashtrakuta dynasty Rastafari Ratnagotravibhāga Ravidassia Raëlism Reality in Buddhism Rebirth (Buddhism)Reconstructionist Judaism Reconstructionist Roman religion Redeath Reform Judaism Reformed Christianity Refuge (Buddhism)Refuge in Buddhism Relationship between religion and science Relic of the tooth of the Buddha Relics associated with Buddha Religiocentrism Religion Religion and LGBTQ people Religion and agriculture Religion and business Religion and happiness Religion and mythology Religion and sexuality Religion and video games Religion in Afghanistan Religion in Africa Religion in Albania Religion in Algeria Religion in Andorra Religion in Angola Religion in Antigua and Barbuda Religion in Argentina Religion in Armenia Religion in Asia Religion in Australia Religion in Austria Religion in Azerbaijan Religion in Bahrain Religion in Bangladesh Religion in Barbados Religion in Belarus Religion in Belgium Religion in Belize Religion in Benin Religion in Bhutan Religion in Bolivia Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina Religion in Botswana Religion in Brazil Religion in Brunei Religion in Bulgaria Religion in Burkina Faso Religion in Burundi Religion in Cambodia Religion in Cameroon Religion in Canada Religion in Cape Verde Religion in Chad Religion in Chile Religion in China Religion in Colombia Religion in Costa Rica Religion in Croatia Religion in Cuba Religion in Cyprus Religion in Denmark Religion in Djibouti Religion in Dominica Religion in Ecuador Religion in Egypt Religion in El Salvador Religion in England Religion in Equatorial Guinea Religion in Eritrea Religion in Estonia Religion in Eswatini Religion in Ethiopia Religion in Europe Religion in Fiji Religion in Finland Religion in France Religion in Gabon Religion in Georgia (country)Religion in Germany Religion in Ghana Religion in Greece Religion in Grenada Religion in Guatemala Religion in Guinea Religion in Guinea-Bissau Religion in Guyana Religion in Haiti Religion in Honduras Religion in Hong Kong Religion in Hungary Religion in Iceland Religion in India Religion in 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Religion in Switzerland Religion in Syria Religion in São Tomé and Príncipe Religion in Taiwan Religion in Tajikistan Religion in Tanzania Religion in Thailand Religion in Timor-Leste Religion in Togo Religion in Tonga Religion in Trinidad and Tobago Religion in Tunisia Religion in Turkey Religion in Turkmenistan Religion in Tuvalu Religion in Uganda Religion in Ukraine Religion in Uruguay Religion in Uzbekistan Religion in Vanuatu Religion in Venezuela Religion in Vietnam Religion in Wales Religion in Yemen Religion in Zambia Religion in Zimbabwe Religion in ancient Rome Religion in politics Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia Religion in the Bahamas Religion in the Central African Republic Religion in the Comoros Religion in the Czech Republic Religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Religion in the Dominican Republic Religion in the Federated States of Micronesia Religion in the Gambia Religion in the Maldives Religion in the Marshall Islands Religion in the Netherlands Religion 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Salomon (professor of Asian studies)Richard Gombrich Rigpa (organization)Rigveda Rimé movement Rinpoche Risshō Kōsei Kai Risshū (Buddhism)Ritual Ritual purification Robert Buswell Jr.Roerichism Roman imperial cult Romuva (religion)Roshani movement Routledge Rupajhana Rupert Gethin Russian Authentism Ryukyuan religion Rāhula Rōshi Rūpa Sacca (Buddhism)Sacred grove Sacred language Sacred mountains Sacred space Sacred tree Sacred waters Sacrifice Saint Petersburg Saka language Sakadagami Salafi movement Salistamba Sutra Salvation Samadhi Samanera Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva)Samaritanism Samatha Samatha-vipassanā Samaññaphala Sutta Samding Dorje Phagmo Sampajañña Samsara Samsara (Buddhism)Samyutta Nikaya Samādhi Samādhi (Buddhism)San religion Sanamahism Sanchi Sangha Sangha (Buddhism)Sanskrit Sanskrit Buddhist literature Sanskrit language Sant Mat Santería Saraha Sarna (place)Sarnaism Sarnath Sarvastivada Sarvāstivāda Sassatavada Satanism Sati (Buddhism)Satipatthana Satori Satya Sayadaw Saṃjñā Saṃsāra Saṃsāra (Buddhism)Saṅkhāra Schism Schools of Buddhism Schwarzenau Brethren Schwenkfelder Church Scientology Scythian religion Second Buddhist council Sectarian violence Sects of Sikhism Secular Buddhism Secular humanism Secular religion Secular theology Secularisation Secularism Secularization Seleucid Empire Selkʼnam mythology Seneca mythology Sengcan Sengyou Sentient beings (Buddhism)Separation of church and state Serer religion Seven Factors of Awakening Shabakism Shaiva Siddhanta Shaivism Shaktism Shakya Shamanism in Siberia Shamarpa Shandao Shaolin Monastery Shastras Sheng-yen Shenhui Shia Islam Shichidō garan Shikantaza Shinbutsu-shūgō Shingon Shingon Buddhism Shinnyo-en Shinran Shinto Shinto sects and schools Shravakayana Shugendō Shuilu Fahui Shunryu Suzuki Shunryū Suzuki Shōkū Si Phan Don Siberia Sic Siddhi Sikhism Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Siming Zhili Simran Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism Sioux Six Paths Skanda (Buddhism)Skandha Slavic Native Faith Slavic paganism Smarta tradition Sociology of religion Sogyal Rinpoche Soka Gakkai Somali mythology Song dynasty Songtsen Gampo Soteriological Soteriology Sotāpanna Soul South Asia Southeast Asia Southern, Eastern and Northern Buddhism Southern Esoteric Buddhism Sparśa Spiritual Christianity Spiritualism (movement)Spirituality Srauta Sri Lanka Sri Vaishnavism Stanford University State religion Sthavira Nikāya Stupa Subh-i-Azal Subhūti Subitism Subud Sufism Sukhothai Kingdom Sumerian religion Sun Dance Sunda Wiwitan Sunni Islam Supernatural Sutra Sutta Pitaka Suttas Svabhava Swaminarayan Sampradaya Swastika Syncretism Sámi shamanism Sādhu (Pali word)Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions Tagalog religion Tai folk religion Tai peoples Taiping Rebellion Taiwan Taixu Tajikistan Taliban Tambor de Mina Tan-luan Tang dynasty Tangmi Tantra Tantras (Buddhism)Taoism Tapa Shotor Tara (Buddhism)Tarim Basin Tathāgata Tathāgatagarbha sūtras Tathātā Taṇhā Temple of the Tooth Ten principal disciples Ten realms Tendai Tengrism Tenrikyo Tensegrity (Castaneda)Terma (religion)Tertön Thai temple art and architecture Thailand Thang Tong Gyalpo Thangka The Buddha The Buddha in Hinduism The Christian Community The Eight Great Events in the Life of Buddha The Hilltop Review The New Church (Swedenborgian)The New York Times The unanswerable questions Theism Thelema Theocracy Theology Theories about religion Theosophists Theosophy Theravada Thiền Thomas William Rhys Davids Thracian religion Three Jewels Three Teachings Three disciplines of Buddhism Three marks of existence Threefold Training Thích Nhất Hạnh Tiantai Tibet Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhist architecture Tibetan Buddhist canon Tibetan Tantric Practice Tibeto-Burman languages Timeline of Buddhism Timeline of religion Toleration Tolstoyan movement Tongan religion Tonglen Traditional Berber religion Traditional Sabahan religions Traditional narratives of Indigenous Californians Trailokya Transcendental Meditation Transfer of merit Transgender people and religion Transtheism Trinidad Orisha Tripitaka Koreana Tripiṭaka Triple Gem Trần Nhân Tông Tsimshian mythology Tukdam Tulku Tumbuka mythology Tungusic creation myth Turkic mythology Turkmenistan Tuva Twelve Nidānas Twelver Shi'ism Twenty-two vows of Ambedkar Two truths doctrine UFO religion UNESCO Uddaka Rāmaputta Udmurt Vos Umbanda Unitarian Universalism Unitarianism Universal White Brotherhood Universalism University of Hawaii Press Upanishad Upanishads Upekkha Upekṣā Uposatha Uppalavanna Upādāna Upāli Upāsaka and Upāsikā Uralic neopaganism Urartu Urhobo people Urmila Pawar Ute mythology Uttar Pradesh Uzbekistan Vainakh religion Vairochana Vaishnavism Vajrabodhi Vajrapani Vajrayana Vajrayāna Valabhi University Vassa Vasubandhu Vattisen Yaly Vedanā Vedas Vedda Vegetarianism Vegetarianism and religion Vesak Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion Vihāra Vijñāna Vikramashila Vinaya Vinaya Pitaka Vinnana Vipassana Vipassana movement Vipassanā Vipāka Vīrya Waaqeffanna Wabunowin Wahhabism Waldensians Walpola Rahula Warkari Wat Wat Chedi Liam Wat Yannawa Water and religion Wealth and religion Wei Chueh Western Buddhism Western religions Western tulku Western world Wicca Winti Wisdom Wisdom in Buddhism Wocekiye Women and religion Women in Buddhism Won Buddhism World Buddhist Scout Council World Heritage Site World Parliament of Religions World War II World religions Worship Worship of heavenly bodies Wyandot religion Xiantiandao Xuanzang Xuyun Yahwism Yaksha Yamantaka Yao folk religion Yaoshi Bao Chan Yaqui Yarsanism Yasa Yazdânism Yazidism Yaśodharā Yeshe Tsogyal Yi Xing Yidam Yiguandao Yin Shun Yinguang Yinyuan Longqi Yoga Yogachara Yongming Yanshou Yoruba religion Youxi Chuandeng Yujia Yankou Yunqi Zhuhong Zabaykalsky Krai Zalmoxianism Zapotec civilization Zaydism Zazen Zen Zen master Zhanran Zhiyi Zibo Zhenke Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism in Russia Zulu traditional religion Zuni mythology Zurvanism Āgama (Buddhism)Ājīvika Ākāśagarbha Ānanda Āstika and nāstika Āḷāra Kālāma Đạo Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương Đạo Mẫu Śaiva Śramaṇa Śrauta Śrāvaka Śrāvakayāna Śubhakarasiṃha Śuddhodana Śvetāmbara Śāntideva Śāriputra Śīla Śūnyatā Śūraṅgama Sūtra Ṣaḍāyatana

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