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Shingon Buddhism (真言宗, Shingon-shū) is a branch of the Vajrayana Buddhism introduced to Japan by Kūkai in 816, who traveled to China and studied the Chinese Mantrayana tradition. Shingon is based mainly on two tantric scriptures, the Mahavairocana Tantra and the Vajrasekhara Sutra (金剛頂経, Kongōchōkyō).
Pure Land Buddhism A large branch of Mahayana, dominantly in East Asia. The goal of Pure Land Buddhism is to be reborn in the Western sukhavati of Amitabha, either as a real place or within the mind, through the other-power of repeating the Buddha's name, nianfo or nembutsu. 净土宗 (Ch), 浄土教 (Jp) Cn: Jìngtǔ-zōng.
Navayana. Newar. Buddhism by country. Religion portal. v. t. e. Mahāyāna ( Sanskrit: महायान, / ˌməhɑːˈjɑːnə / Mə-hAH-YAH-nə; lit. 'Great Vehicle') is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India ( c. 1st century BCE onwards).
Buddhism är en religion baserad på den undervisning och den lära som tillskrivs Siddharta Gautama Buddha. Buddhismen uppstod någon gång under perioden från 500-talet till 300-talet f.Kr. i södra delen av Nepal, nuvarande Lumbini, Nepal. Den spreds sedan i östra Asien och kom att blandas med många kulturer och traditioner.
Buddhism and Jainism are two Indian religions that developed in Magadha ( Bihar) and continue to thrive in the modern age. Gautama Buddha and Mahavira are generally accepted as contemporaries. [1] [2] Jainism and Buddhism share many features, terminology and ethical principles, but emphasize them differently. [2]
Buddhism is an ancient Indian religion, which arose in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India ), and is based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha [note 1] who was deemed a "Buddha" ("Awakened One" [3] ), although Buddhist doctrine holds that there were other Buddhas before him.
t. e. Karma (Sanskrit, also karman, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention ( cetanā) which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in samsara, the cycle of rebirth.
