INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN BUDDHISM

Author:

K.S. Dwivedi

Publisher:

MD PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD

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Publisher

MD PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD

Publication Year 2010
ISBN-13

9788175333048

ISBN-10 9788175333048
Binding

Hardcover

Edition FIRST
Number of Pages 279 Pages
Language (English)
Dimensions (Cms) 22x14x2
Weight (grms) 506

Buddhism evolved in India. There were periods in India’s past when Buddhism was dominant in India. Today less than 1% of India’s population is Buddhist. Buddhism has more followers in countries east of India. Buddhism was established in about 500 BC by prince called Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha adopted the path of searching enlightenment and at some point he came to a conclusion that this was neither the way towards enlightenment nor the spoiled life he had as a prince was the right path towards enlightenment. According to him, the right path was somewhere in the middle and he called it the ‘middle path’.


By the third century B.C. the still-young based on the Buddha’s teachings was being spread throughout South Asia through the agency of the Mauryan Empire (ca.326-184 B.C. ) By the seventh century A.D. having spread throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia, Buddhism probably had the largest religious following in the world. The coming centuries witnessed rapid growth of Buddhism in India.

K.S. Dwivedi

KS Dwivedi is a scholar and interpreter of Indian religion and philosophy. He had a classical training in humanistic secular literature, religion and culture and he had combined his insight and perception with his literary abilities to bring this title as a classic and great work. He is a retired reader devoting his time writing on literature and culture.
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