Are Shinto and Buddhism truly separate in Japan—or two parts of the same cultural fabric? This deep dive examines how Buddhist philosophy and Shinto kami worship coevolved over 1,500 years. From ...

Introduction -- The Material of Religion -- From the Buddha to Ashoka: c. 600-200 BCE -- The Sangha and the Laity: c. 200 BCE-200 CE -- The Beginnings of Mahayana Buddhism, Buddha Images, and Monastic ...

This compilation contains not only the history of Buddhism in Maynamoti (Comilla), Naogaon, Norshingdi, Mohasthangarh (Bogra), but it also has well-preserved inscriptional records of Buddhism on ...

Part 1: Foundations of the tradition -- Buddhist religion, culture, and civilization / Frank E. Reynolds and Charles Hallisey -- The Buddha / Frank E. Reynolds and Charles Hallisey -- Buddhism in ...

Vol. 14, No. 2, Special Issue: Cross-cultural Currents of East Asian Buddhism in the 17th and 18th Centuries (October 2023), pp. 101-126 (26 pages) Korean Buddhist orthodoxy can be traced to a narrow ...

BUDDHISM is generally regarded, with good reason, as the most peaceful of world religions. Like other south Asian faiths, it stresses the principle of ahimsa, the “non-injury” of other living things.