Sangha

movement known as “Imperial Way Buddhism.” This movement disputed that Buddhism was exceptional to all other religions and identified it with the nation and the emperor. Therefore worshiping the monarch was the same as honoring the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the Buddhism gods. In 1938, an association recognized…

Buddhism in Politics Throughout Medieval Japan Buddhism originated in Northern India around 500 B.C.E. From there Buddhism started to spread all throughout Asia due to the efforts of the Mauryan King Ashoka. Delegations were sent throughout Asia to spread the teachings of Buddhism. These delegations reached as far away as Egypt all the way to China, Korea and eventually spread to Japan. Buddhism influenced cultures everywhere it went, but it was particularly impactful in East Asia. Buddhism…

India is the births place of two of the world’s major religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. Around the year 500, Brahmanism dominated India, which was the continuation of Vedism, the culture bought to India by Aryans around 1500BC, The Aryans’ ideas of Brahmanism merged with the ideas of the native people in the Indus Valley, developing Hinduism. Around 500BC, Buddhism was established by Siddarttha Gautama. Both Brahmanical Hinduism and Buddhism in India are inseparable from its society, culture and…

While I was a child I had to go to the dentist almost every week because I had lots of caries. Like other children I was scared of the dentist. But one man helped me to drive away the dread of dentist . He was the first dentist I went to see in my life. The way he treated me was so gentle and I didn’t had pain at all. In addition he drove all my pain and swelling away. I could eat what I like to eat normally. Since that time I love to be a dentist. In my deepest mind, although I was a child, I…

Peasants A peasant is a type of farmer, slave or labourer in the early Middle Ages. They weren't treated well and were given minimum of everything. The women peasants were often raped by higher or up classes of men. They were treated with little or no respect. In Europe the peasants were divided into 3 groups of people. The lowest were the slaves, next were the serfs and finally there were the freeman. Peasants were mostly farmers, supplying food for everybody in the land or selling it at the…

Long ago both Hinduism and Buddhism originated and evolved on Indian soil. They share a long history together intermingled in one way or another. Through the years each religion has had a significant influence on the other, and they have also developed some major differences as well. The Buddha was born into a Hindu family and the Hindu tradition eventually accepted the Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu (Voorst 114). Buddhism became widely accepted in India due to teachings of the Buddha that…

Initially in most of his encounters with Papaji, his teachings had angered Mooji personally, and he often threatened to leave the sangha all together. He claims he felt belittled as an individual, as Anthony Moo, and felt that this practice was not beneficial for him. After one account in specific, in which he states he was so flustered that he planned to leave Lucknow ‘for good’,…

Originally Buddhism was started from Nepal.There are two main route in Buddhism, the southern Buddhism (Hinayana) and the northern Buddhism (Mahayana) in Nepal. Buddhism has been spread widely and been carried on through centuries and making great contributions to the Asian culture. Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism was born in 623 B.C.E. in Lumbini, Nepal. His father, Suddhodana Gautama was king that time and Siddharth was raised by his sister, because his mother, Mahamaya died when…

K J Somaiya College of Buddhism ( KJSCB) inaugurated its outreach program Jetvan, at Sakarwadi, Koregaon, Maharashta. Godavari Biorefineries Limited and K J Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies in association with Ven. Dhammadipa, a Buddhist monk from the Czech Republic has launched Jetvan, a Buddhist education centre at Sakarwadi, Kopergaon. Jetvan, as an outreach programme of K J Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies aims to support the teaching of Buddhism. It is the brainchild of Ven.…

the practice goes beyond basic techniques by taking refuge in what is called the three jewels: the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. The buddha is the perfect being that acts as a figure or reflection of reality. Dharma is the term used for the teachings of the buddha; the teachings of the Buddha is focused on the problem of suffering—it is inevitable, true, and can be alleviated. Sangha is the buddhist community. The jewels are the cornerstones for those that wish to work towards becoming a buddha…