Greco-Buddhism or Graeco-Buddhism denotes a supposed cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism developed between the 4th century BC...

The Greco-Buddhist art or Gandhara art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism. It...

for similar protective East Asian deities Heng and Ha Greco-Buddhism Jaya-Vijaya Korean Buddhism Vajrapani and Skanda Om Ox-Head and Horse-Face Lugal-irra...

reigns of the Indo-Greek kings, whose patronage of Buddhism led to the emergence of Greco-Buddhism and Greco-Buddhist art. There was little contact between...

The history of Buddhism can be traced back to the 5th century BCE. Buddhism arose in Ancient India, in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha, and is...

of the earliest missionaries to spread Buddhism to Korean Peninsula. Greco-Buddhism Greco-Buddhist art Greco-Buddhist monasticism Buddhas of Bamyan Kushan...

The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom or simply Greco-Bactria was a Hellenistic-era Greek state, and along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom, the easternmost part of the...

Buddhism in Central Asia mainly existed in Mahayana forms and was historically especially prevalent along the Silk Road. The history of Buddhism in Central...

Buddhism in Japan (日本の仏教, Nihon no Bukkyō) was first established in the 6th century CE, derived from Chinese Buddhism. Most of the Japanese Buddhists...

phenomenon known as Greco-Buddhism. An example of this is evidenced in Chinese and Pali Buddhist records, such as Milindapanha and the Greco-Buddhist art of...

the form of statues were of Greek descent. Buddhism flourished under the Indo-Greeks, leading to the Greco-Buddhist cultural syncretism. The arts of the...

cultural diffusion and syncretism that his conquests engendered, such as Greco-Buddhism and Hellenistic Judaism. He founded more than twenty cities, with the...

In Buddhism, there are a variety of attitudes towards different forms of fasting (Skt. upavāsa or anaśana). The Buddha is known to have practiced extreme...

The Mahoraga (Sanskrit: महोरग) are a race of deities in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Like the nāga, they are often depicted as anthropomorphic beings...

"cessation of dukkha" in the Four Noble Truths, and the "summum bonum of Buddhism and goal of the Eightfold Path." In the Buddhist tradition, nirvana has...

Saṃsāra (Sanskrit: संसार, Pali: saṃsāra; also samsara) in Buddhism and Hinduism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying...

Sri Lankan Buddhism. He is one of the twenty four protective deities of Chinese Buddhism and of the sixteen dharmapalas of Tibetan Buddhism.[citation needed]...

Thích Thiên (帝釋天) or Thích Đề Hoàn Nhân (釋提桓因) in Vietnamese. In Chinese Buddhism, Śakra is sometimes identified with the Taoist Jade Emperor (Yùhuáng Dàdì...

An asura (Sanskrit: असुर, Pali: Asura) in Buddhism is a demigod or titan of the Kāmadhātu. They are described as having three heads with three faces each...

Tibetan Buddhism. These Sambhogakaya-realms are known as Buddha-fields or Pure Lands. One manifestation of Sambhogakaya in Tibetan Buddhism is the rainbow...

flag is a flag designed in the late 19th century as a universal symbol of Buddhism. It is used by Buddhists throughout the world. The flag was originally...

figure in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. She appears as a female bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, and is considered...

50 years laters, the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom invaded North India as far as Pāṭaliputra and founded the Indo-Greek Kingdom. Buddhism flourished under the...

There were links between Buddhism and the pre-Christian Mediterranean world, with Buddhist missionaries sent by Emperor Ashoka of India to Syria, Egypt...

to ordained teachers below the rank of rōshi. However, other schools of Buddhism in Japan use the term for any priest regardless of seniority; for example...

Experience. LUZAC Oriental, 1996, page 113. Thanh, Bhikkhu Thich Minh (2001), The Mind in Early Buddhism Thich Nhat Tu, Nature Of chitta, Mano And Viññāṅa...

philosophies and traditions, its most common usage is in the context of Buddhism. Vimukti is the freedom from or release of the fetters and hindrances....

the Madra clan of Punjab. Mahavagga depicts him having 500 wives. As per Buddhism, due to influence by Dustabandu Divadatt (a Buddhist monk), Bimbisāra was...

Anatta, doctrine of "non-self" Anupiṭaka Greco-Buddhism Khuddaka Nikāya Paracanonical texts (Theravada Buddhism) Ship of Theseus Pesala (Bhikkhu.) (1991)...

In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: चतुरार्यसत्यानि, romanized: caturāryasatyāni; Pali: caturāriyasaccāni; "The Four Arya Satya") are "the truths...