history of Buddhism
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Summary
In these texts the history of Buddhism comes in a few episodes: in Gautama Buddha's India an old spiritual religion, Brahmanism, faced new thinkers; soon after the Buddha's death people made him into a god; and ancestors in Japan brought esoteric theoretical teachings back from China.
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This happened soon after Gautama Buddha died, two thousand years ago. They made him into a god.
Western Buddhism and Hierarchy February 2009 — Cholín
Texts
- Dogen and Modern Life ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavanateaching according to the people
There is a phrase, skilful means. So he taught according to the people.
- Buddhism and the Theory of No-Self ●●●atman and Brahman · theory of non-substantiality
Brahmins were the priests who taught that there is an individual self (atman) and a Universal self (Atman or Brahman).
- Why We Practice Zazen ●●● August 1987 — Gudo Wafu NishijimaBrahmanism and six non-Buddhist teachers
the same confrontation between an old spiritual religion and new thinkers who were called the six non-Buddhist teachers
- Bussho 3: Beyond the Process View ●●● Summer 2004 — Busshotheoretical Buddhism brought from China
those ancestors in Japan who went to China and came back with esoteric theoretical teachings
- MMK 1: The Four Conditions ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarikasplit between Hinayana and Mahayana
All these categories are too much. We can’t live by categories.
- Western Buddhism and Hierarchy ●●● February 2009 — CholínBuddha made into a god
This happened soon after Gautama Buddha died, two thousand years ago. They made him into a god.
- The Truth as a Cup of Tea ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studenecesoteric Buddhism in China
Buddhism, esoteric Buddhism, was already very, very widely spread in China
- Three Philosophies and One Reality ●●●Brahmanism and six non-Buddhist teachers
The idealistic religion of Brahmanism and the materialistic teachings of the Six Non-Buddhist Teachers were at war constantly.
- What did the Buddha discover? ●●●dharmas as fundamental particles
They believed that the world consisted of fundamental particles, which they called “dharmas”
- Uji 4: Contradictory Explanations ●●● Winter 2004 — Ujiseated buddhas of the sixth century
when you got to the 6th century suddenly all these statues changed to seated buddhas
- The Buddha’s Discovery ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centredharmas as fundamental particles
They believed the world consisted of fundamental particles, which they called dharmas.
- No Hierarchy of Enlightenment ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavanatwo Buddhas
it looks as if there were two Buddhas in history
Keywords
Ideas (4) dharmas as fundamental particles2 atman and Brahman teaching according to the people theory of non-substantiality
Themes (5) Brahmanism and six non-Buddhist teachers2 Buddha made into a god esoteric Buddhism in China split between Hinayana and Mahayana theoretical Buddhism brought from China
Images and stories (2) seated buddhas of the sixth century two Buddhas