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ARTICLES RELATED TO Dharmaraksita | | | |  Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionaryThe efforts of Emperor Ashoka to spread the Buddhist faith are described in the Edicts of Ashoka carved during his reign on stone pillars and cave walls:
"Here in the king's domain among the Greeks, the Kambojas, the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the Andhras and the Palidas, everywhere people are following Beloved-of-the-Gods' instructions in Dhamma." Rock Edict Nb13 (S. Dhammika)
Ashoka also claimed to have sent emissaries beyond his borders, as far as the Greek kings of the Mediterranean: ...
See also:Dharmaraksita, Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary, Dharmaraksita - Dharmaraksita and Punabbasukutumbikaputta Tissa Thera, Dharmaraksita - Dharmaraksita and the Milinda Panha, Dharmaraksita - Reference Read more here: » Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Yona - Indian references In Indian sources, the usage of the words "Yona", "Yauna", "Yonaka", "Yavana" or "Javana" etc appears repeatedly, and particularly in relation to the Greek kingdoms which neighboured or sometimes occupied the Indian sub-continent over a period of several centuries from the 4th century BCE to the 1st century CE, such as the Seleucid Empire, the Greco-Bactrian kingdom and the Indo-Greek kingdom.
Even long before Alexander's invasion, the Greek settlements had existed in eastern parts of Achaemenid empire, north-west of India, as neighbors to the Iranian Kambojas. The references to the Yonas in the early Bu ...
See also:Yona, Yona - Old World usage, Yona - Indian references, Yona - Role in Buddhism, Yona - Invasion of India, Yona - Scientific abilities, Yona - Other references, Yona - The Yonas and other northwestern invaders in Indian literature, Yona - Later meanings, Yona - Contemporary usage, Yona - Notes, Yona - External link Read more here: » Yona: Encyclopedia II - Yona - Indian references |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - List of Buddhists - Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools Individuals are grouped by nationality, except in cases where the vast majority of their influence was felt elsewhere.
List of Buddhists - Indian.
The Buddha Shakyamuni, Siddhartha Gautama
Ananda, Siddhartha's cousin and one of his chief disciples
Aryadeva foremost disciple of Nagarjuna, continued the philosophical school of Madhyamika
Asanga founder of the Yogachara school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher (with Nagarjuna)
Atisha holder of ...
See also:List of Buddhists, List of Buddhists - Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools, List of Buddhists - Indian, List of Buddhists - Indo-Greek, List of Buddhists - Central Asian, List of Buddhists - Chinese, List of Buddhists - Tibetan, List of Buddhists - Japanese, List of Buddhists - Korean, List of Buddhists - Thai, List of Buddhists - Historical rulers and political figures, List of Buddhists - Modern teachers, List of Buddhists - Theravada / Vipassana teachers, List of Buddhists - Tibetan Buddhist teachers, List of Buddhists - Zen teachers, List of Buddhists - Miscellaneous, List of Buddhists - Teachers of controversial Buddhist or Buddhist-influenced groups, List of Buddhists - Modern scholars and authors, List of Buddhists - Modern politicians activists and protestors, List of Buddhists - Celebrity Buddhists, List of Buddhists - External link Read more here: » List of Buddhists: Encyclopedia II - List of Buddhists - Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greeks monks under Ashoka According to Edicts of Ashoka, Greek populations (generally described in ancient times throughout the Classical world as Yona, Yojanas or Yavanas, lit. “Ionians” [1]) were under his rule in northwestern India.
"Here in the king's domain among the Greeks, the Kambojas, the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the Andhras and the Palidas, everywhere people are following Beloved-of ...
See also:Greco-Buddhist monasticism, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Background, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greeks monks under Ashoka, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Dharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahyantika, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Maharaksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greek monks under Menander, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahadharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Reference, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - External link: Read more here: » Greco-Buddhist monasticism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greeks monks under Ashoka |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Religious interactions The length of the Greek presence in Central Asia and northern India provided opportunities for interaction, not only on the artistic, but also on the religious plane.
Greco-Buddhism - Alexander the Great in Bactria and India 331-325.
When Alexander conquered the Bactrian and Gandharan regions, these areas may already have been under Buddhist influence. According to a legend preserved in Pali, the language of the Theravada canon, two merchant brothers from Bactria, named Tapassu and Bhallika, visited the Buddha and became his disciples. They then ret ...
See also:Greco-Buddhism, Greco-Buddhism - Historical outline, Greco-Buddhism - Religious interactions, Greco-Buddhism - Alexander the Great in Bactria and India 331-325, Greco-Buddhism - The Mauryan empire 322–183 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Greek presence in Bactria 325 to 125 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Indo-Greek kingdom and Buddhism 180 BCE –10 CE, Greco-Buddhism - The Kushan empire 1st–3rd century CE, Greco-Buddhism - Artistic influences, Greco-Buddhism - The anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha, Greco-Buddhism - A Hellenized Buddhist pantheon, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the rise of the Mahayana, Greco-Buddhism - Conceptual influences, Greco-Buddhism - Gandharan proselytism, Greco-Buddhism - Intellectual influences in Asia, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the West, Greco-Buddhism - Exchanges, Greco-Buddhism - Religious influences, Greco-Buddhism - Notes Read more here: » Greco-Buddhism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Religious interactions |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greek monks under Menander The Indo-Greek king Menander I (reigned 160- 135 BCE) had his capital in Sagala, in today’s northern Punjab, and is described by Strabo as one of the most powerful Greek kings of the period, even greater than Alexander the Great.
Menander probably converted to Buddhism, and seems to have encouraged the spread of the faith within the Indian subcontinent, and possibly into Central Asia as well. A documented example of the influence of a Greek Buddhist monk is found in the Mahavamsa again: ...
See also:Greco-Buddhist monasticism, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Background, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greeks monks under Ashoka, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Dharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahyantika, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Maharaksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greek monks under Menander, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahadharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Reference, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - External link: Read more here: » Greco-Buddhist monasticism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greek monks under Menander |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Background Emperor Ashoka convened the third Buddhist council around 250 BCE at Pataliputra (today's Patna). It was held by the monk Moggaliputta.
The Pali canon (Tipitaka, or Tripitaka in Sanskrit, lit. the "Three Baskets"), which are the texts of reference of traditional Buddhism and considered to be directly transmitted from the Buddha, was formalized at that time. They consist of the doctrine (the Sutra Pitaka), the monastic discipline (Vinaya Pitaka) and an addition ...
See also:Greco-Buddhist monasticism, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Background, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greeks monks under Ashoka, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Dharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahyantika, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Maharaksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greek monks under Menander, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahadharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Reference, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - External link: Read more here: » Greco-Buddhist monasticism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Background |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the West In the direction of the West, the Greco-Buddhist syncretism may also have had some formative influence on the religions of the Mediterranean Basin.
Greco-Buddhism - Exchanges.
Intense westward physical exchange at that time along the Silk Road is confirmed by the Roman craze for silk from the 1st century BCE to the point that the Senate issued, in vain, several edicts to prohibit the wearing of silk, on economic and moral grounds. This is attested by at least three significant authors:
Strabo (64/ 63 BCE–c. 24 CE).
Seneca the Younger (c. ...
See also:Greco-Buddhism, Greco-Buddhism - Historical outline, Greco-Buddhism - Religious interactions, Greco-Buddhism - Alexander the Great in Bactria and India 331-325, Greco-Buddhism - The Mauryan empire 322–183 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Greek presence in Bactria 325 to 125 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Indo-Greek kingdom and Buddhism 180 BCE –10 CE, Greco-Buddhism - The Kushan empire 1st–3rd century CE, Greco-Buddhism - Artistic influences, Greco-Buddhism - The anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha, Greco-Buddhism - A Hellenized Buddhist pantheon, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the rise of the Mahayana, Greco-Buddhism - Conceptual influences, Greco-Buddhism - Gandharan proselytism, Greco-Buddhism - Intellectual influences in Asia, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the West, Greco-Buddhism - Exchanges, Greco-Buddhism - Religious influences, Greco-Buddhism - Notes Read more here: » Greco-Buddhism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the West |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Historical outline The interaction between Hellenistic Greece and Buddhism started when Alexander the Great conquered Asia Minor and Central Asia in 334 BCE, going as far as the Indus, thus establishing direct contact with India, the birthplace of Buddhism.
Alexander founded several cities in his new territories in the areas of the Oxus and Bactria, and Greek settlements further extended to the Khyber Pass, Gandhara (see Taxila) and the Punjab. These regions correspond to a unique geographical passageway between the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush mountains, through which most of the interaction between India and Central Asia took p ...
See also:Greco-Buddhism, Greco-Buddhism - Historical outline, Greco-Buddhism - Religious interactions, Greco-Buddhism - Alexander the Great in Bactria and India 331-325, Greco-Buddhism - The Mauryan empire 322–183 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Greek presence in Bactria 325 to 125 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Indo-Greek kingdom and Buddhism 180 BCE –10 CE, Greco-Buddhism - The Kushan empire 1st–3rd century CE, Greco-Buddhism - Artistic influences, Greco-Buddhism - The anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha, Greco-Buddhism - A Hellenized Buddhist pantheon, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the rise of the Mahayana, Greco-Buddhism - Conceptual influences, Greco-Buddhism - Gandharan proselytism, Greco-Buddhism - Intellectual influences in Asia, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the West, Greco-Buddhism - Exchanges, Greco-Buddhism - Religious influences, Greco-Buddhism - Notes Read more here: » Greco-Buddhism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Historical outline |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Yona - The Yonas and other northwestern invaders in Indian literature The Yavanas or Yonas are frequently found listed with the Kambojas, Sakas, Pahlavas and other northwestern tribes in numerous ancient Indian texts.
The Mahabharata groups the Yavanas with the Kambojas and the Chinas and calls them "Mlechchas" (Barbarians). In the Shanti Parava section, the Yavanas are grouped with the Kambojas, Kiratas, Sakas, and the Pahlavas etc and are spoken of as living the life of Dasyus (slaves). In another chapter of the same Parava, the Yauna ...
See also:Yona, Yona - Old World usage, Yona - Indian references, Yona - Role in Buddhism, Yona - Invasion of India, Yona - Scientific abilities, Yona - Other references, Yona - The Yonas and other northwestern invaders in Indian literature, Yona - Later meanings, Yona - Contemporary usage, Yona - Notes, Yona - External link Read more here: » Yona: Encyclopedia II - Yona - The Yonas and other northwestern invaders in Indian literature |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - List of Buddhists - Modern teachers
List of Buddhists - Theravada / Vipassana teachers.
Ajahn Brahm (1951- )
Ajahn Chah (1918-1992)
Ajahn Mun (1870-1949)
Ajahn Sumedho
Ven. Ananda Maitreya (1896-1998)
Ayya Khema (1923-1997)
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (1927- )
Bhikkhu Bodhi (1944- )
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993)
Dipa Ma (1911-1989)
Dhiravamsa
Phrarajbhavanavisudh (Luang Phaw Dhammajayo) (b.1944), President of the Dhammakaya Foundation
P ...
See also:List of Buddhists, List of Buddhists - Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools, List of Buddhists - Indian, List of Buddhists - Indo-Greek, List of Buddhists - Central Asian, List of Buddhists - Chinese, List of Buddhists - Tibetan, List of Buddhists - Japanese, List of Buddhists - Korean, List of Buddhists - Thai, List of Buddhists - Historical rulers and political figures, List of Buddhists - Modern teachers, List of Buddhists - Theravada / Vipassana teachers, List of Buddhists - Tibetan Buddhist teachers, List of Buddhists - Zen teachers, List of Buddhists - Miscellaneous, List of Buddhists - Teachers of controversial Buddhist or Buddhist-influenced groups, List of Buddhists - Modern scholars and authors, List of Buddhists - Modern politicians activists and protestors, List of Buddhists - Celebrity Buddhists, List of Buddhists - External link Read more here: » List of Buddhists: Encyclopedia II - List of Buddhists - Modern teachers |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Artistic influences Main article: Greco-Buddhist art
Numerous works of Greco-Buddhist art display the intermixing of Greek and Buddhist influences, around such creation centers as Gandhara. The subject matter of Gandharan art was definitely Buddhist, while most motifs were of Western Asiatic or Hellenistic origin.
Greco-Buddhism - The anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha.
Although there is still some debate, the first anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha himself are often considered a result of ...
See also:Greco-Buddhism, Greco-Buddhism - Historical outline, Greco-Buddhism - Religious interactions, Greco-Buddhism - Alexander the Great in Bactria and India 331-325, Greco-Buddhism - The Mauryan empire 322–183 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Greek presence in Bactria 325 to 125 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Indo-Greek kingdom and Buddhism 180 BCE –10 CE, Greco-Buddhism - The Kushan empire 1st–3rd century CE, Greco-Buddhism - Artistic influences, Greco-Buddhism - The anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha, Greco-Buddhism - A Hellenized Buddhist pantheon, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the rise of the Mahayana, Greco-Buddhism - Conceptual influences, Greco-Buddhism - Gandharan proselytism, Greco-Buddhism - Intellectual influences in Asia, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the West, Greco-Buddhism - Exchanges, Greco-Buddhism - Religious influences, Greco-Buddhism - Notes Read more here: » Greco-Buddhism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Artistic influences |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the rise of the Mahayana The geographical, cultural and historical context of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism during the 1st century BCE in northwestern India, all point to intense multi-cultural influences: "Key formative influences on the early development of the Mahayana and Pure Land movements, which became so much part of East Asian civilization, are to be sought in Buddhism's earlier encounters along the Silk Road" (Foltz, Religions on the Silk Road). As Mahayana Buddhism emerged, it received "influences from popular Hindu devotional cults (bhakti), Persian and Greco-Roman t ...
See also:Greco-Buddhism, Greco-Buddhism - Historical outline, Greco-Buddhism - Religious interactions, Greco-Buddhism - Alexander the Great in Bactria and India 331-325, Greco-Buddhism - The Mauryan empire 322–183 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Greek presence in Bactria 325 to 125 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Indo-Greek kingdom and Buddhism 180 BCE –10 CE, Greco-Buddhism - The Kushan empire 1st–3rd century CE, Greco-Buddhism - Artistic influences, Greco-Buddhism - The anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha, Greco-Buddhism - A Hellenized Buddhist pantheon, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the rise of the Mahayana, Greco-Buddhism - Conceptual influences, Greco-Buddhism - Gandharan proselytism, Greco-Buddhism - Intellectual influences in Asia, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the West, Greco-Buddhism - Exchanges, Greco-Buddhism - Religious influences, Greco-Buddhism - Notes Read more here: » Greco-Buddhism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the rise of the Mahayana |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Intellectual influences in Asia Through art and religion, the influence of Greco-Buddhism on the cultural make-up of East Asian countries, especially China, Korea and Japan, may have extended further into the intellectual area.
At the same time as Greco-Buddhist art and Mahayana schools of thought such as Dhyana were transmitted to East Asia, central concepts of Hellenic culture such as virtue, excellence or quality may have been adopted by the cultures of Korea and Japan after a long diffusion among the Hellenized cities of Ce ...
See also:Greco-Buddhism, Greco-Buddhism - Historical outline, Greco-Buddhism - Religious interactions, Greco-Buddhism - Alexander the Great in Bactria and India 331-325, Greco-Buddhism - The Mauryan empire 322–183 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Greek presence in Bactria 325 to 125 BCE, Greco-Buddhism - The Indo-Greek kingdom and Buddhism 180 BCE –10 CE, Greco-Buddhism - The Kushan empire 1st–3rd century CE, Greco-Buddhism - Artistic influences, Greco-Buddhism - The anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha, Greco-Buddhism - A Hellenized Buddhist pantheon, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the rise of the Mahayana, Greco-Buddhism - Conceptual influences, Greco-Buddhism - Gandharan proselytism, Greco-Buddhism - Intellectual influences in Asia, Greco-Buddhism - Greco-Buddhism and the West, Greco-Buddhism - Exchanges, Greco-Buddhism - Religious influences, Greco-Buddhism - Notes Read more here: » Greco-Buddhism: Encyclopedia II - Greco-Buddhism - Intellectual influences in Asia |
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| | | | Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Dharmaraksita - Dharmaraksita and the Milinda Panha The Milinda Panha is another famous non-canonical Pali Buddhist text that describes the religious dialogues between the famous Indo-Greek king Menander, whose kingdom was in Sagala in today's Punjab, and a Buddhist monk called Nagasena, around 160 BCE. It is today one of the texts of reference of Theravada Buddhism.
According to the Milinda Panha (I 32-35), the monk Nagasena, before his encounter with Menander, was once a student of Dharmaraksita and learnt Buddhism and reached enlightenment as an arhat under his guidance in Pa ...
See also:Dharmaraksita, Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary, Dharmaraksita - Dharmaraksita and Punabbasukutumbikaputta Tissa Thera, Dharmaraksita - Dharmaraksita and the Milinda Panha, Dharmaraksita - Reference Read more here: » Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia II - Dharmaraksita - Dharmaraksita and the Milinda Panha |
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