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Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary | A Wisdom Archive on Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary | | Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary A selection of articles related to Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary | |
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ARTICLES RELATED TO Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary | | | |  Dharmaraksita - A Greek Buddhist missionary: 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 - A Greek Buddhist missionary: 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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