of
Buddhism
By: Mia Cain & Elena Lents
Siddhartha Gautama
Cruel Reality
At 29, Siddhartha fled after seeing suffering for the first time.
He decided to leave his royal life to become a homeless holy man
He lived on bare necessities for six years
He searched for an escape from the inevitability of suffering, but he was
unsuccessful
Ashoka was
Chandraguptas grandson.
Ashoka committed many
cruel actions.
He was filled with remorse
(suffering) and looked to
teachings of the Buddha.
He sent out officials of
righteousness.
Ashoka spread Buddhism
to Sri Lanka as well as far
away Syria with
missionaries.
Early Buddhism
200 BCE Mahayana sect of Buddhism is formed
_________
First Century - Buddhism established in Cambodia
Buddhism established in Vietnam
Third Century- Expansion of Buddhism to Burma, Laos, and Indonesia.
Fourth Century- Vajrayana sect of Buddhism is formed
Sixth Century - Buddhism entered Japan and later becomes it state religion.
Eighth Century- Great debate between Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist schools. Ch'an declared heretical in Tibet.
Modern Buddhism
Ninth Century - Khmer kings built Angkor Wat, the world's largest
religious monument.
Tenth Century - Buddhism in Thailand
Islam replaces Buddhism in Central Asia
Fifteenth Century - Beginning of Dalai Lama lineage in Tibetan
Buddhism
Nineteenth Century - First Chinese Temple in US (San Francisco)
1853
Twentieth Century Buddha Jayanti Year, commemorating 2,500 years of Buddhism (1956).
Dalai Lama flees Tibet to India (1959)
H.H. Dalai Lama receives Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
Buddhism Today
Enmanji Temple
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