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Buddhism

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Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists. An Indian religion, Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted philosophies. Buddhism originated in Ancient India as a Sramana tradition sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, spreading through much of Asia. Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada and Mahayana.
  • Etymology 

  • The Buddha 

  • Worldview 

  • Four Noble Truths – ''dukkha'' and its ending 

  • Saṃsāra 

  • Rebirth 

  • Karma 

  • Liberation 

  • Dependent arising 

  • Not-Self and Emptiness 

  • Buddha 

  • Sangha 

  • Other key Mahāyāna views 

  • Paths to liberation 

  • Paths to liberation in the early texts 

  • Noble Eightfold Path 

  • Hearing and learning the Dharma 

  • Refuge 

  • ''Śīla'' – Buddhist ethics 

  • Precepts 

  • Vinaya 

  • Restraint and renunciation 

  • Mindfulness and clear comprehension 

  • Meditation – ''Sama-amādhi'' and ''dhyāna'' 

  • Origins 

  • Meditation and insight 

  • Tantra, visualization and the subtle body 

  • Insight and knowledge 

  • Devotion 

  • Vegetarianism and animal ethics 

  • Buddhist texts 

  • Early Buddhist texts 

  • The Tripitakas 

  • Mahāyāna texts 

  • Tantric texts 

  • Historical roots 

  • Indian Buddhism 

  • Pre-sectarian Buddhism 

  • The Core teachings 

  • Ashokan Era and the early schools 

  • Post-Ashokan expansion 

  • Mahāyāna Buddhism 

  • Late Indian Buddhism and Tantra 

  • Spread to East and Southeast Asia 

  • Schools and traditions 

  • Monasteries and temples 

  • Colonial era 

  • Buddhism in the West 

  • Neo-Buddhism movements 

  • Sexual abuse and misconduct 

  • Cultural influence 

  • Demographics 

  • Printed sources 

  • Online sources