Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived between approximately 566 and 486 BCE in India. Buddhism gradually spread from India throughout Asia to Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Southeast Asia, as well as to East Asian countries such as China, Korea, and Japan.

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Coogan, Michael D. (ed.) | Title=The Illustrated Guide to World Religions | Publisher=Oxford University Press | Year=2003 | ID=ISBN 1-84483-125-6}}
• {{web-cite|ref=Dhammananda_64|author=K. Sri Dhammananda|page=http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/whatbelieve.pdf|title=What the Buddha Taught|site=Buddhist Mission Society of Malaysia|date=1964}} ISBN 9834007127.
• {{Book reference | Author=Gethin, Rupert | Title=Foundations of Buddhism | Publisher=Oxford University Press | Year=1998 | ID=ISBN 0192892231}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Gunaratana, Bhante Henepola | Title=Mindfulness in Plain English | Publisher=Wisdom Publications | Year=2002 | ID=ISBN 0861713214}}
• The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra (Nirvana Publications 1999-2000), tr. by Kosho Yamamoto, revised and edited by Dr. Tony Page.
• {{cite|ref=Hanh_74|author=Thich Nhat Hanh|title=The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching|publisher=Broadway Books|date=1974}} ISBN 0767903692.
• {{Book reference | Author=Thurman, Robert A. F. (translator) | Title=Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: Mahayana Scripture | Publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press | Year=1976 | ID=ISBN 0271006013}}
• {{cite|ref=Rahula_74|author=Walpola Rahula|title=What the Buddha Taught|publisher=Grove Press|date=1974}} ISBN 0802130313.
• {{cite|ref=Yin_98|author=Yin Shun, Yeung H. Wing (translator)|title=The Way to Buddhahood: Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master|publisher=Wisdom Publications|date=1998}} ISBN 0861711335.

Footnotes

• {{note|Buddhism}} The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. Keith Crim, editor. Harper & Row Publishers: New York, 1989. 451.