In this essay we will discuss about Buddhism. After reading this essay you will learn about:- 1. Introduction to Buddhism 2. Life of Mahatma Buddha 3. The Religious Texts of Buddhists 4. The Principles and Philosophy of Mahatma Buddha 5. The Buddhist Sangha 6. The Main Buddhist Sects 7. The Vajrayana or the Vehicle of Thunderbolt 8. Causes of the [...]
After Mahavir Jina, another spiritual guru who appeared in the religious firmament of India to rectify the extreme dominance of the Brahmanical class was Gautama Buddha. Like his predecessor he too raised his voice against the ritualistic practices and tried to purify and simplify the existing religious system. Thus in course of time there grew a new religion called Buddhism. [...]
Gautama Buddha, or Siddhartha, was a contemporary of Mahavira. According to tradition he was born in 567 BC in a Shakya kshatriya family in Lumbini in Nepal near Kapilavastu, which is identified with Piprahwa in Basti district and is close to the foothills of Nepal. Gautama's father seems to have been the elected ruler of Kapilavastu, and headed the Shakya [...]