Buddhism was layered on local Hindu, animist, or other beliefs, and a pantheon of deities, gods, goddesses, spirits, forces and manifestations of human emotions and experiences combined to create ...

After the death of Buddha, Buddhism was divided into two sects namely Mahayana and Hinayana. The terms Hinayana and Mahayana originated in The Prajnaparamita Sutras.

“Buddhism started in Telangana from the Hinayana period, i.e. 2nd and 1st century BC onwards. The Satvahana kings who patronised Buddhism tried to capture Kotilingala in Jagityal district, an ...

It divides the Buddhist world to this day between the traditional Hinayana Buddhists, who look upon Buddha as a human teacher, and the more recent and increasingly influential Mahayana Buddhists ...

"The Elegant Image" is an exhibit of 125 rare bronze sculptures of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain deities selected by art historian Pratapaditya Pal from the collection of New Orleanian Dr.

“I did five years of research and learnt all about the Hinayana and Mahayana periods of Buddhism. I came to know that it was only during the Maurya period that Buddha was given a form.

Buddhism split into two great branches: 1) the Hinayana, or Little Vehicle, which in modified form adheres to Buddha’s original doctrines and survives in Ceylon and Southeast Asia; 2) the ...

Nepal is the birthplace of Buddhism, not India. I was surprised to read in the Jan. 14 news article “Hundreds of Tibetans defy China to gather in India” that some consider Bodh Gaya, India ...

This apart, a large idol of a Buddhist goddess and 5th century sealings have been recently found from the excavated area. Referring to Tibetan Buddhism (also called Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism ...

So, Buddhism also passed through the same phase and two sects namely, Mahayana (great wheel) and Hinayana (small wheel) emerged in the society.