Indian Buddhism

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Indian Buddhism is the ancient South Asian religious and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of the Buddha, from which later schools such as Chan/Zen and much of East Asian Buddhism historically developed.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist tradition
South Asian religion
philosophical tradition
religious tradition
declinedIn medieval period in much of India
foundedOnTeachingsOf Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Gautama Buddha
hasArtForm Buddhist mural painting
Buddhist sculpture
stupa architecture
hasCanonicalCollection Abhidhamma Pitaka
surface form: Abhidharma

Āgamas
surface form: Agamas

Mahayana sutras
Tripitaka
surface form: Pali Canon

Vinaya Pitaka
surface form: Vinaya
hasCoreFigure Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Gautama Buddha
hasCouncil First Buddhist Council
Fourth Buddhist Council (Kanishka)
surface form: Fourth Buddhist Council (Sarvastivada)

Fourth Buddhist Council (Theravada)
Second Buddhist Council
Third Buddhist Council
hasHistoricalPatron Ashoka
Kanishka I
surface form: Kanishka
hasHistoricalPeriod Gupta Empire
Kushan Empire
Maurya Empire
Pala Empire
hasHistoricalRegion Gandhara civilization
surface form: Gandhara

Kosala kingdom
surface form: Kosala

Magadha
Mathura
Nalanda
hasKeyConcept Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Buddha

arahant
bodhisattva
dukkha
five precepts
merit transfer
monastic vows
samsara
skillful means
three bodies of Buddha
hasKeyDoctrine Bodhisattva ideal
Buddha-nature
Five Aggregates
Four Noble Truths
Middle Way
Eightfold Path
surface form: Noble Eightfold Path

Three Jewels of Buddhism
surface form: Three Jewels

Three Marks of Existence
dependent origination
emptiness
impermanence
karma
nirvana
non-self
rebirth
two truths doctrine
hasKeyInstitution Buddhist lay community
Buddhist monastic sangha
hasKeyPractice almsgiving
chanting
ethical conduct
meditation
mindfulness
monastic discipline
pilgrimage
hasKeyRitual confession of faults
ordination
stupa worship
uposatha observance
hasLanguage Pali
Sanskrit
hasMonasticUniversity Nalanda
surface form: Nalanda Mahavihara

Odantapuri
Somapura Mahavihara
Vikramashila
hasOrigin ancient India
surface form: Ancient India

South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
hasPhilosopher Asanga
Bhāviveka
surface form: Bhavaviveka

Candrakīrti
surface form: Candrakirti

Dharmakirti
Dignaga
Nagarjuna
Shantarakshita
Śāntideva
surface form: Shantideva

Vasubandhu
hasPilgrimageSite Bodh Gaya
Kushinagar
Lumbini
Nalanda
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
surface form: Sanchi

Sarnath
hasSchool Vajrayana
surface form: Esoteric Buddhism

Madhyamaka
Mahasamghika
Mahayana
Sarvastivada school
surface form: Sarvastivada

Theravada
Vajrayana
Yogācāra
surface form: Yogacara
hasScripturalLanguage Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
Pali
influenced Central Asian Buddhism
Chan Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism
Esoteric East Asian Buddhism
Japanese Buddhism
Korean Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Vietnamese Buddhism
Chan Buddhism
surface form: Zen Buddhism
spreadAlong Silk Road routes
surface form: Silk Road

maritime trade routes of the Indian Ocean
survivesIn Himalayan regions of India
modern revival movements in India

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Chan Buddhism influencedBy Indian Buddhism
Vajrayana developedFrom Indian Buddhism
this entity surface form: Indian Mahayana Buddhism
Ajanta Caves partOf Indian Buddhism
this entity surface form: Buddhist heritage of India
Chinese Buddhism hasOrigin Indian Buddhism
Kingdom of Khotan influencedBy Indian Buddhism
Dhamek Stupa culturalContext Indian Buddhism
Korean Buddhism influencedBy Indian Buddhism
goddess Manimekala associatedWith Indian Buddhism
subject surface form: Manimekala
this entity surface form: Tamil Buddhism
Japanese Buddhism hasInfluenceFrom Indian Buddhism
Islam in South Asia interactsWith Indian Buddhism
this entity surface form: Buddhism in South Asia
East Asian Buddhism originatedFrom Indian Buddhism
Catvāri Āryasatyāni associatedWith Indian Buddhism
this entity surface form: Early Buddhism
Nibbana coreDoctrineOf Indian Buddhism
this entity surface form: Early Buddhism
Diamond Vehicle historicallyDevelopedFrom Indian Buddhism
this entity surface form: Indian Mahayana Buddhism