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- Where did the Mahasanghika school arise ?
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Mahasanghika is the name of an early Buddhist school in India, during the School Buddhist council held at Vaishali. The Mahasanghika school represents the first major schism every recorded in Buddhism.
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Mahasanghika is the name of an early Buddhist school in India, during the School Buddhist council held at Vaishali. The Mahasanghika school represents the first major schism every recorded in Buddhism.
- Who is supposed to be the future Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism?
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Mahayana Buddhism emerged in the first century CE as more liberal, accessible interpretation of Buddhism. Maitreya is a transcendent Bodhisattva named as the universal Buddha of a future time in Mahayana Buddhism.
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Mahayana Buddhism emerged in the first century CE as more liberal, accessible interpretation of Buddhism. Maitreya is a transcendent Bodhisattva named as the universal Buddha of a future time in Mahayana Buddhism.
- The second Buddhist council was held during the reign of
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The Second Buddhist council took place approximately one hundred years after the Buddha's parinirvana. King Kalashoka was the Second Council's patron and the meeting took place at Vaishali.
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The Second Buddhist council took place approximately one hundred years after the Buddha's parinirvana. King Kalashoka was the Second Council's patron and the meeting took place at Vaishali.
- Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana at
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Kushinagar is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana after his death.
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Kushinagar is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana after his death.
- Buddha was born at
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The Lord Buddha was born in 623 BC in the sacred area of Lumbini located in the Terai plains of southern Nepal, testified by the inscription on the pillar erected by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in 249 BC.
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The Lord Buddha was born in 623 BC in the sacred area of Lumbini located in the Terai plains of southern Nepal, testified by the inscription on the pillar erected by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in 249 BC.