Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Chronology of Buddhism in Siberian Buryatia
This chapter describes Chronology of Buddhism in Siberian Buryatia located on page 421 of volume Volume 3 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 3 begins with a new perspective on the evolution of tantras, based on Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Indonesian, and Simhalese sources. It further shows that the deification of kings and colossi of the Avatamsaka in Afghanistan, China and Japan are a crucial stage in tantra development.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Chronology of Buddhism in Siberian Buryatia. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Stupas in Orissa (Study) [by Meenakshi Chauley]
Thus this proves two things, firstly, all three offshoots of Buddhism belonged to Orissa, so Orissa was the birthplace of Tantric Buddhism and secondly, Vajrayana, Sahajayana and Kalachakrayana evolved in this chronology....
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Tibet (Myth, Religion and History) [by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya]
Ø Chapter Seven -Buddhism in Tibet: How Buddhism came to Tibet and how the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism evolved. Salient feature of Vajrayana Buddhism discussed. Conclusion: The popular Tibetan origin myth based on the Buddhist theory of Tibet and Tibetans coming after the enlightenment of Buddha has failed to stand the test of the time. Jampal Tsagyu, the text on which Drukpa Kunkhyen [1527-1592] based his statement, in fact does not touch anything about Tibet and Tibetans....
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Kanishka s time was the revival ‘de novo of Buddhism according to historians. Ashwaghosha had, in all probability, embraced Buddhism later in life in as much as attraction for Puranic allusions is manifestly clear in writings. Significantly enough, Ashwaghosha abandoned the Pali language, so sacred to the Buddhists, and adopted Sanskrit as vehicle for his poems and plays with the rise of the Mahayana Cult in Buddhism. His whole works were intended to promote Buddhistic Faith....
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