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Indian-origin religions, namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, are also collectively called the "indic religions" and "dharma dhamma", share many core beliefs including there is no concept of apostasy or blasphemy and hence no concept of punishment for these, and there is no concept of predatory missionary or conversion activities ...
Hindu gods and goddesses are very much present in Buddhism. The proliferation of Hindu deities throughout the Buddhist conceptual landscape may surprise those who believed that the teachings of the Buddha are rational and that they must be viewed as an atheistic system of personal emancipation.
Yet above and beyond providing such a sweeping survey of 14th century Buddhism, Rashid al-Din also paralleled Buddhism and Islam by presenting the Buddha as a prophet with a book, just like Muhammad and the Qur’an.
A selective list of books and articles dealing with Buddhism in its historical and doctrinal development, some of which are concerned with Buddhism’s interactions with Hinduism. Covers many Japanese publications.
of an aboriginal Buddhism, he notes scholars' evaluation of Vajrayana as the "re-Hinduization" of Buddhism and has an extensive commentary (pp. 414-419) on Beckert's argument that Shaktism is not only a cultural adapta-tion of Buddhism but a clear contradiction to the teaching of the Buddha himself.
This book is valuable because it contains the essence of the Buddha’s teachings as recorded in over five thousand volumes. These teachings have been pre-served and handed down for more than twenty five hun-dred years extending beyond borders and racial barriers of the world. The words of Buddha contained in this book touch
Lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and a particular form of equanimity are the four kinds of love taught and encour-aged in classic Buddhist teachings. None of these are uniquely Buddhist; they are four qualities of heart that reside within every-one, at least as potentials.
