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1. Asher, Frederick M.. 1980. The Art of Eastern India, 300-800. NED - New edition. University of Minnesota Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttssqv {November 16, 2015}
In this book, it talks about the impact the Gupta Empire had on India. The decline of the Gupta Empire and the culture is talked about in this book. It mentions the artistic style of sculptures during this time and the Indian arts. The author questions the artistic styles of how the Gupta Empire affected the different styles.
2. Ettore Gelpi. Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "education", accessed November 17, 2015,http://www.britannica.com/topic/education.{November 17, 2015}
In this article, the author talks about education and specifically talks about India and Buddhism in the Gupta era in one of the sections. It talks about how Buddhism brought a new monastic system of education. And also, the Gupta era was the time where science, mathematics, and astronomy rose in India.
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Salisbury, E. E.. 1847. “M. Burnouf on the History of Buddhism in India”. Journal of the American Oriental Society 1 (3). American Oriental Society: 275–98. doi:10.2307/3217805. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3217805?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=influences&searchText=of&searchText=buddhism&searchText=in&searchText=india&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dinfluences%2Bof%2Bbuddhism%2Bin%2Bindia%26amp%3Bprq%3Dbuddhism%2Bmonks%2Bin%2Bgupta%2Bempire%26amp%3Bgroup%3Dnone%26amp%3Bacc%3Don%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bhp%3D25%26amp%3Bso%3Drel&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents {November 16, 2015}
In this journal, it talks about Buddhism in India and how it came to India. It also talks about the affects of Buddhism in India. The affects of Buddhism in India caused new approaches in learning and how the people were
Yu, Han. “Memorial on Buddhism”. Making of the Modern World 12: Classical & Medieval Tradition. Trans. Richard F. Burton. Ed. Janet Smarr. La Jolla: University Readers, 2012. 111-112. Print.
“Buddhism is the oldest worldwide religion. It is known to be a religion, a philosophy and a way of life.” The main idea, foundation and fundamentals of Buddhism were born 2,500 years ago in the foothills of India. Siddhartha Gautama was born into a royal family and raised as a prince in the Gupta period. He was always confined to the palace and was sheltered from the real world. As time went on, Siddhartha wanted to find out the meaning of life and his experiences through his journey created the practice of Buddhism. His first teaching as a Buddha was based on the doctrine of the four noble truths and along with the principle of the middle way, the eight fold path. Through oral tra...
Compare And Analysis The Japanese Buddhism And Indo Buddhism Buddhism is a religion and philosophy founded by Siddhartha Gautama in northeast India during the period from the late 6th century to the early 4th century BC. Spreading from India to Central and Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan, Buddhism has played an influential role in the spiritual, cultural, and social life of much of the Eastern world. It is the prevailing religious force in most of Asia (India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Tibet). ‘Buddhism’ is reformulated and re-expressed in different cultures and at different times, adopting and redefining aspects of the cultures in which it has taken root. Today, there are about 300 million followers. (Yamplosky) The Indian religion Buddhism, founded in the sixth century BC, is one of the common features of Asian civilization, and Buddhist institutions and believers are found all over East, South, and Southeast Asia. While Buddhism is now just a minority belief in the country of it’s founding, it remains a significant religious and cultural force in Japan today. Buddhism started in India and made its way to China and Korea. From there, it ended up in Japan. Buddhism went through several different periods before it became Japan's national religion. In indo Buddhism, the temple is the main sanctuary, in which services, both public and private, are performed but Japanese Buddhism is mainly hub of individual activities and services. Similarly to Japanese Buddhism, in Indo Buddhism the monastery is a complex of buildings, located usually in a spot chosen for its beauty and seclusion. Its function is to house the activities of the monks. Images are important features of temples, monasteries, and shrines in both Indo a...
Upon reading about the historical and religious background of Ancient India, one can clearly assume that the country was strongly influenced by three main religious teachings: Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. These three sects in religious thinking have many similarities as all recognize the life-cycle and the need of liberation, they worship one central deity that used to be a human who gained enlightenment and they all recognize the existence of the eternal soul and after-death re-incarnation. However, they also share a lot of differences that mark the underlying principles of practicing them. I will identify the scope of differences and similarities in these ancient religions in an attempt to understand why each attracted followers, why each was shaped a certain way and how they preserved the interest of followers on into the modern times as well.
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Although Buddhism became virtually extinct in India (ca. 12th century C.E.)--perhaps because of the all-embracing nature of Hinduism, Muslim invasions, or too great a stress on the monk's way of life--as a religion it has more than proved its viability and practical spirituality in the countries of Asia to which it has been carried. The many forms and practices that have been developed within the Buddhist fold have also allowed many different types of people to satisfy their spiritual needs through this great religion.
Oo, Zigmund Sun, trans. "Archive for ‘Life of the Buddha (Version 1)’." BuddhistMythology.Net. WordPress, 2 Apr. 2009. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. .
The study of Buddhism over the past century or so has resembled the encounter of the blind men and the elephant in many ways. Students of Buddhism have tended to fasten onto a small part of the tradition and assume their conclusions held true about the whole. Often the parts they have seized on have been a little like the elephant's tusks a striking, but unrepresentative, part of the whole animal. As a result, many erroneous and sweeping generalizations about Buddhism have been made, such as that it is 'negative', 'world-denying', 'pessimistic', and so forth.
I could not have written this paper without at least experiencing either Hinduism or Buddhism religions for myself. I have visited the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in quest of answers to better understand the Hindu faith. During my visit at the temple, I have read and understood from notes posted near the beautiful marble walls of the mandir or in the books sold at gift shop that Sanatana Dharma (eternal religion) also called Hinduism took birth in the Indus valley and preceded the Aryan invasion of northern India around 1500 BC. These Aryan have developed most of the components of the current Hindu tradition (Hinduism, Belief and Impressions pp. 1-3).
The relief sculpture of Shiva’s Family is but only a small object, yet within the bounds of such a small object lies an expansive history of India, its religious foundations, and serves to maintain deep and important ideology of Hinduism. Each facet of the sculpture comprises knowledge of the culture and contains a story of its own. Holding so much substance, it is works of art such as these that enable us to grasp the history of our own world and conserve its magnificence.
Explain how Buddhist monks influenced education, literature, and higher learning in India during the Gupta era.
The purpose of this essay is to investigate Buddhism, describing it using the framework of the eight dimensions of religion. Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to insight into the true nature of reality (Source: the Buddhist centre). By meditating, Buddhists believe it is a way of changing in order to improve the qualities of awareness, kindness and wisdom. The Buddhist ritual is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. There is little historical evidence about Buddha.
Art was largely used to express traditions in the Himalayan region. Once upon Many Times is an exhibition at Rubin Museum of Art representing a wide range of visual narratives and reproductions of temple murals, which can be regarded as exceptional examples of Himalayan art based upon Tibetan myths and legends. Furthermore, this paper will analyze the color arrangement, composition, proportion, hierarchy and motifs of the historical narrative Shantarakshita and scenes of his life and the Drowa Sangmo mural represented at the exhibition Once upon Many Times.
In this paper I would like to discuss the formative phase of Indian art, which was derived from travelers account since the middle ages to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Indian Art specially Hindu visual art was puzzling and disturbing for Europeans basic understanding of art, hence they were getting fascinated about it. Something which is unknown to our mind always concern and puzzle it. This ignites a sense of enthrallment, which force our mind to solve the puzzle and also to understand this unknown phenomenon. Orients were one such unknown terrain for European which attracted them and also made them the one who represented it in the west. Hence, they shaped Orientals the way they perceived them, and in the process, they gradually
SAA 401; The History of Indian Art and Architecture from Protohistory to the Eighteenth century.