These scholars understand the term to refer to schools of Buddhism that did not accept the teachings of the Mahayana Sutras as authentic teachings of the Buddha.

In the Theravada canon, Buddha did not make any comment discouraging them to eat meat ( except specific types, such as human, elephant, horse, dog, snake, lion, tiger, leopard, bear, and hyena flesh ) but he specifically refused to institute vegetarianism in his monastic code when a suggestion had been made.

Gandhi, like Hindus, did not believe Buddha established a non-Hindu tradition.

The Buddha criticized two main theories of moral responsibility ; the doctrine that posited an unchanging Self as a subject, which came to be known as " atthikavāda ", and the doctrine that did not do so, and instead denied moral responsibility, which came to be known as " natthikavāda ".

According to this analysis, the Buddha did not make the metaphysical assertion that nibbana is not self, but neither did he hold the metaphysical view that it is self.

In fact, a statement by the Buddha that nibbana is atta or that it is anatta is nowhere to be found in the Canon, and according to Nanavira Thera, both statements regarding nibbana from the perspective of the arahant are inconsistent with statements he did make.

The tale with Buddha and the " Pillars " is a prime example, and did not appear until Buddhism was introduced to China during the Han Dynasty.

Hartmann did not write any reports of his activities ; in particular, the alleged story that he discovered the large statue of Buddha in the main stupa.

The Buddha did not believe in caste discrimination but he did endorse a fair division of labour based on merit.

In 1965, Bhutto's friend Munir Ahmad Khan had notified the status of Indian nuclear programme and an ambitious intention to build a nuclear weapon, which it did in 1974 ( see Operation Smiling Buddha ), Bhutto, in 1965, reportedly saying, unofficially:

Early Buddhism did not portray the Buddha himself and may have been aniconic.

The greater majority of Buddhists throughout the modern world are inspired to learn that the Buddha certainly did not discriminate against homosexuality.

which Buddhist sutra, did the Buddha set on the 14th day of 7th lunar month ???

100 years later, when Song-Yun visited in 520, a different picture was described: the area had been destroyed by Huns and was ruled by Lae-Lih who did not practice laws of the Buddha.

Paramārtha states that the Gokulika sect did not accept the Mahāyāna sūtras as buddhavacana (" words of the Buddha "), while the Lokottaravāda sect and the Ekavyāvahārika sect did accept the Mahāyāna sūtras as buddhavacana.

Nydahl says that he does not make political comments in his capacity as a lama, but as a " responsible, thinking human being ", and that no one can make such statements from a Buddhist perspective because Buddha Shakyamuni did not comment on religious ideas founded centuries after his death.

Basava, like Gautama Buddha, did not preach people the intricate aspects of spirituality ; but, he taught people how to live happily in a rational social order later came to be known as Sharana movement.

So far as I have been able to understand, after he met Buddha once, he never again met the Buddha or any other monk of the Buddhist order, neither did he discuss about the religion with any of them ; and nor did he make any financial donation to the Buddhist order in life-time of the Buddha.

At the beginning, it was considered a sort of Taoist sect, and there was even a theory about Laozi, founder of Taoism, who went to India and taught his philosophy to Buddha.

At the beginning, it was considered a sort of Taoist sect, and there was even a theory about Laozi, founder of Taoism, who went to India and taught his philosophy to Buddha.

The Buddha described conventions — whether linguistic, social, political, moral, ethical, or even religious — as arising dependent on specific conditions.

The Buddha acknowledged that there is both happiness and sorrow in the world, but he taught that even when we have some kind of happiness, it is not permanent ; it is subject to change.

The Buddha acknowledged that there is both happiness and sorrow in the world, but he taught that even when we have some kind of happiness, it is not permanent ; it is subject to change.

The Buddha was saying that dissatisfaction is part of life, even if we are seeking happiness and even if we manage to find temporary happiness.

Buddhist doctrines are reported to have reached as far as Balkh even during the life of the Buddha ( 563 BC to 483 BC ), as recorded by Husang Tsang.

: One of the reasons why the Wheel of Life was painted outside the monasteries and on the walls ( and was really encouraged even by the Buddha himself ) is to teach this very profound Buddhist philosophy of life and perception to more simple-minded farmers or cowherds.

Buddha even tells how the views concerning ' creator gods ' originate in the world-through junior Brahma-gods ( with a more limited life-span ) who, on their passing away, get reborn as a human, and through practicing meditation are able to remember their previous life as a junior god to a Brahma god.

The Buddha advised him not to weep, but to understand the universal law that all compounded things ( including even his own body ) must disintegrate.

The goal of spiritual practice within the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions is to become a Bodhisattva ( i. e. attainment of a state in which one will subsequently become a Buddha -- after some further reincarnation ), whereas the goal for Theravada practice is specific to become an arahant ( i. e. attain enlightenment with no intention of returning, not even as a Buddha ).

The guru is considered even more compassionate and more potent than the Buddha because we can have a direct relationship with the guru.

Kalam was invited by Raja Ramanna to witness the country's first nuclear test Smiling Buddha as the representative of TBRL, even though he had not participated in the development, test site preparation and weapon designing.

The Buddha explains that he does not answer certain questions because they have no bearing on the pursuit of nibanna, and he even goes so far as to say: " A ' position ', Vaccha, is something that a tathagatha a buddha has done away with.

He is further considered an emanation of Buddha Amitabha and traditionally even venerated as " a second Buddha ".

The Buddha criticized conceiving theories even of a unitary soul or identity immanent in all things as unskillful.

When Ananda later asked about his silence, the Buddha said that to affirm or deny the existence of an eternal self would have sided with sectarian theories and have disturbed Vacchagotta even more.

The early Suttas see even Annihilationism, which the Buddha equated with denial of a Self, as tied up with belief in a Self.

The Buddha criticized conceiving theories even of a unitary soul or identity immanent in all things as unskillful.

Rahula further says, though, that in declaring " all dhammas are anatta ," the Buddha included even nirvana in his blanket statement that all things are not one's self ; this standard Theravada interpretation also hinges on interpreting the word " sankhara " in the widest sense.

1810 The spot was used as a shrine even in the lifetime of the Buddha.

Buddhism was so successful during this period that many kings converted and cities / places were even renamed after famous places during the time of Buddha.

It is the work of a Buddha to let out the text so that beings can be liberated from suffering.

Throughout his life Shinran let it be known that he never taught anything other than what Sakyamuni Buddha taught in the sutras.

Tzu Chi has made a lot of events that let people remember the teachings from the Buddha.

Shortly thereafter Devadatta asked the Buddha to retire and let him take over the running of the Sangha.

As this also failed he decided to have the elephant Nāḷāgiri intoxicated and let him loose on the Buddha while he was on almsround.