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Revision note: Buddhism: Life of the Buddha, Teachings, Councils and Spread

  • Birth Lumbini (lotus/bull); enlightenment Bodh Gaya (Bodhi tree); first sermon Sarnath (wheel); death Kushinagar (stupa)
  • Four Noble Truths; Eightfold Path (prajna, shila, samadhi); anatta, anicca, pratityasamutpada; Middle Path
  • Tripitaka (Vinaya, Sutta, Abhidhamma) in Pali; Jatakas; Milindapanho (Menander–Nagasena)
  • Councils: Rajagriha (Ajatashatru), Vaishali (Kalashoka), Pataliputra (Ashoka, Moggaliputta Tissa), Kashmir (Kanishka, Vasumitra)
  • Hinayana (Pali, no idols) vs Mahayana (Sanskrit, Bodhisattva, idols; Nagarjuna) vs Vajrayana (Tibet, Tara)
  • Decline: wealth of sangha, Brahmanical revival, loss of patronage, Nalanda destroyed (Bakhtiyar Khalji)
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