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Pure Land Buddhism is centred around the Buddha Amitabha (“Infinite-Light”), also known as the Buddha Amitayus (“Infinite-Life”), whose ...

Tibetan Buddhism, form of Buddhism prevailing in the Tibet region of China, Bhutan, the state of Sikkim in India, Mongolia, and parts of Si...

Zen Buddhism is a mixture of Indian Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. It began in China, spread to Korea and Japan, and became very popular i...

The Buddha (ca. 560-480 B.C.) was an Indian philosopher, religious teacher, and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is regarded vari...

Sikhism (sĭk'ĭzəm), religion centered in the Indian state of Punjab, numbering worldwide some 19 million. Some 300,000 Sikhs live in ...

Core beliefs of Buddhism: Buddhism, like most of the great religions of the world, is divided into a number of different traditions. However...

For others it is a philosophy or a culture. There are so many kinds of Buddhism and so many contradictions within the overall tradition t...

Both Buddhism (See Buddhism, Development of) and Jainism developed in the sixth century bce as a form of protest against Hinduism. They...

‘Shintoism’ or ‘Shinto’ (the more common term), as a system of ancestor and nature worship native to Japan. Shinto as a systematic, unified...

The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity...