Buddhism Timeline 1 of 4 - Timeline Help

Buddhism Timeline part one of four from 563 BCE to the 400s at Timeline Help. This major world religion is based on the teachings of the spiritual teacher Siddhartha Gautama, who is also known as the Buddha. He is also called the Enlightened One or the Awakened One. He spread the word of his enlightened path or Dharma in the northeastern parts of India in the 6th century Before Common Era. The official Buddhist calendar starts from the Parinirvana, which means the death and release of Buddha in which occured in his eightieth year. But I have used the Before Common Era and Common Era annotiations in my Buddhism Timeline.

- 566 BCE - 544 BCE - 534 BCE - 528 BCE - 483 BCE - 383 BCE - 250 BCE - 220 BCE - 185 BCE - 180 BCE - 10 BCE - 120 BCE - 29 BCE - 2 BCE - 65 - 78 - 101 - 100s - 148 - 178 - 200s - 296 - 300s - 320 - 1000 - 400s

Siddhartha Gautama born in Nepal. First Buddhist Council. Gautama sees The Four Sights and becomes a religious teacher. Gautama attains Enlightenment. Trapusha and Bhallika offer Gautama his first meal as the enlightened Buddha. The Shwedagon Pagoda is built. Gautama Buddha dies. Second Buddhist Council. Third Buddhist Council. Edicts of Ashoka. King Ashoka sends envoys to China and other countries to spread the word of Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism introduced in Sri Lanka. Persecution against Buddhism. Buddhism flourishes during the Indo-Greek kingdom. Chinese Emperor Han Wudi gets two Buddha statues. The Pali Canon is written down. Yuezhi envoys teach Buddhist sutras in the capital of China. Buddhism spreads in China. The White Horse Temple built. Fourth Buddhist Council. Mahayana school founded. Buddhism introduced in Vietnam, Burma and Thailand. Theravada texts are translated into Chinese. Mahayana are translated into Chinese. Buddhist teachings in South Tibet. The Zhu Fo Yao Ji Jing is written, the oldest Chinese Buddhist text. The Pure Land schools are formed in India. Mahayana order is introduced in Sri Lanka. Vajrayana is formed. Mahayana Buddhism introduced in Burma, Korea, the Fusang Kingdom and Indonesia. The stupa at Dambulla in Sri Lanka is built. Ching-t'u schools of Pure Land founded in China.

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Bibliography of Buddhism Timeline 1

Batchelor, S (1998). Buddhism without Beliefs.
Nhat Hanh, T (1999). Heart of Buddha's Teaching
Chodron, T (2001). Buddhism For Beginners.
Landaw, J (2002). Buddhism For Dummies. Religion and Spirituality.



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