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- 1959 | Nichiren Buddhism developed.
Korea adopts Neo-Confucianism in stead of Buddhism.
Sojiji Soto Zen monastery founded.
First Dalai Lama Gendun Drup. The first Dalai Lama will be followed by many spiritual leaders in my Timeline of Buddhism.
Hindu schools spread in India, strong competitors of Buddhism.
Gelug Ganden monastery is built.
Second Dalai Lama Gendun Gyatso.
Obaku-shu zen school founded in Japan.
Buddhists are persecuted in Sri Lanka.
Third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso.
Temple of the Tooth is built in Sri Lanka.
Fourth Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso.
Fifth Dalai Lama Lobsang Gyatso.
Sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso.
Seventh Dalai Lama Kelzang Gyatso.
Theravada is translated in the Thai language.
Eight Dalai Lama Jamphel Gyatso.
The influence of Buddhism in Vietnam is restricted.
Nineth Dalai Lama Lungtok Gyatso.
Tenth Dalai Lama Tsultrim Gyatso.
Eleventh Dalai Lama Khendrup Gyatso.
Dhammapada texts translated into German.
5th Buddhist Council in Burma.
Twelfth Dalai Lama Trinley Gyatso.
Jade Buddha temple is built in Shanghai.
Thirteenth Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso.
The Pillars of Ashoka discovered in northern India.
Zen is spread in North America.
China occupies Tibet.
Dalai Lama proclaims Tibet religious and independent.
Zenshuji Soto Zen temple is built in North America.
Soka Gakkai founded in Japan.
Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso.
Communist leaders China attack Buddhist shrines.
Chinese troops invade Tibet.
World Fellowship of Buddhists founded.
Sixth Buddhist Council in Burma.
Neo-Buddhist movement in India.
Zen Studies Society established in New York.
Tibetans uprisings against Chinese invaders.
Buddhist sutras discovered in caves near Beijing.
Dalai Lama and many followers flee to India because of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. |
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