77
Nicherin Buddhism, 60
nirvana, achieving, 32, 34
Niyozov, Sarfaroz, 27–28
Nobel Peace Prize, 5, 64
nonviolence
Ashoka and, 21
external threats and, 62–64
importance of, 7
Nobel Peace Prize awards and
nominations for, 5, 64
vegetarianism and, 44
pagodas, 50–52
paintings, 56, 57–58
Pakistan, 28
Pew Research Center,
4
pilgrimages, 46
Plamintr, Sunthorn, 32–34
practices
ceremonial days, 44–46,
45
chanting, 42–43
daily, 39
death, 46,
47
, 48
mantras, 42, 43
marriage ceremonies, 47–48
meditation, 7, 41, 43–44
pilgrimages, 46
prayers, 7, 43–44
vegetarianism, 22, 44
prayer beads, 43
prayers, 7, 22, 43–44
Pure Land Buddhism, 60
Putuo Shan, 46
“The Questions of King Milinda,”
25
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli, 17
Rahula (son of Siddhartha), 9,
15–16
reincarnation
described, 7
non-Tibetan Buddhists and, 46
Tibetan Buddhists and, 61,
63–64
relics, 49
right behaviors, 30–32
salvation, finding, 34–36
sangha
, 40
Sanghamitta (daughter of
Ashoka),
24
, 25–26
sculpture, 52–56,
54
Second Buddhist Council, 19, 22
sects
about, 29
ancient, 19, 22, 37–38, 60
modern, 43, 60–61, 63
Shelby, Karen, 49, 53
Shuddhodhana (king of Lumbini),
8, 15
Shwedagon Temple, 66
Shwezigon Pagoda, 50, 51
Siddhartha Gautama
birth, 8, 12
early life of, 8–9
enlightenment of, 6
first time away from palace,
9–11,
10
self-torture as monk, 11–12
transformation into Buddha,
13
,
13–14
See also
Buddha, the
Silk Road, 26–28
Sri Lanka, 25–26
stupas, 49–50,
51
, 53
suffering, as basic trait of
everything in physical world, 35
supernatural beings, 61
supreme being, nonexistence of,
6, 34, 35–36
sutras
nonexistence of god, 6, 34,
35–36
as philosophy and way of life,
5, 7
