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