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120 articles in the archive discuss Buddha, from The Indian Historical Quarterly, The Maha Bodhi, Dharmadoot and other journals (1925–2023). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

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Articles discussing Buddha

  1. Popular Buddhism

    Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945

  2. Buddhist Perspectives on Religious Pluralism and Interfaith Dialogue

    Siddharth Singh · The Maha Bodhi, 2020

  3. The Cult of Buddhist Relics: Genesis and Significance of Veneration

    Arvind Kumar Singh · Dharmadoot, 2020

    “In general conception, Buddhism is understood as the original teachings of the Buddha and it is believed that it has nothing to do with such things as relics.”
  4. Buddha's Revolutionary Impact on Women's Status in Ancient India

    Singh · The Maha Bodhi, 2020

    “It was during the time of the Buddha the status and position of women grew up and he done what would have then been a radical statement on the potential of women.”
  5. Buddha's Revolutionary Impact on Women's Status in Ancient India

    Singh · The Maha Bodhi, 2020

    “It is believed that the Buddha was a social reformer and not only a liberator who fought for the equality of caste system but also a women emancipator.”
  6. The Date of Mahavira

    Yogendra Mishra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967

    “Thus my conclusion is that in case the Buddha’s date is regarded as 567-487 B.C., the date of Mahavira should be : Birth : 561 B.C. (April) Death : 490 B.C. (November)”
  7. Environment's Impact on Mind Development: Forest Meditation in Buddha's Time

    N H P R S Navarathne · Dharmadoot, 2020

    “The factors which help for mind development can be summarized as follows. 1. Availability of the teaching of the Buddha 2. Personal capability (perfection, level of low defilements etc) 3. Forest Environment”
  8. The Absence of the Buddha Image in the Prekushan Period

    D. K. Sinha · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1963

    “From the above it can be concluded that Buddha was 0૦૬ against the age old tradition cf sanctification of holy spots and crection of chaityas and stupas. Regarding body worship also he simply wants his disciples to temain indifferent.”
  9. Buddha's Dharma: Human Problems and Spiritual Solutions

    Sanjib Kumar Das · The Maha Bodhi, 2020

  10. Salient Common Features between Jainism and Buddhism

    B. H. Kapadia · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1988

    “The promulgators of these two religions, Mahavira! and Buddha were Ksatriyas, both hailed from a royal family, both preached in the language of the people with a view to appeal to their heart, both lived the worldly life fora definite period of time and on suitable opportunity both renounced the world full of misery with the intention to find the highest and the ultimate truth.”
  11. Interpretation of the "Anatta" doctrine of Buddhism: a new approach

    R. P. Chaudhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1955

  12. Place of Laity in Early Buddhism

    Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945

    “On the other hand the householders were asked to eschew rites and ceremonies (silabbata), and this was made one of the primary conditions for becoming a devotee of Buddha.”
  13. Observation on Three Buddhist Ethical Terms: Kusala, Akusala and Kiriyà as reflected in the Pàli Literature

    Kusala · Dharmadoot, 2020

  14. Buddha and Asceticism

    U. Dhammaratana · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1957

    “In his first sermon delivered at Banaras Bhagavan Buddha ex- pourded the doctrine of Majjhima patipadi or the Middle Path.”
  15. Nagarjuna, Shunyata and Anatman

    Amartya Kumar Bhattacharya · The Maha Bodhi, 2020

    “Nagarjuna’s formulation (it is misleading to refer to it as a ‘doctrine’ of ‘emptiness’ (shunyata) is not explicitly synonymous with the Buddha’s teaching of selflessness (anatman), but is an extension of selflessness in that it argues that essence is lacking from all phenomena.”
  16. Common Salient Features between Jainism and Buddhism

    B. H. Kapadia · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1998

    “religions, Mahavira and Buddha were Khakstriyas, both hailed from a royal family, both preached in the language of the people with a view to appeal to their heart,”
  17. Was there any conflict between the Brahmins and the Buddhists?

    Y. Krishan · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1954

    “the caste systein in the form in which we know it had not come into existence at the time of the Buddha.!”
  18. The Brahmajala Sutta

    Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932

    “The Sutta, however, bas served two imporfant purposes, viz., disahusing 'our minds of many deep-roo_t.&i current notions about the world, the soul and their ultimate condi_if_lion, and cautioning પગ against interpret- ing the docfrine બી Buddha in the light of ૦૫૪ praconceived ૪૦૪1005.”
  19. Dr. Radhakrishnan on Buddhism: A Glance

    S. G. Kantawala · Sambodhi, 1989

    “"to Jbiow what Buddha actually taught or what his earliest followers thought he did, we 122 ^ place ourselves in imagination in the India of the sixth century B.C."”
  20. Place of Buddhism in Indian Thought

    Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956

  21. Buddha as an Architect

    P. K. Acharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

    ““In Buddha's time and in that portion of northern Iundia where the Buddhist influence was most early felt—that is to say, in the districts including આવે adjoining those now called the United Provinces and Bebar”—the arrangements of villeges were practically similar.”
  22. The Rise and Growth of Buddhism in Andhra

    P. S. Sastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1955

  23. Gender Inequality in Ancient Indian Buddhist Monasteries

    S. Yashodhamani · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2012

  24. Buddha's Analytical Method of Discourse and Kathāvatthu Methodology

    Shailendra Kumar Singh · Dharmadoot, 2020

    “The Buddha developed a unique method of resolving contradictions. It seems that He was often criticized for accepting opposite standpoints.”
  25. Srenika‑Bimbisara

    Muni Nagraj · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1971

    “Srenika-Bimbisara was the king of Magadha in the age of Mahavira and the Buddha. He was the sixth king in the line of Sisunagas.”
  26. The Buddha and Language

    Franklin Edgerton · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956

    “Two monks, brothers, of fine (cultivated) language and fine ‘ (eloquent) speech, came to the Buddha and said: Lord, hete monks of miscellaneous origin (literally, of various names, clan-names, races or castes, and families) are corrupt-ing the Buddha’s words by (repeacing them in) their own dialects; let us put them into Vedic (chandeso aropema).”
  27. Buddha's Dialogue with Sakka: Philosophical Insights from the Sakkapañha-Sutta

    Vaibhav Kumar Srivastava · The Maha Bodhi, 2020

    “In this way ‘ Sakkapañha-sutta ’ is the discourse on the welfare of living beings which the Buddha gave in response to the questions of Sakka”
  28. Pataliputra: Its Importance in the History of Buddhism

    Binayendranath Chaudhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956

    “All the facts stated above shaw that within acencury after Buddha's demise che tain centre of Buddhism along with che capital of Magadha was shifted from Rajagrha co Pataliputra, which also, became the stronghold of the Mahasafghikas.”
  29. THE PROBLEM OF A HISTORICAL EVALUATION OF THE ANCIENT JAINA TEXTS

    Krishna Kumar Dixit · Sambodhi, 1972

  30. The Human Person from Jaina and Buddhist Perspectives

    Vincent Sekhar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1995

  31. Dates of Principal Events in the Buddha's Life

    Prabodh Chandra Sengupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956

    “There can thus be no doubt chat che Nirvana of the Buddha happened in the year, —544 A.C. (i.e. 545 B.C.).”
  32. Pali, the Language of the Southern Buddhists

    Arthur Berriedale Keith · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

    “The Cullavagga® records that two Bhikkhus made com- plaint to the Master that the memnbers of the community, being of diverse origin, were changing the utterances of the Buddha by the use of their own dislects (sukaya niruttiya).”
  33. Symbolism of the Dome

    Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938

  34. Message from Barhut Jataka Labels

    B. M. Barua · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

  35. The Doctrines of Gosala Mankhaliputta

    A.F. Rudolf Hoernle · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1997

  36. The Constitution of the Sakyas of Kapilavastu

    U. N. Ghoshal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945

  37. Abhidharmakosakarika (I. 1-8)

    N. Aiyaswami Sastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1953

  38. Epithets of Lord Mahavira in Early Jaina Canon

    Dalsukh D. Malvania · Sambodhi, 1973

  39. Advaita and Problems in Indian Metaphysics

    Goda barisha Mishra · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2019

  40. Some Contemporaries and near-Contemporaries of Mahavira

    Kastur Chand Lalwani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967

    “Lao-tse, and Confucius did it in China, as Mahavira and Buddha did in India and Pythagoras, Socrates and Plato in Greece.”
  41. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932

    “Jacobi's view that Mahivira outlived Buddha, and that the Nirviga of the latter took place in 484 and that of the former 10 477 B.C. is opposcd in this article”
  42. The Ten Incarnations of Visnu in Bengal

    Kamala Ray · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1941

    “Buddha 15 regarded by the Hindus as one of the Avataras of Visnu, viz. the ninth incarnation of Visnu.”
  43. Prakrit in the Maurya Empire

    Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999

  44. Approaches to the Question of the Antiquity of Jainism

    Thomas Mcevilley · Jinamanjari, 1996

    “Unlike Buddha, who is traditionally regarded as more or less his contemporary, Mahavira is not said to have founded a religion, but a to have reformed one.”
  45. The Date of Mahavira

    Yogendra Mishra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2001

    “The date of Mahavira, like that of the Buddha, occupies a very important place in ancient Indian chronology; but it has not attracted as much attention of scholars as the date of the Buddha.”
  46. Ahimsa in Jainism

    Amulya Chandra Sen · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1971

  47. Dhutangas

    P. V. Bapat · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937

  48. Rebirth – A Philosophical Study

    T. G. Kalghatgi · Sambodhi, 1972

  49. Rebirth- A philosophical study

    T. G. Kalghatgi · Sambodhi, 1972

  50. Some Aspects of Jainism

    Jagat Prasad · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974

  51. Origin of Buddhism

    Manoranjan Roy · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930

    “It still remains for him to enter by one final decisive effort of meditation into possession of the absolute truth, into that illumination which will make him the Buddha”
  52. Main Features of Mahavira’s Contributions

    Suzuko Ohira · Sambodhi, 1980

  53. Buddhist and Jaina Concepts of Man and Society as Revealed in Their Religious Literature

    Padmanabh S. Jaini · Sambodhi, 1980

  54. Prohibition and Indian Culture

    Dalsukh D. Malvania · Sambodhi, 1973

  55. An Obsolete Heretical Sect: Early History and Distribution in Eastern India

    Pranabananda Jash · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1985

    “The Ajivikas emerged as an independent heretical sect in eastern India as early as the time of Buddha and Mahavira.”
  56. The Origin of Buddhism

    Manoranjan Roy · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930

  57. Some points regarding the origin of the Licchavis of Vaisali

    Syamacharan Chakravarty · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933

  58. Jainism

    Hermann Jacobi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974

  59. Schools of Buddhism in Early Indian Inscriptions

    Jitendra Nath Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948

    “The immediate disciples and followers of Buddha were unattimous in their acceptance of the fundamental ideas formulated by him.”
  60. Prohibition and Indian Culture

    Dalsukh D. Malvania · Sambodhi, 1973

  61. Doctrines of An Obsolete Sect

    Pranabananda Jash · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983

  62. The Jaina Theory of Substance

    Bhag Chandra Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969

  63. Upanisadic Influence on Mahayanasutralankara of Asanga

    Yajneshwar S. Shastri · Sambodhi, 1990

  64. Mahaparinibbāna-sutta and Cullavagga

    Louis Finot · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932

    “the first part (chaps. I-X) being a code of disciplinary regulations, and the second (chaps., XX-XII) a history of the 1૪૦ councils, one of which asgembled હાં પેશ directly after the Parinibbana of Buddha, and the other at Vesili, a century later.”
  65. The concept of change, as treated in Buddhism

    Bhavana Trivedi · Sambodhi, 1992

  66. Śiva and his Emblems on Early Indian Coins and Seals

    Jitendra Nath Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940

  67. The Jaina Theory of Substance

    Bhag Chandra Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969

  68. Radha or the Ancient Ganga-Rashtra

    Nandu Lal Dey · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927

  69. A Comparative Survey of Indian Painting

    Ajit Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926

  70. Agam Aur Tripitak : Ek Anusilan (Review)

    H. Srimal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1970

  71. The Jaina References in the Buddhist Literature

    Kamta Prasad Jain · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926

    “Let us examine first the Digha Nikaya (Dialogues of Buddha—S. B.B.), કઈ its Kessapa Sihanada Sutta a set of ascetic practices is given and it is said about it that the practices given are “accounted 10 the opinion of some Samanas and Brahmapas, as Samanaship and Brahmanaship.””
  72. In the Vestibules of Karma

    T. G. Kalghatgi · Sambodhi, 1972

  73. A Further Note on the Svetambara and Digambara Sects of the Jains

    Kamta Prasad Jain · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930

  74. Some Perspectives of Ahimsa: Jainism vis‑à‑vis the Tibetan Buddhist Experience

    Arpita Chatterjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2002

    “Indeed Buddhism (Tibetan) and Jainism penetrate into all aspects of their lives and cultures, and in the teachings of Lord Buddha and Lord Mahavira, the people find a source of peace, happiness and contentment.”
  75. Prakrit Languages and Literature

    B. K. Khadabadi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1979

    “Later classical Sanskrit assumed the status of Vedic and Prakrits continued their further journey until when Mahavira and the Buddha picked up an outstanding regional dialect (Ardhamagadhi or Western Pracya) for preaching their religious principles to the people”
  76. Mindfulness as a Comprehensive Path for Self-Liberation in Early Buddhism

    K. Bhima Kumar · Dharmadoot, 2020

  77. Scientific Background of the Buddhist Tantras

    Biswanath Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956

  78. Notices of Buddhist Architecture vs Western Indian Vastushastra

    M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 1974

    “Lord Buddha's shrine is constructed without floors. In (the customary) door-positions, niches 7 are to be made along the cardinal directions.”
  79. Gosala Mankhaliputta

    A.F. Rudolf Hoernle · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1997

    “Gosala, the 9on of Mankhall, the founder of the Ajiviksa sect, was one of the principal rivals of Mahavira, as also of Buddha.”
  80. Anekanta and its parallels between Jain and Hindu mythologies

    Devendra Yashwant · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2005

  81. The Institution of Slavery in Mithila

    Upendra Thakur · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1959

  82. A Few Evidences on the Age of the Kathavatthu

    Dwijendra Lal Barua · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931

  83. The Scope and Development of the Hindu Gaṇita

    Bibhutibhusan Datta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929

  84. Notices on Buddhist Architecture in Western Indian Vāstusāstras

    M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 2020

  85. Implications of Ahimsa on Ecology: A Jaina Perspective

    Vincent Sekhar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1993

  86. Samsara or Buddhist Philosophy of Birth and Death

    Narada · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927

  87. Philosophy of Dharma (Law)

    J. N. C. Ganguly · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926

  88. Tonsure: Religious Devotion and Cultural Practices

    Cinthia Jude · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2018

  89. Origin and Development of Theatre in Ancient India

    Radhavallabh Tripathi · Sambodhi, 1994

  90. Some Folk Goddesses of Ancient and Mediaeval India

    Jitendra Nath Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938

  91. The Jaina Doctrine of Karman

    Nathmal Tatia · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967

  92. Origin of the Bell-Capital

    Achyuta Kumar Mitra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931

  93. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952

  94. Jaina Theory and Practice of Non-violence

    Dalsukh D. Malvania · Sambodhi, 1973

  95. Select Contents of Oriental Journals

    J. C. Sarkhel · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1943

  96. Place of Rajagrha in the History of Early Jainism

    Santi Mukhopadhyay · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1961

  97. Folk Culture as Depicted in Sramana Literature

    Bhag Chandra Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1979

  98. Society for Buddhist Lore (Gesellschaft fur Buddhismus Kunde) founded at Heidelberg

    M. Walleser · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928

  99. Jiva and Atma: Exploring Consciousness in Jain Philosophy

    Vidyadhar Danawade · Jain Avenue, 2020

  100. A Unique Hariti Image from Gandhara

    Usha Jain · Sambodhi, 1983

  101. A Note on the Jaina Conception of Substance

    Bimal Krishna Matilal · Sambodhi, 1976

  102. Pratityasamutpada

    Anukul Chandra Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956

    “Pratityasamutpada (dependent origination) is one of che most fundamental doctrines of Buddhism, as Buddha himself has declared: ‘He who realises pratityasamutpada sees dharma (truth) and he who sees dharma (truth) sees pracityasamucpada’.”
  103. Jain Monastic Rules

    Swami Brahmeshananda · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1992

  104. Technical Hindu Constitutions

    Narendra Nath Law · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925

  105. Jain Monastic Rules

    Swami Brahmeshananda · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2002

  106. Retrospecting Early Urban Statics Through Bharhut Stupa's Jetavana Medallion

    Subhrajit Banerjee · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2023

  107. Omniscient Beings

    Harisatya Bhattacharya · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1977

  108. Some Aspects of Socio‑Economic Life from the Jaina Canonical Literature

    Adhir Chakravarti · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1976

  109. Need of the Day–Comparative Study of Indic‑Religions

    Sagarmal Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2014

  110. Prakrta Jaina Literature and Its Philosophical Value

    Anupam Jash · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2009

  111. On Foreign Element in the Tantra

    P. C. Bagchi · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931

  112. Notes on Asoka Rescripts

    Sailendra Nath Mitra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931

    “DBuddha himself 15 known in the canon as ત samadapetd, ‘arouser,’ ‘instructor’ of people, and it seems that Asoka had become another such in his own time,”
  113. Buddhism in Chinese History

    Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1959

  114. The Influence of Jainism on Gujarati Speaking People

    Nagin J Shah · Sambodhi, 2001

  115. J. Krishnamurti and the Traditional Indian Thought

    R. K. Shringy · Sambodhi, 1977

  116. Abhayaruci – A Splendid Drama on Love and Non‑violence

    Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1979

  117. Speech delivered by Mr. A. L. Dias, Governor of West Bengal on the occasion of Release of Bhagavati Sutra and Mahavir Jayanti Celebration

    Anthony Lancelot Dias · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1973

  118. An Anthropological Study of the Religion of the Jains

    Noel Rettig · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1972

  119. Jaina Ethics and Economic Prosperity (S. L. Mandawat)

    S. L. Mandawat · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1968

  120. Studies on Basarh Sealings I

    Adris Banerji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1955

    “Vesali or Vaisali, the capital of che Licchavis, a clan immortalised by Buddha and Samudragupta, is now represented by the arable lands and mounds of the village Basach, in the Hazipur sub-division of the Muzaffarpur disteice, Bihar State.”