Buddhism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library
...the dharma, or religious teaching, and the Buddha. Lay practices...system, and which spread its teachings using vernacular languages...remaining 45 years of his life teaching and establishing a community...After the Buddhas death his teachings were orally transmitted until...where it has flourished, drawing its philosophical influences...