Interview: Greco-Buddhism in Central Asia and India with Lee Clarke
The Hellenistic Age Podcast
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The Main Differences in Buddhism
There are two main sects in buddhism to day. There is teravada and mahana. Teravada thought that the solitary pursuit of enlightenment was too individualistic. The mahana saw what they called perfect buddhahood, which would be enlightenment for all beings. They had a real desire of compassion and kindness to help all being, as ca suffering. You could have had taravada and mahaana monks in the same monastery. It wasn't like a kind of reformation that yo haven't been like a buddhist martin lufor nailing im 95 thecis to the monastery door. But it's mainly based on different practical differences in the
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