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Jainism and Buddhism were the most important, and they emerged as the most potent religious reform movements. For details on Buddhism in various countries of Asia see Simone Gaulier, Buddhism in Afghanistan and Central Asia, Brill, 1976; B.N. Puri, Buddhism in Central Asia, Delhi, 1987; Kenneth K.S. Chen, Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey, 1964; Walpola Rahula, History of Buddhism in Ceylon, 1969; M. Anesaki, The history of Japanese Religion, London, 1931; K.B. Dhaninivat, A History of Buddhism in Siam, Bangkok, 1960; C. Bell, The religion of Tibet, New York, 1931; Waddell, Buddhism in Tibet, 1975; Taranatha, History of Buddhism in India, Eng. tr. Lama Chimpa and A. Chattopadhya, Shimla, 1970
3. For recent valuable works on Gautama Buddha and his
teachings, see J. B. Saint - Hilaire, The Buddha and His Religion, New Delhi, 1977; T. W. Rhys Davids, Buddhism: Its History and Literature, Delhi, 1997. The Buddhists maintain that their religion is eternal. It was taught at different cycles by sages called Buddhas (the Enlightened Ones) or Tathāgatas (those who have realized the truth). In the present cycle, called Mahā-bhadra-kalpa (the very blessed cycle ), four Buddhas are said to have already appeared, viz. Krakucchanda, Kanaka Muni, Kaśyapa and Buddha, while the fifth, viz. Maitreya, is yet to be born - cf. Hardy, Manual of Buddhism, 2nd edition, pp.88-91; S. Chandra Vidyabhusana, A History of Indian Logic, Delhi, 1978, p.225 Dabistan-i-Mazahib. Eng. tr. David Shea and Anthony Troyer, London, 1943, vol. II, pp.210-216 Dabistan-i-Mazahib, vol. II, p.210. The author claims to have met some Buddhists, and seemingly wrote about Buddhism on the basis of personal experience.
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