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Arising of Buddhism Part 1: Historical and Religious Context in India
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:26:26
Publish Date: 2017-03-09 13:56:39
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This is the first episode in my “Buddhist History and Seminal Texts” series. I discuss the historical and religious context for the beginnings of Buddhism in India in the 500s BCE. I give you a brief overview of the history of civilization in India, and a sense of the dominant religious traditions of northern India from around 2000 BCE through the time of the Buddha. Then I describe the period of social and economic changes starting around 800 BCE that apparently paved the way for new schools of religious thought and practice, including Buddhism.
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