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Intellectual tradition

Buddhism

Traditions of teaching and practice concerned with suffering, its causes, and paths to liberation.

Thinkers
1
Works
6
Passages
3,512
Concepts
118

Origins, practices, and debates

Buddhist traditions develop from teachings attributed to the Buddha in ancient India. They analyze suffering, attachment, impermanence, and the absence of a fixed self, then propose disciplines of conduct, attention, and understanding.

Collections of discourses were transmitted, organized, and translated in different languages and schools. The library treats these witnesses as situated textual traditions and avoids making a single Buddhism speak where the sources preserve distinctions.

Period: Since ancient India

Modern reconstructions

Places, practices, and transmission

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Modern reconstruction of Teaching on the Gangetic plain for Buddhism on Prokopton42.com
Teaching on the Gangetic plainA modern interpretation of Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha in the documented context titled “Teaching on the Gangetic plain”, set around broadly 5th century BCE.
Modern reconstruction of Kapilavastu region for Buddhism on Prokopton42.com
Kapilavastu regionTraditional setting of youth; archaeological identification is debated. The generated scene uses Kapilavastu region and early life as its documented anchors.
Modern reconstruction of Shravasti for Buddhism on Prokopton42.com
ShravastiRecurring residence in early discourse collections. The generated scene uses Shravasti and teaching years as its documented anchors.

Thinkers in this tradition on Prokopton42

Portrait of Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha on Prokopton42.comSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha5th c. BCE (debated)

Works to read

  1. Aṅguttara Nikāya: Numerical DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 1,408 passages
  2. Dhammapada: Verses on the DhammaSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 26 passages
  3. Dīgha Nikāya: Collection of Long DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 34 passages
  4. Majjhima Nikāya: Collection of Middle-Length DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 152 passages
  5. Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 1,819 passages
  6. Sutta Nipāta: Early Collection of Discourses in VerseSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 73 passages