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It may also refer to early Buddhism as existing until the first documented split in the sangha. [12] According to Lambert Schmithausen, it is "the canonical period prior to the development of different schools with their different positions." [13] Contrary to the claim of doctrinal stability, early Buddhism was a dynamic movement. [14]
The modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources. [ 7 ] Various scholars of Buddhist studies such as Richard Gombrich , Akira Hirakawa, Alexander Wynne and A. K. Warder hold that Early Buddhist texts contain material that could possibly be traced to the ...
The term Early Buddhism can refer to at least two distinct periods in the History of Buddhism, mostly in the History of Buddhism in India: Pre-sectarian Buddhism , which refers to the teachings and monastic organization and structure, founded by Gautama Buddha .
The new schools also developed new doctrines about important Buddhist topics. The Sarvastivadins for example were known for their doctrine of temporal eternalism. Meanwhile the Mahasamghika school was known for its doctrine of "transcendentalism" (lokottaravada), the view that the Buddha was a fully transcendent being.
"The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism: a comparative study based on the Sūtrāṅga portion of the Pali Saṃyutta-Nikāya and the Chinese Saṃyuktāgama", Choong Mun-Keat, Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2000. (Contains an account of Master Yin-Shun's theory that the Samyukt'Agama is the oldest collection, by a student of Prof. Rod Bucknell.)
A well-known early exposition of the basic principle of causality is said to have led to the stream entry of Sariputta and Moggallāna. This ye dharmā hetu phrase, which appears in the Vinaya (Vin.I.40) and other sources, states: [3] [55] [56] Of those dharmas which arise from a cause, the Tathagata has stated the cause, and also their cessation.
While the term may refer to various Buddhist systems and views on reasoning and epistemology, it is most often used to refer to the work of the "Epistemological school" (Sanskrit: Pramāṇa-vāda), i.e. the school of Dignaga and Dharmakirti which developed from the 5th through 7th centuries and remained the main system of Buddhist reasoning until the decline of Buddhism in India.
Age of the Right Dharma (Chinese: 正法; pinyin: zhèng fǎ; Japanese: shōbō, Sanskrit: saddharma-kāla), also known as Former Period of the Dharma. This refers to the first thousand years (or 500 years depending on the source) during which the Buddha's disciples are able to uphold the Buddha's teachings and it is possible to attain ...