28 Facts About Buddhist mythology

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The chief motif of this story, and the most distinctive feature of Buddhist mythology myth, is the Buddha's renunciation: leaving his home and family for a spiritual quest.

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Buddhist mythology is maintained in texts, but these have always existed alongside oral traditions of storytelling, as well as creative retellings of myths as drama or artworks.

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However, modern examination of Buddhist mythology is rare, and critics have argued that the emphasis on rationality in Buddhist modernism has obscured the role of mythology in Buddhist communities both past and present.

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However, in a short time the Buddhist mythology community developed a vast repertoire of stories associated with the Buddha's past lives, known as the Jatakas.

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Buddhist mythology contains legends of the Buddhas of past ages, such as Vipassi.

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Buddhist mythology works include a wide range of prophetic myths, which speak of future events.

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Buddhist mythology became an influential figure in the millennarian and messianic movements throughout East Asia.

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Buddhist mythology traditions contain large numbers of stories and spiritual narratives in addition to the above.

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Buddhist mythology myths tell stories about important disciples of the Buddha and later Buddhist mythology saints.

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Buddhist mythology does not appear in central Pali texts, but is a well known figure in the northern regions of Theravada, including northern Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos.

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Buddhist mythology myth adopted several Indian figures such as Brahma, Indra and Prithvi.

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For example, in most Buddhist mythology countries there is a story of how the historical Buddha visited their country and foretold that the Dharma would be established there.

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Buddhist mythology cosmology has an expansive view of time and space, with multiple world systems divided into different planes of existence which go back countless eons.

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The medieval texts known as the Buddhist mythology tantras introduced more elaborate elements into the Buddhist mythology cosmological system, including astrological elements and new myths such as that of the kingdom of Shambala from the Kalacakra tantra.

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Buddhist mythology kings are seen as protectors and supporters of the Buddhist mythology community.

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The deeds of a great Buddhist mythology king include the protection of animals and the building of public works such as parks, wells, and roads.

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Buddhist mythology's behaviour affects the weather: a righteous king ensures good crops.

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Mahayana Buddhist mythology accounts add notions of the bodhisattva ideal to myths of Buddhist mythology kingship.

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Buddhist mythology myths continue to have an impact on the political world of Asian Buddhist mythology nations.

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Buddhist mythology was reassured by monk that only killing those who had taken refuge in Buddhism could be considered a moral fault.

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Buddhist mythology grasps it while sitting down, lifts it easily, and shoots an arrow through every target, which utterly eclipses the performances of all the others.

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Buddhist mythology's powers are superior to that of the gods, and Indian deities like Brahma are depicted as being his disciples and accepting his superiority.

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Rather than representing a single, coherent Buddhist mythology position regarding women, he argued that they represent multiple conflicting attitudes, an ambiguity which cannot be easily represented in the doctrinal or philosophical texts.

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Buddhist mythology deities are an important element in all Buddhist mythology mythologies.

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Buddhist mythology adopt Brahmanical myths and deities, frequently inverting motifs to illustrate a point of difference between Buddhism and orthodox Brahmanism.

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Some Buddhist mythology texts make fun of Brahma's belief that he is the creator of the universe.

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The more spectacular aspects of Buddhist mythology myth were likely treated for their entertainment value.

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Buddhist mythology argues that the Buddha came to “put an end to gesture”, as his journey was ultimately inwards and dispensed with outward forms of spirituality such as ritual.

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