[Revised entry by Noa Ronkin on June 1, 2022. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] The first centuries after Śākyamuni Buddha’s death saw the rise of multiple schools of thought and teacher lineages within the Buddhist community as it spread throughout the Indian subcontinent. These new forms of scholarly monastic communities had distinct theoretical and Read More

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