Buddhism

Siddhartha gautam was born in 653B.C, in Kapilvastu, as a prince,who was the son of king Suddhodhana and Queen Mayadevi. When after the Siddhartha left his home i.e,Mahabhiniskarmana, he got the enlightment (Mahabodhigyan) and he spread the Buddhist Philosophy around the world.

In 240 B.C, the Buddhist Philosophy was divided into two(2) sectors.

·         Hinayana

·         Mahayana

The king Ashok, the Mauryan Emperor tried to unite the both philosophy but at last he was failed.a

As looking into the two different philosophy of Buddhism, Hinayana seems to be as followed as it is which relates with the teachings of Buddha. This philosophy is found in Pali language, as Pali was the language spoken at the time of Gautam Buddha. As the real name of this Philosophy is Therabada,later on it was named as Hinayana, which was the hatred one. This name was given by Mahayana.

But Mahayana is slightlty different from Hinayana. According to Mahayana, Buddhist theory must be twisted and turned according to the change in time. Afterwards it was translated in Sanskrit language. Mahayanis were the first to engrave the Buddha and Worship him in an Iconographic form.