Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Budhisim In Nepal

Buddha was born in Shaky a (Sakya) Kingdom of Kapilvastu at around which lies in present day Rupandehi district, Mbini zone of Nepal It has not been possible to assign with certainty the year in which Prince Siddhartha (birth name of the Buddha) was born, it is usually placed at around 563 B.C.10.74% of Nepal's population practice Buddhism, consisting mainly of Tibetian ethnicities.In Nepal's hill and mountain regions Hinduism has absorbed Buddhist tenets to such an extent that in many cases they have shared deities as well as temples. For instance, the Muktinath Temple is sacred and a common house of worship for both Hindus and Buddhists. In Nepal majority of people identify as Hindu, however, Buddhist influences are pervasive in most aspects of Nepali culture to an extent that Buddhist and Hindu temples are shared places of worship for peoples of both faith so that, unlike, in other countries, the distinction between Hinduism and Buddhism in Nepal is not always clear. n traditional Nepalese Buddhism, there are nine special texts which are called the "Nine Dharma Jewels", and these are considered the nine book. Thus, Buddhism was  established in Nepal and we Nepalese people are proud of it.

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