Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The Sanskrit Bodhisattva Arts and Images of Mahayana in Myanmar

The records of the Mahayana Buddhism in Myanmar or late Burma, is so difficult to find out the available sources. No any more resources are as Mahayana Buddhism in Myanmar.  But we can find out very few information about it as a Sanskrit Buddhism in Myanmar. According to historical resources says that most of the people do not know, as it is a Mahayana Buddhism of Myanmar. According to the Nihar Ranjan Ray’s opinion of on it in chapter V, the Tibetan monk Tāranātha and his guru Buddhagupta traveled and introduced the Sanskrit Buddhism in Pagan, Pegu and Arakan and worked for Sanskrit Buddhism, more particularly in pagan, during the rule of the Senas (4 Senas) of Bengal, it is also mentioned in the Tāranātha. (1)  Later period the Mahayana Scholars indicates, as it is a Mahayana Buddhism to condemn the early Buddhism or Theravada Buddhism. Read more 










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