Talk:Buddhism

Deforked

Would an administrator please take out the "content from wikipedia" warning? It's no longer true. Shanya Almafeta 09:43, 30 January 2007 (CST)

Western lay terms

All,

I'm thinking of explicating Buddhism further, in Western lay terms. I don't want to pollute the the intro, but I think it would benefit from revisions. How to proceed? Revisions? Forks?

Also, is there a better way to plan/collaborate than this "Edits" wiki?

Thanks in advance,

Lee Rodgers 10:58, 15 August 2007 (CDT)

Lee, that's an interesting idea, although I'm not entirely sure that I know what "Western lay terms" will entail. I'm curious to see what you come up with.—Nat Krause 01:37, 29 August 2007 (CDT)

Introduction

I made some changes to the intro. The phrase "kshatriya or nobleman of the Brahmin class" seemed a bit odd, since "kṣatriya" and "brāhman" are normally mutually exclusive. I decided that the entire mention of caste is unnecessary in the opening sentence, especially since Andrew Skilton argues that caste may not have been firmly established among the Budda's people. I also removed the mention of the Buddha's age at the time of enlightenment, since this is also irrelevant to the history of Buddhism and it is not a matter of historical fact, either.—Nat Krause 22:19, 12 November 2007 (CST)

Sally forth, Nat. The entire article is a bit of a horror, so whatever help we can lend it would be a grace. Blessings... --Michael J. Formica 11:19, 13 November 2007 (CST)

Expansion of Siddhartha Gautama, Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths

I added stubs for the above three topics, and moved and expanded upon the biographical content on Siddhartha Gautama currently on this page into the stub on the same topic. Simon Overduin 09:38, 26 December 2007 (CST)

Per the CZ:Naming conventions policy, the page Siddhartha Gautama has been redirected to a new page, Buddha. --Michael J. Formica 13:00, 26 December 2007 (CST)

Reworking article

Hello all-- I was going to start stubbing some of the other Buddhist (and religion) topics, until I reread this article. It needs a lot of work! I am going to start overhauling and fleshing out this article; if there are any claims I remove or rephrase that folks would prefer I left in, let me know and we can work something out. Thanks, Brian P. Long 10:06, 11 April 2008 (CDT)

Reversion to the "original context of Buddhism" section

I reverted some edits made by Suva Shrestha to the "original context of Buddhism" section. These edits were based on a faulty premise, that "Islam and Hinduism were the two religions widespread in South Asia" during the early phase of Buddhism. Buddhism was established roughly ca. 500 - 400 BCE, while Islam was established nearly a thousand years later.—Nat Krause 23:39, 17 July 2008 (CDT)