Buddhism and Jainism

How Buddhism and Jainism grew from the shramana movements of the Ganges plain: Mahavira and the Jain ideals of ahimsa, aparigraha and anekantavada; the life of Siddhartha Gautama in tradition and in historians' dating, the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, the Sangha and the Pali Canon; Ashoka's missions, Mahayana and Vajrayana along the Silk Road to China, Korea, Japan and Tibet, the decline of Buddhism in India and Ambedkar's revival, and Theravada from Pagan and Sukhothai to Thailand today. Episode 06 of the Origins of Religions series.

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