Religion assignment
Bodhgaya
By Bpilgrim - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1762492
Mahabodhi temple, built under the Gupta Empire, 6th century CE.
Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites
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Jetavana Grove in Shravasti
photograph by Anandajoti Bhikkhu
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jetavana_of_Sravasti_Sanchi_Stupa_1_Northern_Gateway.jpg
http://buddhisttourinindia.com/buddhist-tour-images/buddhist-circuit-tour.jpg
Devadatta
http://gandharan-archives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/devadatta-attacks-buddha-3.html
Ananda the Disciple
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Longmen_lu_she_na.jpg
Longmen Grottoes, China
Parinirvāṇa
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paranirvana.JPG
Cremation of the Buddha
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cremation_of_buddha_and_worship_of_relics_02.JPG
War over the relics of the Buddha
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_of_Kusinagara_in_the_War_over_the_Buddha%27s_Relics,_South_Gate,_Stupa_no._1,_Sanchi.jpg
The great stūpa at Sanchi
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanchi_Stupa_from_Eastern_gate,_Madhya_Pradesh.jpg
Photo by Raveesh Vyas
The Vehicles (yāna)
Mahāyāna, The Great Vehicle
As opposed to
Hīnayāna, The Lesser Vehicle
BUT
Theravāda is The Doctrine (vāda) of Elders
claiming superiority by ancestry
Types of Practitioners
arhat (S) arahant (P), worthy, capable
śrāvaka (S) sāvaka (P), disciple, ‘listener’
pratyeka-buddha, lone-realized
bodhisattva, devoted to realization
(vows to disseminate realization)
samyak-sambuddha, perfectly realized
tathāgata, thus-gone, thus-came
(a synonym of buddha)