1. Physical Map: India

2. Political Map: India

3. Religion in the Subcontinent

4. Spread of Buddhism

5. Types of Buddhism Therevada Buddhism Mahayana Buddhism
Vajrayana Buddhism

6. Theravada Buddhism
The oldest school of Buddhism (traditional Buddhism).
The monastic life (being a monk) is the best way to achieve nirvana.
Focus on wisdom and meditation.
Over 100,000,000 followers today.

7. Theravada Buddhist monk, Angkor, Cambodia, seated in front of 11th Century temple

8. Mahayana Buddhism The “Great Vehicle.”
Seek guidance from Boddhisatvas, enlightened beings.
Focus on compassion
Statues are worshipped and stupas containing relics are visited on pilgrimages

9. Seated Boddhisatva – 16c Bhutan

10. Chion-in Temple, Japan, was built in 1234 CE to honor the founder of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism.

12. Vajrayana Buddhism The “Diamond Vehicle,” Tibetan Buddhism
Developed in Tibet, 7th C CE.
Boddhisatva teachers called Lamas, including the Dalai Lama.

13. Tibetan Buddhist Monks

14. Buddhism’s Spread

15. Borobudur, Indonesia
In the 19th century, Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the jungles of Java.What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur,a gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000 m³) of stones.The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.

16. Buddhist Stupa

17. Boddhisatva

18. Religions of South Asia

19. Buddhism in the world

20. Distribution of Buddhism Centers in the US, 2001

21. Theravada Buddhism

22. 10th Annual western buddhist monastic conference
California, 2004