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The Buddha’s goal was to develop a community of disciples made up of monks and

Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of Gautam Buddha between the

Bhaddiya was one of the five monks who left home with the Buddha and

Bakkula was one of the close disciples of the Buddha.

Assaji was one of the five monks the others being

Ashvagosha was a great Buddhist Guru and one of India’s

Aryadeva was a disciple of Acharya Nagarjuna. In the Zen

The story of the transformation of a bandit and murderer

Anathapindika, one who gives alms(Pinda) to the unprotected(Anatha). His real name was Sudatta.

Among the disciples of Buddha, his cousin and attendant Ananda played a very important role.

The Mahayana form of Buddhism is said to have the maximum number of followers compared to the other two forms Theravada and Vajrayana. In the Mahayana Buddhism, Nagarjuna is considered to be the founder of the Middle Path or the Madhyamika School of Mahayana Buddhism.