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[Levina]

Agree to the points. But one cannot simply say 'Buddhism branched out of hinduism'.

Then you've not been to Thailand....
The Hindu deities are in almost every aspect of daily Thai life. There is a Shrine to Shiva at the Erawan Hotel in Bangkok. Erawan (in Thai language) is the Three Headed Elephant belonging to Indra. There is a Ganesha Shrine on the grounds of the World Trade Center as wellas a Shrine to Brahma, in Bangkok.
Not just this, there are many references to Brahma in buddhists texts.Infact in the Buddhist texts Brahma reappears often in the human form of an ageless youth by the name of Pancasikha.There also mentions of Indra as sakka and other gods like varun,agni etc ,of course they are not known by the same name as in hinduism.
This is lord ganesha's statue in Doi Suthep Temple in Chiang Mai,Thailand.

@Bang Galore

That's a bit like claiming Jesus was Judaism's greatest success story.

i strongly believe that Buddhism has essentially branched out from hinduism.

And heres one more pic

 

[SrNair]

The place where I live has the famous (now ruins) Martand Sun Temple. It was also destroyed because it was a place of idol worship. We can't change the past - only learn from it. The present is what we can control. Let's do that

So you are from Anantanag.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

So you are from Anantanag.

Mattan/Martand. District is Anantnag.. Though Kashmiris call it Islamabad. Anantnag is.... not 'good enough'.

 

[SrNair]

Mattan/Martand. District is Anantnag.. Though Kashmiris call it Islamabad. Anantnag is.... not 'good enough'.

Islamabad .Loll
In wikipedia and officially it is Anantnag .that is all we need.
Bro are you still there ? or shifted to some other places during crisis time?.

 

[DarkSeid]

So even in Theravada school they worshiped Bodhisattva's..

Theravadin Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings were followed by Abhayagiri and Jetavana monasteries. But that traditions later got abolished due to the influence of more conservative Mahavihara monastery which got the political support of the king.

Jetavanaramaya- The tallest ancient stupa in the world

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[Chinese-Dragon]

And heres one more pic
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Where did you get the attached picture from?

The Chinese characters say "歓喜天", which is the name of a Japanese elephant God. Originally based on the Hindu deity called Ganesha.

 

[Levina]

Where did you get the attached picture from?

The Chinese characters say "歓喜天", which is the name of a Japanese elephant God. Originally based on the Hindu deity called Ganesha.

I dont know which site exactly.
But glad that you confirmed it. I wanted to mention you in my previous post but wasnt sure if i should trouble you.Lol

 

[jbond197]

Where did you get the attached picture from?

The Chinese characters say "歓喜天", which is the name of a Japanese elephant God. Originally based on the Hindu deity called Ganesha.

Ganesha is worshiped in Japan too. Are you serious? I thought our only connect was Buddhism but it seems Hinduism reached there as well.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

I dont know which site exactly.
But glad that you confirmed it. I wanted to mention you in my previous post but wasnt sure if i should trouble you.Lol

We go for Monkey Gods instead (similar/based on Hanuman), like Sun Wukong.

In Japanese that is pronounced as Son Goku. Which you might be familiar with, if you have heard about Dragonball.

Ganesha is worshiped in Japan too. Are you serious? I thought our only connect was Buddhism but it seems Hinduism reached there as well.

Sure, and apparently he is quite popular over there as well.

 

[TejasMk3]

Then you've not been to Thailand....
The Hindu deities are in almost every aspect of daily Thai life. There is a Shrine to Shiva at the Erawan Hotel in Bangkok. Erawan (in Thai language) is the Three Headed Elephant belonging to Indra. There is a Ganesha Shrine on the grounds of the World Trade Center as wellas a Shrine to Brahma, in Bangkok.
Not just this, there are many references to Brahma in buddhists texts.Infact in the Buddhist texts Brahma reappears often in the human form of an ageless youth by the name of Pancasikha.There also mentions of Indra as sakka and other gods like varun,agni etc ,of course they are not known by the same name as in hinduism.
This is lord ganesha's statue in Doi Suthep Temple in Chiang Mai,Thailand.

View attachment 46222
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check this out!

Benzaiten (Saraswathi), Kangiten(Ganesha), Bishamonten( Kubera) in Japan.

Edit: ah already posted.

 

[Levina]

We go for Monkey Gods instead (similar to Hanuman), like Sun Wukong.

I didnt know about Sun wukong.
Btw lord hanuman was supposed to've swallowed sun in hindu mythology so should the sun in his name(SUN wukong) refer to that incident?

In Japanese that is pronounced as Son Goku. Which you might be familiar with, if you have heard about Dragonball.

oops @Chinese-Dragon so you have almost accepted it.

You and i 've finally proved that buddhism has hindu deities and that Buddhism branched out of hinduism.In short China has a majority of hindus.

 

[jbond197]

Kangiten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kangi-ten (Japanese: 歓喜天, "God of Bliss"[1]) is a god (deva or ten) in Shingon and Tendai schools of Japanese Buddhism.[2] He is generally considered the Japanese Buddhist form of the Hindu elephant-headed god of wisdom, Ganesha and is sometimes also identified with the bodhisattvaAvalokiteshvara.[3][2] He is also known as Kanki-ten, Shō-ten (聖天, "sacred god"[3] or "noble god"[4]), Daishō-ten("great noble god"[4]), Daishō Kangi-ten (大聖歓喜天), Tenson (天尊, "venerable god"[4]), Kangi Jizai-ten (歓喜自在天), Shōden-sama,Vinayaka-ten, Binayaka-ten (毘那夜迦天), Ganapatei (誐那缽底) and Zōbi-ten (象鼻天).


This is really interesting..

 

[Star Wars]

We go for Monkey Gods instead (similar to Hanuman), like Sun Wukong.

In Japanese that is pronounced as Son Goku. Which you might be familiar with, if you have heard about Dragonball.

That is one freakin awesome monkey god

 

[Levina]

check this out!

Benzaiten (Saraswathi), Kangiten(Ganesha), Bishamonten( Kubera) in japan.

Edit: ah already posted.

yes thats the exact picture I had posted.

 

[TejasMk3]

We go for Monkey Gods instead (similar to Hanuman), like Sun Wukong.

In Japanese that is pronounced as Son Goku. Which you might be familiar with, if you have heard about Dragonball.

Sun wukong was supposed to be the next hero released for dota...ice frog still has not released it!!! He is there in LoL though Thats how I knew of him