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Buddhist Traditions of South Asia Timeline

INDIA THERAVDA TIBET500 420 BCE +/- 60 years, Life of

kyamuni BuddhaSoon after Parinirva, the 1 st Council is

convened at Rjag ha4th 3rd c. BCE Sutra/Sutta discourse

canon formation~100 years after the Parinirva, the 2 nd

Council at Vail 272 236 Reign of King Aoka ~250 BCE 3rd Council at Paliputra3rd c. BCE 1st c. CE Abhidharma

Canonical collections formed2nd 1st c. BCE Advent of Mahyna

~327 247 BCE Moggaliputta-Tissa( Kathvatthu )

~240 BCE Theravda to Sri Lanka,founding of Mahvihra

2nd c. Ngasena ( Milindapah )1st c. BCE Abhayagiri founded1st c. BCE Buddhist canon written

down for first time BCE1st c. Buddhism enters China~150 250 Ngrjuna (Madhyamaka)

~1st

3rd

c. Lotus Sutra assembled~4 th c. Asa ga (Yogcra)~4 th 5th c. Vasubandhu ( Kosa ,Yogcra)414 Faxian (Chinese pilgrim) to India5th c. Nland monastery founded6th c. Dignga (epistemology)~600 650 Chandrakrti (Madhyamaka)7th c. Dharmakrti (epistemology)7th 10 th c. Development of Tantric

Buddhism:- 7 th c. Kriy (Action) Tantras - 7 th 8th c. Cary (Performance) Tantras - 8 th c. Yoga (Practice) Tantras - 8 th 9th c. Mahyoga Tantras - 9 th 10 th c. Yogin (Seer) Tantras

11 th 13 th c. Buddhist monasteries sacked

13 th c. Buddhism effectively ends in

India.

1st 10 th c. Various forms ofBuddhism enter Southeast Asia

~1 st-2nd c. Upatissa ( Vimuttimagga )

~4 th 5th c. Buddhagho a(Visuddhimagga : Path of

Purification )

5th 10 th c. Important Theravda scholarship maintained in SriLanka by Buddhadatta, Maha-nama, Upasena, Dhammapla Iand Dhammapla II

~10 th 12 th c. Anuruddha( Abhidhammattha Sangaha )

10 th 11 th c. Theravda in Burma.11 th c. Theravda revived in Sri

Lanka through contacts withBurma. Mahvihra andAbhayagiri officially reconciled

11 th 14 th c. Theravda spreads

from Burma to Thailand,Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos

14 th 15 th c. Theravda re-importedinto Burma from Sri Lanka.

18 th c. New purifications revivemonastic Buddhism in Sri Lanka

1791 Official unification ofBurmese Buddhism

CE

233 Legendary arrival of Buddhism inTibet ( sutra & relics fall on palace)

618 650 Songtsen Gampo, first of Tibereligious kings

760 ntarakita and Padmasa bhava:first dissemination ( Nyingma origins)

767 Samye, first monastery in Tibet

10 th c. Revival of monastic Buddhism10 th c. Rinchen Sangpo (958 1055) and

others return from studying in India:second dissemination

11 th c. Founding of orders:- Kadam by Atia & Dromdon (1008 64)- Sakya by Gonchok Gyelpo (1034 1102)- Kagyu by Marpa (1012 1096), Milarepa

(~1052 1135) & Gampopa (1079 1153)13 th c. Pakpa (1235 1280): priest-patron

relationship with Qubilai Khan.1244 Sakya Pandita travels to Mongolia

and conversion of Mongols begins.1357 1419 Life of Tsongkhapa, founder of

the Gelug order1543 1588 Sonam Gyatso, 3rd Dalai Lama

initiating the Dalai Lama lineage1617 1682 Ngawang Losang Gyatso, 5 th

Dalai Lama and 1 st Dalai Lama ruler19 th c. Beginning of Rim movement