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unusual facts about Early Buddhism


Early Buddhism

However, actual splits were originally based on disagreements on vinaya (monastic discipline), though later on, by about 100 CE or earlier, they could be based on doctrinal disagreement.


Manas-vijnana

Manas refers to mental "actions" (kamma), as opposed to those actions that are physical or verbal.


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Women in Buddhism

However, since the ideal of Early Buddhism is renunciation, it can be seen from examples such as the story of the monk Nanda and his wife Janapada Kalyāni that striving for the bliss of Nirvana is valued above love and marriage.