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**Quonuttott** · 04-07-2010, 08:13 PM

And was the word Buddhism used in the lifetime of the Buddah?

"DhammaVinaya"

Do we know when the word came into use as as followers of the Buddah's teachings.

The Tibetan word for Buddhism is, unless I mistake my notes, nangpa, which has to do with 'going within'. So for the most part, the name used for the DhammaVinaya in other cultures is developed according to their understanding of what best encapsulates that which sets it apart.

"Buddhism" shows up first in Western academic literature, and so is very modern. The root "-ism" (via the Greek '-ismos') relates to beliefs, and reflects the comparisons with Christianity that were ongoing at that time; Islam was first called 'Mohammadism' and nangpa was called 'Lamaism', so you see how the Western mind first approached these things.

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Quonuttott Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	And was the word Buddhism used in the lifetime of the Buddah? "DhammaVinaya" Do we know when the word came into use as as followers of the Buddah's teachings. The Tibetan word for Buddhism is, unless I mistake my notes, nangpa, which has to do with 'going within'. So for the most part, the name used for the DhammaVinaya in other cultures is developed according to their understanding of what best encapsulates that which sets it apart. "Buddhism" shows up first in Western academic literature, and so is very modern. The root "-ism" (via the Greek '-ismos') relates to beliefs, and reflects the comparisons with Christianity that were ongoing at that time; Islam was first called 'Mohammadism' and nangpa was called 'Lamaism', so you see how the Western mind first approached these things.
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