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Siddhārtha Gautama aka Buddha was born 563 B.C. in a Buddhist pilrimage site called Lumbini near the Himalayan foothills.
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Siddhārtha Gautama gains enlightment 528 B.C. Enlightment for Buddhism is when a Buddhist discovers the truth about life.
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The First Buddhist Council was in 486 B.C. in Rajagaha after the Parinirvana.
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Siddhārtha Gautama aka Buddha dies on 483 B.C.
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The Second Buddhist Council was held in 386 B.C at Vesali. It was 100 after the Parinirvana.
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THe Third Buddhist Council was held in 250 B.C. at Pataliputra. It was held 200 years after the Parinirvana.
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Buddhism is officially established in China in 68 C.E. It is offical because of the founding of the White Horse Temple.
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Buddhism is established in Cambodia in 105 C.E.
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Buddhism was spread into Vietnam 150 C.E from China.
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Buddhism enters Korea in 372 C.E.
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Buddhism is introduced to Tibet in 641 C.E. from India.
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The Ly Dynasty of Vietnam is a party bought by the friendship with the Buddhist monkhood.
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Minh Mang rules in Vietnam and he restricts Buddhism.
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World Fellowship of Buddhists is founded in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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In Burma, monks were arrested, disrobed, and inprisoned by the government.
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Buddhism comes to Japan from Korea.
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Buddhism comes to Thailand in 950 C.E.
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There is a decline of Buddhism in Tibet and persecution by King Langdharma.
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Fa Xian translates Buddhist works into Chinese.
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There is a revival of Buddhism in Tibet .
