Talk:Buddhism

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The beginning of the third paragraph of the third section - "Various details about the Buddha'a background" Ryebreadmoon (talk) 12:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks JimRenge (talk) 12:56, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

There are millions of asian in USA and 6%-7% of total population are asian.But why the authors are putting the number of american Buddhists only 1 percentage,this is greatly bias or underestimation of american Buddhist population by the Wikimedia authors. Besides,one third asian americans which means 2 percent of USA population feel close or connected to Buddhism and there are white-european american Buddhist converts too.American Buddhist population must be nearly 10 million and this would be accurate figure of Buddhist population in USA.Buddhism is the second largest religion in America and total Buddhist population in America is bigger than Jews and Muslims because there are millions of East-asian american in USA. 103.137.161.69 (talk) 17:24, 26 May 2025 (UTC) 103.137.161.69 (talk) 17:49, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

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Nominator: Velthorian (talk · contribs) 16:02, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Remsense (talk · contribs) 08:13, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Quick fail: you've made a total of 6 edits to this article, all reverted and completely insubstantial, and it clearly does not meet several of the criteria. There are 10 unreferenced paragraphs and numerous outstanding {{citation needed}} tags. Please review the GA criteria and the rules for nominators before nominating another article, especially one of this scope and importance.

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You keep posting this same text, multiple times, on multiple pages, and never provide any WP:Reliable sources - You have previously been blocked for unsourced changes and disruptive editing - please stop. - Arjayay (talk) 17:54, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Buddhism is the third largest religion, not fourth largest.

In Europe many people are irreligious but the pew researchers are counting them as christains,on the other hand in East Asia many people are irreligious but the pew researchers are not counting them as buddhists. This is greatly bias on the number of Buddhists by Christain researchers. For example,In Russia they estimates Christians 58 million but pew researchers counting the number 110 million.On the other hand In Japan pew researchers estimates 71 million buddhists but counting them buddhists as 46 million.Not only in Russia but there is also wildly exagrated figure for christains in France,Germany,Sweden, uk,Spain etc. 103.109.59.32 (talk) 14:15, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Please post data here without starting duplicate threads. And if you do, please post citations, possibly direct links. Remsense ‥ 论 15:34, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

here is a linkChina 103.109.59.32 (talk) 15:40, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Here are many links with many countries total Buddhist population:Buddhism in China,Buddhism in Japan,Buddhism in Thailand,Buddhism in Myanmar,Buddhism in Cambodia,etc... 103.137.161.69 (talk) 03:10, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

There are millions of asian in USA and 6%-7% of total population are asian.But why the authors are putting the number of american Buddhists only 1 percentage,this is greatly bias or underestimation of american Buddhist population by the Wikimedia authors. Besides,one third asian americans which means 2 percent of USA population feel close or connected to Buddhism and there are white-european american Buddhist converts too.American Buddhist population must be nearly 10 million and this would be accurate figure of Buddhist population in USA.Buddhism is the second largest religion in America and total Buddhist population in America is bigger than Jews and Muslims because there are millions of East-asian american in USA. 103.137.161.69 (talk) 17:24, 26 May 2025 (UTC) 103.137.161.69 (talk) 17:49, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

You keep posting this same text, multiple times, on multiple pages, and never provide any WP:Reliable sources - You have previously been blocked for unsourced changes and disruptive editing - please stop. - Arjayay (talk) 17:54, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

If you don’t believe than see this article:Buddhism in Japan Buddhism in Japan.In that article the author said that there are 71 million Buddhists in Japan which is 67 percent of total population of Japan. On the other hand,another article:Buddhism by country Buddhism by countrythe author estimated and counting that there only 46 million Buddhists in Japan.This is a mistake.Would you please update and fix that problem??Then i will stop editing. 103.137.161.69 (talk) 18:23, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Buddhism is only a religion?

A decade ago, there was a widespread belief--reflected in Wikipedia articles--that Buddhism contained two rather different streams: the earliest--Hinayana--and original stream consisted of a philosophy (not a religion) and was followed by people who believed the Buddha to have been human. The second religious--movement emerged several centuries after the death of the Buddha and might reasonably be referred to as a religion.

This first movement--or at least its non-religious nature--appears to have gone unrecognized in this article. Unlike Britannica, which continues at least to describe Buddhism as a religion and a philosophy, Wikipedia seems to bundle all of Buddhism under the heading of religion.

A critically important idea at the core of this question is whether divine assistance is required for achieving nirvana. Hinayana seems to assume that it is not; Mahayana seemed to open the door, and offer the idea that at least the inspiration of a divine being might help.

A description of both options would seem to be the more accurate NPOV.

24.87.154.112 (talk) 18:24, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

 Done. restored the phrase "philosophical tradition". It had been removed recently without explanation. Callmehelper (talk) 23:57, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

While the consensus has been to keep "philosophical tradition" in the lede -- regrettably, as it is either redundant (what religion is not also a philosophical tradition?) or misleading -- the IP editor's account of Buddhism is incredibly inaccurate. This is exactly why the old orientalist idea that Hinayana (a pejorative term, by the way) was somehow rationalist or "not a religion" is long-superseded. Furthermore, the incredibly offensive idea that Buddhism as it is actually practiced only emerged several centuries after the death of the Buddha is, well, incredibly offensive and also just dead wrong. Some of the oldest sub-layers of Early Buddhist texts are supernatural or "Mahayanish", and the Chinese Agamas are some of the oldest Buddhist texts we have evidence for.

In the future, I would really recommend critically analyzing this topic. It is the opposite of a WP:NPOV that is only shared by a small group of "secular" Buddhists, and it is not supported by academic sources. wound theology◈ 05:36, 11 June 2025 (UTC)