Buddhism is not a language.
Buddhism is not a language.
Buddhism is a religion/philosophy not a language. Although the original Buddhist texts were written in Pali, modern Buddhists speak local languages throughout the world. In the Christian Church Latin became a universal language of government and education due to the fact that a powerful government using Latin and which adopted Christianity controlled most of Europe. This did not have a parallel with Buddhism and Pali.
Many early Buddhist texts were written in Pali, a language of India.It is the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism.
Buddhism is a religion, it is not a language.
Because Islam developed in Saudi Arabia, where the native language is Arabic. It's the same for non-Abrahamic religions too. The original language for Buddhism was Sanskrit because it developed in India.
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Buddhism isnt a language, it's a religion.
! =] what the Buddhist monks where called in the ORIGINAL language of Buddhism is unknown. However, the "secondary" language of Buddhism, which is known as SINHALA (its from Sri Lanka) call them: "sadu". How do i know this? im a Buddhist and a sinhalese!. and im proud to be one. =] need more info? contact me: gihan.rosairo@yahoo.co.nz
the sacred book of buddhism is called the tipitaka and its writen in the language pali.
You don't. Buddhism is a religion, not a language. You might as well ask "How do you say hello in Protestantism?".
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