Interesting Facts About Buddhism:

Usury, the practice of giving loans that unfairly enrich the lender (e.g., interest), is condemned in most religious texts, including those of Buddhism.

Bakhtiyar Khilji, the Muslim general destroyed the ancient university and library of Nalanda in 1193 in hopes of uprooting Buddhism. The destruction of the library is considered responsible for the demise of ancient Indian scientific thought in Maths, Astronomy, Alchemy, and Anatomy.

The Dalai Lama said that if science proves an aspect of Buddhism wrong, Buddhism will change

Steve Jobs followed the religion or belief of Zen Buddhism which focuses on meditation to calm and quiet the mind to ‘hear’ your intuition. This reflected later in the simplicity of Apple’s products in ‘quieting’ the design of their products.

Buddhism predicts its own demise. We are currently in the second thousand years of the Dharma-Ending stage and there are 9000 years left before all Buddhist teachings have been lost or forgotten.

Only 0.7% of people in India are Buddhists. Apart from the Himalayas and niche locations, Buddhism was virtually extinct in India by the end of the 19th century.

The Swastika is considered to be a sacred and auspicious symbol in Buddhism dates back at least 11,000 years.

About 1000 miles east of the EU, within southern Russia, exists the Republic of Kalmykia, the only region in Europe where Buddhism is the most common religion, most people are Kalmyks descendants of Mongol hordes, and Kalmyk, related to Mongolian, is an official language alongside Russian.

Ram Bahadur Bomjon, a Buddhist Monk, meditated for 10 months straight without food or water. To challenge this incredible claim, National Geographic filmed the boy for 5 straight days and nights. He never moved. Supporters of Buddhism consider him the “reincarnation of the Buddha.”

Uma Thurman’s father is a world-renowned Buddhism expert. After losing an eye in an accident, he converted to become the first American Buddhist monk. He studied with a young Dalai Lama, has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from Harvard, and holds the first endowed chair in Buddhism studies in the US.

Buddhism was adopted in the Indo-Greek kingdom up to 200 years before it was spread to East Asia

The question “What is the sound of one hand clapping…” and others like it are known as “koans” and they are fundamental to the history and lore of Zen Buddhism.