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Buddhism
shanyin
Novice YoginSault Ontario Veteran
In other countries, do they use the term Buddhism for the religion of Buddhism?
In their language do they use the term Buddhism?
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Sorry, particularly Buddhist countries.
my thinking says: buddhism is an english word, so the term buddhism would be used in english language only.
in countries having other languages, the word buddhism would be replaced by a word in that language(my guess sounding similar to what the word is used for Buddha in that language).
for example, i am from India and the national language of India is Hindi, so in hindi language, which was derived from sanskrit, Buddha is called Buddh and the religion of buddhism is called boudh dharm - dharm in hindi means religion in english.
No, the idea of an 'ism' is a modern western construct.
As is the idea of an ' ist '
The words most used to describe Buddhism in Asian languages are variations on Buddhadharma..the Dharma of the Buddha, which also contrasts it with Hindudharma or Jainadharma etc.